A little bit about us.

Radio Taxis are very proud of our status as Southampton's premier Taxi and Private Hire Company and, with over 250 cars, we have the largest fleet in the city.

In the early part of 1972, a group of 12 Southampton Hackney Carriage Taxi owners decided to try and improve the level and standard of the taxi service in the then town of Southampton. The idea of a new taxi company created much interest with several other owners and in March 1972, the Association of Radio Taxis was formed, with a total of 29 Hackney Carriages.

The Association of Radio Taxis continued to grow and in November 1984, Radio Taxis (Southampton) Ltd was formed and registered. This is how the company is still known to this day. The company is now owned by 50 shareholders and they, along with several owner drivers operate a fleet of over 250 Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles. The vehicles, along with several Southampton licensed drivers keep the cars available to you, the public 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.

In recent years, Radio Taxis has become a very large and expanding force in the Southampton area. Our commitment to provide the best taxi service available has led to the company investing heavily in new technology, equipment, larger offices and workshop facilities. Every vehicle is fitted with data and radio systems that enables secure and accurate customer information to be passed to the closest car to the pick up point, meaning all bookings are dispatched as quickly as possible. All cars are also fitted with taxi meters that are set and sealed at the current Southampton City Council tariff rate.

In 1997, the company's management team realised that the data dispatch systems available at that time were just not suitable for the company's requirements and that in order to give the customer the best possible service, they would have to develop their own in house software. This "in house system" proved to be very popular and was envied by all our competitors.

However, over the next few years, technology was developing at an incredible rate and, alongside our continuing development, it soon became clear that the company needed to take advantage of the new booking and dispatch systems that had been made available over time.

Radio Taxis invested in the latest and most sophisticated system available and, because of our knowledge in dispatching systems, we've been able to assist in developing that system even further. Today, the company regularly dispatches over 3000 bookings per day to our drivers and is close to completing one million bookings per year.

Radio Taxis is always looking towards future development and notes all current trends with interest. We are very proud of our position as Southampton's leading Taxi and Private Hire company and intend to remain in that position for many years to come.