Naveed’s compare-the-fare taxi app

Naveed Ahmed — and app

A YOUNG entrepreneur in Oldham has developed a telephone app for local private hire users.

Naveed Ahmed, from Glodwick, hopes to sign up all of the borough’s 20 private hire firms when the service goes live before Christmas.

“This is the deadline I am working towards,” the 17-year-old Oldham College student told Chronicle Business.

Naveed, who is completing an enterprise and entrepreneurship course, has spent two months and around £500 to date developing the app with Adam Bradford, who has a professional development business in Sheffield.

He has registered Controlmytaxifare as a community enterprise and protected the name.

Naveed will charge firm owners a monthly fee for hosting the app, which customers will be able to download to their smartphones. Keying in a location and destination brings details of the best deal.

“This can be in terms of cost, time of arrival at the pick up point and if they want a call back when the car is outside,” says Naveed, who has plans to market the idea in other towns if trials are successful.

“The key is not to be too complicated,” says Naveed.


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