Unite Glasgow Cab Section secures full refunds worth £2,000 after VRS taxi conversion firm liquidation
- Perry Richardson
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Unite the Union’s Glasgow Cab Section says its members have now been repaid £2,000 deposits lost after Vehicle Repowering Solutions (VRS), a taxi conversion business, entered liquidation in 2024.
In a statement circulated to members, the cab section said the collapse left many taxi drivers with substantial losses, with drivers having paid deposits linked to taxi conversion work.
The union said it had faced resistance in the aftermath of the liquidation, alleging that the Energy Saving Trust, Transport Scotland and the Scottish Government were “as usual indifferent to the plight of Taxi drivers” because drivers are self employed and the deposits were treated as a commercial decision and transaction.
According to the statement, Unite’s cab section quickly called a meeting of affected members who had lost their £2,000 deposits, and pursued the matter through political channels after what it described as slow initial progress.
Union says Scottish Government and Energy Saving Trust have repaid £2,000 deposits lost by drivers following the 2024 collapse of Vehicle Repowering Solutions
“It was only after the union had the issues debated at the Scottish Parliament, that we started to make some progress,” the statement said. Adding: “We can now confirm that all the union members have had their £2kb refunded in full.”
A separate message accompanying the update said the repayments were made by the Scottish Government and the Energy Saving Trust, and credited branch chair James Carbery and branch secretary Gary Watson, alongside Unite members, for driving the campaign.
