![]() ![]() ![]() We’ve stopped doing any cab work, focusing exclusively on our MediCabs service,” Torsten explains. We now have 112, with 25 waiting to come on board as and when we need them. It’s a potent mix.”Īnd it’s certainly a model that’s driving results. So we’re offering to save them money, run their vehicles more efficiently and be more productive. “We want to do the 20-30% of work that they will never be able to do efficiently on any contract because it’s just impossible. However, there is likely to be a mix of jobs in there, so our pitch is that we don’t want all of the work we just want the 20% they can’t do efficiently. “If a big ambulance company has got 1000 journeys within its contractual area, it might be able to fulfil 100% of them but they’d need more vehicles to do it efficiently. “It’s because of the efficiency paradox,” he says. Torsten explains that it helps larger companies manage their own profitability and productivity. And while they primarily interact with patients, they often subcontract for other companies. Operating a fleet of MediCabs, their ‘companion drivers’ transfer patients to medical appointments, providing a vital service to patients with walkers or wheelchairs. In that time, he has transformed the business from a traditional cab company into a sophisticated patient transfer company, serving communities in and around London. Having joined the business as a consultant 3 years ago, Torsten Brose is now the managing director and a major shareholder at OnCue Transport. In this article, Managing Director Torsten Brose tells us about the company’s evolution into a leading patient transfer service and the challenges of growing a business during a pandemic. Contact him at Please support his work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a subscription today at spite of the challenging circumstances presented by coronavirus, Hampstead’s OnCue Transport has thrived over the past 12 months. Staff writer Steve Lackmeyer is a 31-year reporter, columnist and author who covers downtown Oklahoma City, related urban development and economics for The Oklahoman. The resulting intersection will result in a more traditional four-way signalized intersection at the entrance to the new station. The building permit shows the company is working with the city to remove a one-lane southbound slip lane along Western Avenue that currently intersects with Classen Boulevard and NW 13. The company also addressed traffic concerns by agreeing to help pay for changes to the intersection. OnCue tore down another home deemed to be beyond repair and assisted in selling and helping move the third home to an empty lot near the Plaza District. ![]() The station at NW 13 and Western was protested by preservationists over concerns three historic homes on the corner would be destroyed to make way for the station. “We had absolutely no interest in tearing the property down.” “We got a flyer from Mark Inman with CBRE - the building was already torn down,” Griffith said. In a 2020 interview with The Oklahoman, Jim Griffth, CEO of OnCue, said the company had no involvement in the demolition. OnCue purchased the property one year after the demolition. The area is referred to as the Founders district. The football-shaped structure, built in 1964, was anchored by two 50-foot exterior arches and was a part of an area once home to several of the city’s most notable examples of mid-century architecture, including Founders Tower. The demolition came as a surprise with crews starting tear down the same morning the demolition permit was filed at City Hall. ![]() Preservationists protested when a Dallas development group destroyed the former Founders National Bank building at 5613 N May. In the past two years the market has seen 7-Eleven sell to the national 7-Eleven operator, an aggressive expansion of Casey’s General Stores that included new construction and the purchase of Circle K stores, and most recently plans by QuikTrip to open two travel centers at Interstate 35 and Hefner Road and along I-35 in Moore.īoth of the new OnCue sites were once subject to some controversy. The expansion introduced a larger and more expansive convenience store offering to the city at a time when similarly operated QuikTrip did not enter Oklahoma City as part of an agreement with then locally owned 7-Eleven. OnCue, based in Stillwater, has 75 locations with dozens built in the last 20 years in Oklahoma City. The Western Avenue store, however, will have reduced signage and an earlier closing on the drive-through as part of an agreement with neighbors. is shown in this rendering.īoth stores are the same size with OnCue grills and drive-throughs. ![]()
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