The three most requested services in 2020 were furniture assembly, minor home repairs and help with moving home. Manchester and Birmingham saw particularly strong growth, with bookings up by 36 per cent in September, and 53 per cent in October. September and October 2020 were its busiest months on record for the UK, with bookings up 24 per compared to the same time in 2019.
'As a chef, I was working in a sector that has been hugely impacted by Covid-19, so TaskRabbit was the perfect platform for me to get exposure for my skills and interests.'Īlthough overall growth slowed initially when pandemic measures hit the UK, the firm said it saw immediate recovery to pre-Covid levels in June and since then, has maintained a steady growth monthly as it continues to rebound from the pandemic. It gave me the opportunity to get work that I wouldn't have been able to get otherwise. Nico said: 'TaskRabbit has been a saviour. However, he hopes to task full-time in the gardening category while continuing his garden design studies part-time. He is tasking part-time for now, juggling around 50 hours per month on TaskRabbit, with work as a private chef in households. Since signing up to the platform in July, the 48-year-old has expanded his offering to include handyman-type services such as home repairs and furniture assembly. London-based tasker Nico Palumbo's career as a head chef was impacted by Covid-19, as restaurants had been intermittently forced to close throughout the year and even still now.īut he found a way to continue offering his cooking and baking services through TaskRabbit, while pursuing his passion for gardening and garden design. Nico said TaskRabbit was a saviour for him
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