{"id":471,"date":"2011-04-20T05:09:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T05:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/?p=471"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:18:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:18:47","slug":"nicko-williamson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/nicko-williamson\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicko Williamson: Climatecars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nicko Williamson, <\/strong>26<strong>&nbsp;<br><\/strong><strong>Company:<\/strong> Climatecars&nbsp;<br><strong>Web:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatecars.com\">www.climatecars.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nicko Williamson knows that a cab service has to do more than simply get people from A to B if it&rsquo;s going to carve itself a decent share of the market. So carbon-neutral car-hire service Climatecars not only uses the environmentally friendly hybrid Toyota Prius, but also throws in extras such as uniformed drivers and free mineral water. As a result, the <a class=\"itxtrst\" id=\"itxthook0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.growingbusiness.co.uk\/climatecars-nicko-williamson-young-guns-2010.html#\" rel=\"nofollow\" name=\"itxthook0\"><span class=\"itxtrst\" id=\"itxthook0w0\">business<\/span><\/a> is proving popular with a range of major organisations, such as Unilever, Absolute Radio and Virgin. Although Climatecars&rsquo; fleet of more than 60 cars is based in London for the moment, founder Williamson has his sights firmly set on further growth within and beyond the capital.<\/p>\n<p><b>2012 update:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Last year Williamson won the Ernst &amp; Young entrepreneur of the year, London and south west. Turnover has broken &pound;2m and is running at close to &pound;4m in 2012, with one of the world&rsquo;s largest investment banks as a client. The taxi company is the first to launch 100% electric cars in its 100-plus fleet and has recently launched a booking app. Williamson, who appeared as a mentor on the BBC&rsquo;s <i>Be Your Own Boss<\/i>, aims to hit &pound;10m-plus turnover as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicko Williamson, 26&nbsp;Company: Climatecars&nbsp;Web:&nbsp;www.climatecars.com Nicko Williamson knows that a cab service has to do more than simply get people from A to B if it&rsquo;s going to carve itself a decent share of the market. 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