That is pretty far fetched for me in soooo many ways. I have a pretty time consuming job, I manage a team of Fraud Admins now. We live in UK so they drive on the other side of the road. On top of this, I don't have a license which would take some serious coin and time to obtain, and we would have to buy our own car because Uber is not king here and they don't supply cars. Lastly, I personally don't want to be a taxi driver so I really can't even grasp the suggestion since my whole problem is being able to get home from my job, which I really enjoy. So in order to do as you suggested, I would need to spend a whole ton of money and time to quit my job and take one that puts me on the road every day instead of using my skillset from the last couple decades which garnered me the role and has brought me kudos from both my senior management and our Client. One other serious reason why not is because one thing that I really suck at is directions. I get lost looking for the meeting rooms in our building half the time. I am quite certain I would suck at being a taxi driver as such.The majority of folks in Belfast don't even have licenses. They don't need them because this is a small city comparable to the size of Boston.I am content to stay without one. Hubby on the other hand has a keen sense of directions and a proud owner of his EU converted license so perhaps you might suggest to him.
From what I understand Uber lost it's license in London for now and have their hands full, so I don't think they will be around in Northern Ireland that much longer and it will remain with Black Cab, Valuecab and Fonacab.
https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyl...ndon-lyft-citymapper-taxify-via-a3665431.html
The thing is money is not enough to be able to pick up on that niche you speak of, you must first follow UK laws and regulations which are quite different from USA's. Some better, some worse, but it is their country to regulate as they see fit.