Hermes Taxi Co.

Hermes Taxi Co., formerly known as Thompson's Taxis, is an independent taxi company that was founded by Dwight Thompson, a skilled motorcar mechanic, along with Edward Henderson, a local entrepreneur, in in 1977. The explosive growth of the fabulous city of Las Venturas, including the increasing tourism, the construction of new casinos, and the incredibly high growth rates in general, motivated both individuals to establish their own cab company, eventually founding it and naming it after the mechanic.
== History ==
Already two years after the founding, in 1979, the business as early as employed about fifty cab drivers and approximately ten clerical assistants. Even though Thompson's and Henderson's company was about to have a flowery future, both men ended up in having disagreements - Henderson intended to expand the cab company's wheelings and dealings as soon as possible seeing the then prosperousness whereas Thompson preferred focusing on enhancing the business's structures the Las Venturas. Consequently, Thompson became the only manager of Thompson's Taxis due to the fact that Henderson ultimately decided to part company with his erstwhile fellow worker.
Although Henderson's departure led to several economical drops, the company serendipitously managed to get over the first half of the eighties rather smoothly. In 1986, Dwight Thompson decided to change his the cab company's name to Hermes Taxi Co. in order to give his own business a special badge. Besides, , an Olympian god and also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, was the perfect logo to illustrate the cab company's services. Furthermore, the former mechanic finally decided to expand his business proceedings, in fact to , one of the five boroughs of . Additionally, he opened up another establishment in , a city that is located in San Andreas. The cab company's florescence was about to start.
Of course, businessmen did not disregard the business's prosperity and therefore Joseph Bonapace, a local man of affairs who seemed to be involved with a small number of night clubs and other certain bargains that were set in Los Santos, became a companion of Hermes Taxi Co. by buying up around fifty percent of the just mentioned company near the end of the eighties.
At the present day, Hermes Taxi Co. is still led by Dwight Thompson along with Joseph Bonapace, the company's companion. More importantly, the cab company is having cooperation agreements with several regional auto shops, providing each other with allowances, automobile parts, and so forth, and besides Thompson managed to keep his businesses in Liberty City and Los Santos running.