Insolvency: United Taxi Dispatch Center Gütersloh and Verl ceases operations

The Vereinte Taxizentrale in Gütersloh and Verl has ceased operations as of September 1. The company is insolvent. According to the Neue Westfälische, 70 employees are affected. The closure also significantly reduces the taxi service in both cities.

Many taxi concessions are being lost

According to the Gütersloh district, the shutdown in Gütersloh eliminates nine of the 29 taxi concessions in total. Thus, almost a third of the concessions there disappear. The effects are even stronger in Verl: the closure affects eight of the total eleven taxi concessions.

Medical transports affected by the closure

The shutdown also affects medical transports in the Gütersloh district. This includes trips to doctor appointments, to hospitals, or to dialysis. Especially for people who regularly rely on taxi transport, other means of transport must be found.

Other taxi companies take on additional demand

Other taxi companies are trying after the shutdown to take on additional trips and to cover the resulting demand as much as possible. To what extent the lost capacities can be replaced in the short term is not evident from the available information.

(Source: Radio Gütersloh/Neue Westfälische)