Bustle. Get early access
Launching Newcastle · 2026

Bustle.

Your driver keeps every penny.

A proper British ride-hailing app. Drivers pay a flat monthly subscription and keep 100% of every fare. Passengers pay 50p. That's it.

You're on the list. We'll be in touch when Newcastle goes live.

No spam. Unsubscribe any time. Data stays in the UK.

Zero commission British owned PCO-compliant Fair by design
The status quo

Uber takes 25% of every fare your driver earns.

Every time you open that app, a quarter of what you pay doesn't go to the person driving you home. It goes to a holding company in the Netherlands, then on to shareholders in San Francisco. It doesn't touch a British high street. It doesn't pay a British mortgage.

Drivers work 60-hour weeks to take home minimum wage. Passengers pay surge pricing that has nothing to do with petrol. Everyone loses, except the platform. We think that's daft. So we built something different.

How Bustle works

Three numbers. No asterisks.

We wrote the business model on the back of a beer mat in a pub in Jesmond. It still fits.

01 · Drivers

£49 a month.
Keep every fare.

A flat subscription. No per-trip cut, no hidden deductions, no dynamic pricing games. Cancel whenever you like.

100% of the fare
02 · Passengers

50p to book.
Meter rates after.

One booking fee, printed on your receipt. No surge, no service charge, no "convenience fee" that isn't.

50p · flat
03 · Us

Zero commission.
Ever.

We make money from subscriptions, not by skimming a percentage off working people. The maths doesn't change when you're busy.

0% · for good
The maths

A £20 fare, in plain English.

On Uber
£20.00
Passenger pays£20.00
Platform commission (25%)− £5.00
Booking feeincluded
Driver keeps £15.00
On Bustle.
£20.00
Passenger pays£20.50
Platform commission− £0.00
Booking fee (to us)50p
Driver keeps £20.00
British to the bone

Built in Britain.
Owned in Britain.

Every pound that stays with a Geordie driver goes back into a Geordie pub, a Geordie barber, a Geordie Sunday roast. That's how local economies work — or used to, before platforms started treating communities like supply chains. We're proper, and we're staying proper.

Registered: Newcastle upon Tyne Servers: London · Manchester Tax: Paid in full, here
Newcastle first

We're starting on the Toon.

Newcastle's where we live, where we drink, and where we think ride-hailing went wrong. So it's where we're fixing it. Other cities to follow — Leeds, Sheffield, Glasgow, then south.

  • Driver onboarding opens Q2 2026
  • Passenger app launch: Summer 2026
  • Expansion across the North: 2027
Brilliant. You'll hear from us first.

Tell us your postcode when we reply and we'll let you know when Bustle reaches you.

Questions,
answered properly.

We're opening driver sign-ups across Tyneside in Q2 2026 and switching on the passenger app over the summer. Sign up to the early access list and you'll be among the first to know the exact date.
If you've got a valid Hackney or PHV licence from Newcastle City Council (or a neighbouring authority), you're eligible. We'll ask for your badge, insurance, MOT and a bank account. First month is free, then £49/month. No hidden fees, no per-trip cut.
Yes — completely. We're a private hire operator licensed by Newcastle City Council. The subscription model has been used by minicab associations for decades; we've just built a better app around it. Passenger fares are metered in line with local authority rules.
Tips go 100% to the driver, same as everything else. We don't do surge pricing — fares are calculated on distance and time at council-approved rates, whether it's a wet Friday in December or a quiet Tuesday in April.
For now, Bustle only operates in Newcastle and surrounding Tyneside. We're expanding city by city across the North through 2027, then heading south. Drop your email and your postcode and we'll let you know when we reach you.
Driver subscriptions (£49/month) and the 50p passenger booking fee. That's the lot. Our incentive is to have as many happy drivers as possible — not to take a bigger bite out of every trip.