Uber loses licence to operate in London

[Ardwick Green Blue]

Licence.

Never, ever, give anyone licence for poor spelling.

 

[Norman Stanley Fletcher]

Certainly been a roller coaster ride

Cool !! Didn't know they did those as well ...

 

[Tuearts right boot]

As a follow on to my last post the following will give you an insight into the economics of being an Uber driver.
Let's assume the driver wants to earn £400 gross per week. Inorder to do that he can rent a car that's fully insured and licenced as is required, all he has to do is fuel it.
Car rental £200
Fuel £150
Uber commission £250
Wages £400
This equates to £1000 takings per week. Inorder to earn that his working week will be about 80 hours. So when your driver falls asleep at the traffic lights you know the reason why. I don't know why they do it.

Was listening to a woman on radio 2 today who was saying something similar....hire car etc etc but with most, if not all car hire insurance policies they do not cover for hire or reward ( unless declared, a huge premium ).....a taxi. Yet the black cab drivers have huge amounts or time and money invested in each individuals enterprise. Then some woman swans up in a rental Corsa to take you to Aldi.

 

[manchester blue]

Uber is brilliant.

Back in the day I used to queue for a black cab in town at 2am for an hour some nights. Fights in the queue and freezing cold. I’m happy now that I can order one on the app and it’s here in minutes. More importantly so can my lad and I can pay for it so he is not thinking he can save a tenner and walk it.

 

[tommo74]

It's like UEFA, it's corrupt, black cabs equal tourists, like yellow cabs in new york, and black cabs are expensive,so cheaper alternatives come out, and maybe soon the black cab will be dead, but it is iconic to England like tea, so the government don't want the black cab to dissapear, black cab company went bust years ago and is now owned by Volvo, nothing British about it and before the electric black cabs the engines were Italian and before that Nissan engines

 

[sir baconface]

So London will sack a low-cost company with a diverse workforce in favour of an expensive, predominantly white Anglo Saxon closed shop...

 

[Sir peace frog]

You all like Uber because they’re cheap. The drivers make pennies and this ban is long overdue.

Mate it's the same as airlines people want something for nothing then whinge when they get a shit service

 

[Dubai Blue]

As a follow on to my last post the following will give you an insight into the economics of being an Uber driver.
Let's assume the driver wants to earn £400 gross per week. Inorder to do that he can rent a car that's fully insured and licenced as is required, all he has to do is fuel it.
Car rental £200
Fuel £150
Uber commission £250
Wages £400
This equates to £1000 takings per week. Inorder to earn that his working week will be about 80 hours. So when your driver falls asleep at the traffic lights you know the reason why. I don't know why they do it.

Most people only seem to care about workers' rights up to the point it starts to hit their own pocket.

 

[BimboBob]

So London will sack a low-cost company with a diverse workforce in favour of an expensive, predominantly white Anglo Saxon closed shop...

Which Anglo saxon closed shop are you talking about?


The 80,000 odd private hire vehicles or the 20,000 odd black cabs?

 

[cyberblue]

So London will sack a low-cost company with a diverse workforce in favour of an expensive, predominantly white Anglo Saxon closed shop...

Yes that is about right