The Daily Dazzling Dawn reported on 3 November 2026 that Amberine Nawaz's Pink Ladies, started in Skipton, works from a dispatch hub on Westgate in Bradford and uses female drivers for women, children and vulnerable passengers. The report asked why firms built on that model have not become large national operators when demand for the journeys is high.
What the register shows
Companies House lists two active private limited companies, both recorded as taxi operation.
Pink Ladies Skipton Ltd, number 15982789, was incorporated on 27 September 2024. Its registered office is in Skipton. Amberine Nawaz, British and resident in England, is the only director, appointed that day. She is also the only person with significant control, notified on the same date, holding 75% or more of the shares, 75% or more of the voting rights, and the right to appoint or remove directors. Accounts made up to 30 September 2025 are on the file. The confirmation statement due by 10 October 2026 was marked overdue on 3 November.
Pink Ladies Bradford Ltd, number 16257572, was incorporated on 17 February 2025. Its registered office is the back office at 160 Westgate, Bradford, BD1 2RN. Nawaz is the only director, appointed on incorporation. The first accounts, made up to 28 February 2026, are due by 17 November 2026. The latest confirmation statement is dated 16 February 2026.
The report dated the start to October 2023. Neither company was incorporated in that month.
Women in the driving workforce
The same report gives women as fewer than 7% of licensed private hire drivers. Department for Transport figures, drawn from the Labour Force Survey, put the male share of taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs in England at 93.6% in 2024, a share that had stayed above 90% for all of the last 10 years. The survey counts people who report that occupation. It includes chauffeurs, and it is not a count of licences issued by councils. The 2026 taxi statistics did not carry a new figure. The department has paused labour-force analysis while the Office for National Statistics moves to a new survey.
School-contract hours, evening cover, insurance costs and the Equality Act 2010 appear in the report as the writer's analysis. They are not in the company filings.