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32% of UK Taxi & Private Hire Companies are Now in Financial Danger

DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c52525) has announced the addition of Taxis & Private Hire - Portfolio Analysis to their offering.

The Portfolio Analysis - Taxis & Private Hire is a comprehensive evaluation of the UK market. The revised and updated 2007 edition analyses the financial performance of the companies important to the success of your business. Using the most up to date information available, the analysis is ideal both as a tool to benchmark your own companys results and to study the market in more depth. Aimed at the busy manager, the Portfolio Analysis is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. The Analysis lays bare the performance of each company highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. Do you know which companies are best to do business with? Do you know which companies are selling at a loss and whose profit margins are plummeting? Find out the answers to all these questions and more with the newly published Portfolio Analysis.

The report is divided into two colour-coded sections for your ease of use, Sector Analysis and Individual Company Analysis.

Sector Analysis: Sales growth, market share and profitability are all analysed over a 10 year period giving you the fullest picture possible of the health of the market. Companies are ranked on these categories so you can see which companies are outshining the rest. Use the industry average tables to benchmark your own companys performance- how do you compare to the rest of the industry?

Industry Analysis: Each company receives a full page of analysis, evaluating their financial performance over the last five years so you get a full picture of the long term prospects of each company. Each company page of analysis is also packed with the following information: Full business name and address, Names and ages of directors, contact details and website address, seven unique charts showing at a glance the performance of each company, averages for the industry are also shown indicating the bare minimum each company should be looking to achieve, and five years of the latest accounts available,

Over the past 12 months in your industry:

-32% of companies are now in financial danger.

-15 companies are blatantly selling at a loss to capture market share.

-Average pre-tax profit was 6.4%

-Average sales growth was 4.2%

260 companies are analysed including:

Poole Radio Cabs Ltd

Surecars Ltd

Praisecover Ltd

T And J Taxis Co Ltd

Premier Cabs (Blackpool) Ltd

Tartan Taxis Ltd

Premier Despatch Ltd

Taxibank Ltd

Premium Minibuses & Cars Ltd

Tele Taxis (Dundee) Ltd

Appleblossom (Holdings) Ltd

Chevron Taxis Ltd

Aqua Cars Ltd

Choice Yellow Cabs Ltd

Arranglen Ltd

City Cabs (Edinburgh) Ltd

Arrow Taxis Ltd

City Cars Ltd

Arrowtax Executive Car Hire Ltd

City Taxis Ltd

Putney Bridge Taxis Ltd

Tele-Cabs Ltd

Radio Cabs (Ashton) Ltd

Teletaxis (Accounts) Ltd

Radio Controlled Transport Services Ltd

Three Castles Ltd

Radio Taxis (Fareham) Ltd

Torbay Taxis Ltd

Radio Taxis (Southampton) Ltd

Tower Taxis (Blackpool) Ltd

Radio Taxis (Swindon) Ltd

Town Car Hire (Clitheroe) Ltd

Radio Yellow Top Cab (Southport) Ltd

Trafftax Ltd

Radio-Cabs(Blackpool)Limited

Treble Twenty Holdings Ltd

Raffles Private Hire Ltd

Treble-Twenty Cars And Couriers Ltd

Rainham Radio Taxis Ltd

Tristar Cars Ltd

Rayford Ltd

United Taxis Ltd

Red Cab Taxis Ltd

United Taxis (Scotland) Ltd

Redline Transport Ltd

Value Cabs Ltd

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c52525