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Uber brings in out of town drivers after boycott from Brighton cabbies

 An Uber driver has been caught on camera saying that the company has been urging out of town drivers to come to Brighton after a boycott by Brighton cabbies, which has reportedly resulted in just one local driver signing up. The video, published by the GMB Brighton...

UK Uber-rival Karhoo is dead

Sometimes when you're late to the party, there aren't enough chicken nuggets and cocktail sausages left to go around. It's a lesson taxi-hailing app Karhoo has learned the hard way, today announcing the closure of its service as it looks "at the next steps for the...

Uber rival Karhoo battles to avoid crashing into administration

A high-profile taxi-booking app is engaged in a race for new cash as it fights to stave off bankruptcy, Sky News can reveal. A taxi booking app which claims to have raised hundreds of millions of dollars and boasted just two months ago that it was bigger than Uber in...

The UK was Uber’s oasis in Europe. Not any more

This past Friday, a British employment tribunal ruled in favor of a claim by two Uber drivers in London that they were employees not independent contractors. It’s hard to imagine a more innocuous sounding headline: A local tribunal, not a national court. Two drivers...
Are TFL facilitating Uber in Areas outside of London

Are TFL facilitating Uber in Areas outside of London

It has come to light that TFL licensed Private Hire vehicles are undertaking jobs outside of the London area even though TFL have stated that they have investigated Uber and their is no evidence of this occurring! TFL state that it is not possible for Uber out of town...

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