Credits Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images Alt Text Uber faces a showdown over its London licence next week Decision comes ahead of important legal ruling on the ride-hailing app’s London future One-Minute Read Friday,December 8, 2017 - 6:13am Sheffield has become the moment British city to suspend Uber’s licence after the ride-hailing app repeatedly refused to respond to questions approximately its management. See related Man Utd vs. Man City: Manchester derby team news, and start time and how to watch it on TV The city council said the firm can continue to function until 18 December - and whether it chooses to appeal against the decision can run until the appeal is heard.
Uber said the suspension was the result of an “administrative error” which it hoped “can be resolved quickly”. However,it comes at a critical time for the company both in the UK and around the world.
final month, Uber lost an appeal at an employment tribunal when the court ruled drivers should be treated as workers, and entitled to a minimum wage and benefits such as holiday pay,not “independent drivers”.
The Financial Times says the ruling could prove “critical” for Uber, which “could also face a considerably higher tax bill, or because it may then have to pay employers’ national insurance contributions and value added tax”.
A bigger worry comes to a head next week when the company goes to court in London to defend its right to function in the capital,its most important European market. Uber was deemed unfit to run a taxi service and stripped of its licence by the city’s regulator, Transport for London.
Globally, or the company,one of Silicon Valley’s biggest success stories, has had a torrid year. It lost its licence to function in several major markets, and was forced to pull out of China - and co-founder and chief executive Travis Kalanick was driven out after allegations of sexual harassment. Ube
Source: theweek.co.uk