Premier Licensed Private Hire

I was struggling to get a taxi when finishing work at 4am on Sunday morning. Premier and Amber were both saying they had no cars available (not even a time, just none) and everywhere else was quoting over an hour wait. I don’t know why this was the case as it wasn’t even particularly busy in town that night.
Anyway, while waiting for a cab outside my place of work, on my own, at 4.20am (ish) unknowing how long I would be there, I asked a parked Premier taxi if he was booked. I know this isn’t advisable, but neither is waiting along in town surrounded by drunks. I also needed to be up early that morning.
Relieved that he wasn’t booked I got into the taxi, however the driver refused to use his meter, saying ‘they don’t use them at that time’ as if it was some kind of policy, of course this isn’t true, I get cabs every week at this time. I argued this but he refused to budge clearly taking advantage of the fact I couldn’t get a taxi. He tried to charge me £10 from town to Headingley, to which I got very annoyed and informed him I pay £6.50 by the meter. I managed to get him down to £8. The fact I had to haggle with a driver out of sheer desperation to get home sober from work is infuriating. How anyone can take advantage of a girl on her own trying to get home from work is sickening. The fact Premier had told me they had no cars in town, yet this swine was praying on New Briggate is beyond me.
I’d taken his driver number and I informed my manager about this, as I think he was considering setting up a staff account with them so we don’t have to wait indeterminable lengths of time for taxis after work. I think he made a complaint on my behalf and I hope he reconsiders using Premier cars for the staff taxis.
I am sure there are plenty of decent drivers working for Premier, but unfortunately this horrible man has tarnished this company for myself forever. All the decent drivers should go work for Amber who are struggling to cope with demand at the moment.