Uber BANNED by another major UK city of Sheffield
Uber BANNED by another major UK city
TAXI app Uber has been rocked after being banned by
another major UK city.
By Nicholas Bieber / Published 7th December 2017
The northern England city of Sheffield has become the
second place to ban Uber from operating in the area.
It can still reportedly operate in the city until
December 18, but as of now will not continue beyond then.
The move threatens to cause chaos for shoppers in the run
up to Christmas.
Sheffield City Council told said: “Uber’s licence was
suspended last Friday (29 November) after the current licence holder failed to
respond to requests, made by our licensing team, about the management of Uber.
"If it decides against an appeal the suspension will
come into force," the council said.
The shock move comes weeks after Uber was banned from
serving London.
Transport for London said Uber would not be was “not fit
and proper” to run.
But the firm is still operating in the capital after it
appealed the ruling.
Uber says it submitted an application for a new licence
in Sheffiled on October 16 which continues to be processed by local officials.
"We hope this administrative error can be quickly
resolved so we can continue serving tens of thousands of riders and drivers in
Sheffield."
Uber launched in the capital in 2012 and has since
attracted millions of customers and employed thousands of drivers – but faced a
backlash from the taxi trade.
Outside the UK, Uber has been suspended in Bulgaria for
"unfair trade practices", forced to pull out of Denmark and looks
likely to be banned in Italy.
It has also been forced to leave parts of north America.
Uber has been embroiled in a catalogue of controversies
in recent years.
They involve questions about the safety of passengers,
strange routes taken by drivers and the over-charging of customers.
In February, it was reported that a man hoping to nip
home to Croydon from Brixton ended up travelling via Bristol and was charged
£440 by the app.
The firm especially came under fire during the London
Bridge terror attack, and was accused of profiting from the incident.
The firm, which allows riders to hail cabs with their
smartphones, allegedly upped journey costs with surge prices around the
affected area.
But Uber responded insisting that fare surges were
stopped as soon as it realised what happened.
The news comes weeks after Uber was reportedly eyeing the
world’s first fleet of flying taxis, at a time when super-speed transport –
such as a new Concorde – is featuring heavily in the news.
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