By Eni Olukotun
The high cost of operating a business is a common refrain among entrepreneurs and business owners in Nigeria. Both multinationals and cottage firms lament the dearth of public infrastructure which soar overhead.
While the big corporations could thrust forward amid adversity due to their huge capital base, the small and medium enterprises are closing shops in their dozens over the crippling cost of operations.
Among other running cost, it was gathered most of the small business owners often cave in under the weight of running expenses of an automobile.
To halt the pathetic narrative, a foremost Taxi-hailing app, Easy Taxi has launched a package called Easy-Taxi Corporate to solve the mobility needs of business and executives.
The firm explained that huge cost of maintaining a car at the early stage of a business could affect the survival of the fledging enterprise. It therefore urged budding companies to opt for the unique service.
“Now, business owners have a great alternative to using a pool car without any of the above mentioned risks attached to it. The application connects taxi drivers and passengers allowing them to experience a fast, convenient and safe ride, at just the tap of a button”, says Tracy Oyekanmi, Senior Public Relations and Communications Associate at Easy-Taxi in a statement issued today in Lagos.
The statement added, “With Easy Taxi Corporate businesses can save money on transportation, assign time and expense limits on employees’ official rides, monitor rides in real time and download reports with accurate reconciliation of expenses that eliminates paper clutter with a pile of receipts. Companies have been known to reduce cost up to 40%”.
How Easy Taxi Corporate Works
It uses the same taxi app can easily set a budget on each staff, track ride history and avoid payment at the end of each ride because it culminates into a monthly subscription.
Businesses can track the rides, fixed number of rides per staff or sales team, request the car for meetings at any time and the electronic receipts are immediately sent to the company after each ride.
Each receipt has the map from point A-B, time of departure and arrival, driver’s picture, type of car and plate number.This helps business owners in aspects of cost saving and fraud control even as they pursue to build their brand.
