| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 16:52 - Sep 22 with 1967 views | londonlisa2001 |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 16:45 - Sep 22 by Meraki |
The other thing I like about Uber is that you know roughly how much its going to cost you. |
You do with a mini cab as well though.
The reality is that uber make more money by behaving like ars*holes. If people want companies to stop doing that, then they don't use the companies that do. If they do use the companies that do (which is perfectly within their rights), then they can't complain about companies stuffing employees, companies avoiding tax, lack of public services etc etc. Because in order to compete on a level playing field, other companies would need to behave like uber do. And that would mean no regulation, background checks, employment protection, tax being raised etc etc. At the moment, they have an unfair advantage because they don't operate properly. So the regulator is completely within their rights to shut them down. |  | |  |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 16:59 - Sep 22 with 1960 views | pikeypaul |
Never used them in the Uk but on a recent trip to Ho Chi Minh City used them all the time.Superb service,spotless card and hardly any wait and you know the fare up front.
100,000 dong from the airport to district 1,about £3 normal taxi about double that for the 35 minute ride.
Black cabs have had it easy for to long and charge silly prices.The nearest I come to them these days is watching Fake Taxi on the internet. |  |
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| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 17:37 - Sep 22 with 1936 views | controversial_jack |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 16:59 - Sep 22 by pikeypaul |
Never used them in the Uk but on a recent trip to Ho Chi Minh City used them all the time.Superb service,spotless card and hardly any wait and you know the fare up front.
100,000 dong from the airport to district 1,about £3 normal taxi about double that for the 35 minute ride.
Black cabs have had it easy for to long and charge silly prices.The nearest I come to them these days is watching Fake Taxi on the internet. |
Watch Czech taxi instead, it's better | | | |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 17:54 - Sep 22 with 1929 views | pikeypaul |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 17:37 - Sep 22 by controversial_jack |
Watch Czech taxi instead, it's better |
Not heard of Czech Taxi,I'll take a look thanks. | |
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| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 18:13 - Sep 22 with 1916 views | Meraki |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 17:37 - Sep 22 by controversial_jack |
Watch Czech taxi instead, it's better |
I find it hard to multi task with the subtitles  | | | |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 18:06 - Sep 25 with 1828 views | Valerie |
3/4 of a million already signed the petition and Sad Dick Khan has now agreed to listen to Uber and let them address the issues something he did not before,he has now realised the will of the people.
It was a total political decision nothing to do with backround checks since they undertake EXACTLY the same checks as other taxi operators.
Uber have had huge positive publicity from all this and with the app downloaded 500% more in the UK than normal in the last week. [Post edited 25 Sep 2017 18:15]
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| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 19:05 - Sep 25 with 1807 views | londonlisa2001 |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 18:06 - Sep 25 by Valerie |
3/4 of a million already signed the petition and Sad Dick Khan has now agreed to listen to Uber and let them address the issues something he did not before,he has now realised the will of the people.
It was a total political decision nothing to do with backround checks since they undertake EXACTLY the same checks as other taxi operators.
Uber have had huge positive publicity from all this and with the app downloaded 500% more in the UK than normal in the last week. [Post edited 25 Sep 2017 18:15]
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No. uber have issued a public apology and committed to addressing the issues raised by TfL. Which is the whole point. They've had years to do this and have refused. They've now acted very swiftly as predicted.
And they don't have the same checks. | | | |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 20:23 - Sep 25 with 1779 views | Valerie |
DBS background checks are exactly the same as blackcaps and other cabs like various
Spokesmen confirmed last week.
So the £50 billion company have apologised and laughed at the same time knowing the good
advertising would have cost £10s millions.
Absolutely zero disruption in service and they will throw a few token crumbs out to the liberal rsoles and carry on.
Anyway the glee of the black cabs was short lived and they are a dying service
who needs the knowledge when we have satnav it's 2017 get used to it guys. | | | |
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| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 20:47 - Sep 25 with 1760 views | londonlisa2001 |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 20:23 - Sep 25 by Valerie |
DBS background checks are exactly the same as blackcaps and other cabs like various
Spokesmen confirmed last week.
So the £50 billion company have apologised and laughed at the same time knowing the good
advertising would have cost £10s millions.
Absolutely zero disruption in service and they will throw a few token crumbs out to the liberal rsoles and carry on.
Anyway the glee of the black cabs was short lived and they are a dying service
who needs the knowledge when we have satnav it's 2017 get used to it guys. |
It has nothing to do with black cabs. As I said earlier in the week, they deserve everything they get.
But Uber (the bit that have had their licence revoked, which is not the same company as the app etc, but are a straightforward mini cab service) will have to change or they won't be renewed, it's as simple as that. And it's mini cabs they are destroying with subsidised pricing (which will be increased as soon as all others go to the wall). And the checks and reporting are not the same. One of the main reasons that their licence was not renewed was that the Met asked for it to be withheld due to their scandalous behaviour and lack or reporting of sexual assaults, assaults, and other criminal behaviour.
Have a read about it if you like. or carry on being uninformed. Up to you.
As an aside, if you think that sat nav does the same job in getting you round London as a black cab driver you've obviously not visited in years. The one thing that's you can say for black cabs is they find their way round like no sat nav can get anywhere near to matching. | | | |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 20:48 - Sep 25 with 1760 views | PozuelosSideys |
I wish theyd pay their fair share of fcking tax in the UK. Oh, and stop calling yourselves a "tech company".. youre a cab service you plebs. |  |
| "Michu, Britton and Williams could have won 3-0 on their own. They wouldn't have required a keeper." | | Poll: | Hattricks |
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| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 20:49 - Sep 25 with 1757 views | londonlisa2001 |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 20:48 - Sep 25 by PozuelosSideys |
I wish theyd pay their fair share of fcking tax in the UK. Oh, and stop calling yourselves a "tech company".. youre a cab service you plebs. |
And VAT. | | | |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 20:53 - Sep 25 with 1752 views | PozuelosSideys |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 20:49 - Sep 25 by londonlisa2001 |
And VAT. |
Yeh and that :D
I have no problem with these businesses, they provide a solid service. But i expect them to provide a standard of care, abide by local regulation and be a relatively decent corporate citizen. If you make money here, you pay the necessary fees to do so. This bunch are like the rest of them, they are leaches.. and the masses here dont realise whats going on in the small print. | |
| "Michu, Britton and Williams could have won 3-0 on their own. They wouldn't have required a keeper." | | Poll: | Hattricks |
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| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 21:49 - Sep 25 with 1736 views | Valerie |
Tax is paid on all uber takings and it is all registered electronically and paid by card unlike normal cabs and black cabs where the vast majority is cash. | | | |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 22:42 - Sep 25 with 1713 views | Kilkennyjack |
Its a great product.
It will be sorted. |  |
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| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 22:47 - Sep 25 with 1714 views | londonlisa2001 |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 21:49 - Sep 25 by Valerie |
Tax is paid on all uber takings and it is all registered electronically and paid by card unlike normal cabs and black cabs where the vast majority is cash. |
You have no idea what you're talking about.
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| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 22:54 - Sep 25 with 1708 views | londonlisa2001 |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 22:42 - Sep 25 by Kilkennyjack |
Its a great product.
It will be sorted. |
Actually it'd be a great product if they behaved in a remotely ethical manner.
But they don't, so it's not.
It may be as a result of this or a competitor may do it better.
The way it was, gave such an unfair advantage that they would wait until they had wiped out every local minicab business and then would increase their prices (at the moment, the estimate is that in London, the customer covers about 41% of cost). They then would have a privately owned (Goldman Sachs et al), monopoly which would be hugely unfair for local companies, and ultimately the customer. On top of which they pay sod all tax into the U.K. economy, and their employment practices are shockingly bad.
Quite why anyone supports this type of business unless they are rampantly right wing is beyond me. | | | |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 23:53 - Sep 25 with 1688 views | Valerie |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 22:47 - Sep 25 by londonlisa2001 |
You have no idea what you're talking about.
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Obviously a lot more than you on the subject.
Have your little tantrum on the subject like you always do but the facts are the facts and you can not argue with them.
You've already shown us your talking out of your rsole when stating backround tests are totally different when they are not. [Post edited 25 Sep 2017 23:59]
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| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 00:09 - Sep 26 with 1678 views | londonlisa2001 |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 23:53 - Sep 25 by Valerie |
Obviously a lot more than you on the subject.
Have your little tantrum on the subject like you always do but the facts are the facts and you can not argue with them.
You've already shown us your talking out of your rsole when stating backround tests are totally different when they are not. [Post edited 25 Sep 2017 23:59]
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Not had any tantrum.
And you are making the mistake of believing the PR release from Uber (sorry, a 'source close to Uber') about TFL having sole responsibility for granting licences to drivers before they can drive for Uber.
The Metropolitan police and TfL themselves disagree, which is why it's been specifically listed as one of the reasons for denying a licence renewal.
Tell us more about them paying their fair share of tax. And then explain why the email they sent this week came from Amsterdam. How does the London company and the Amsterdam company link? Who owns what? How are they structured? I'd love to hear your take on it. | | | |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 01:07 - Sep 26 with 1668 views | longlostjack |
| London Uber Licence won't be renewed on 00:09 - Sep 26 by londonlisa2001 |
Not had any tantrum.
And you are making the mistake of believing the PR release from Uber (sorry, a 'source close to Uber') about TFL having sole responsibility for granting licences to drivers before they can drive for Uber.
The Metropolitan police and TfL themselves disagree, which is why it's been specifically listed as one of the reasons for denying a licence renewal.
Tell us more about them paying their fair share of tax. And then explain why the email they sent this week came from Amsterdam. How does the London company and the Amsterdam company link? Who owns what? How are they structured? I'd love to hear your take on it. |
That really is the problem. Tax and a level playing field. It's about time people woke up and smellt the Starbucks. |  |
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