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'Unfit' Uber stripped of London license after safety failures
Uber, which has roughly 45,000 drivers in London, did not offer an immediate comment.
An employment appeal tribunal upheld that decision last year prompting Uber to go to the Court of Appeal, with a two-day hearing due to begin on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has invested in Uber and its managing director sits on the app’s board.
The mobile app was granted a temporary licence renewal to operate in Britain’s capital.
Transport for London (TfL) refused to give the Silicon Valley taxi firm a five-year operating license last September.
Uber’s corporate culture has changed since Khosrowshahi’s arrival, company officials told the court on Monday, promising better practices and more transparency.
Uber has faced protests, bans and restrictions around the world as its app challenges traditional taxi operators and angers some unions.
Uber is appealing against Transport for London’s decision to strip it of its operating license in September last year.
Uber said, last month, nearly a third of its 50,000 drivers in Britain are logged into the app for more than 40 hours a week.
Uber has transformed the taxi industry since its launch in 2011 and now operates in more than 600 cities globally.
In Britain, Uber is looking to appoint a new boss after Jo Bertram announced her departure less than two weeks after London’s decision.
Uber spokesman said the company will now take the case to the Court of Appeal.
Transport for London (TfL) shocked the Silicon Valley firm last month by deeming it unfit to run a taxi service.
Transport for London stunned the taxi-app firm last week when it said it would not renew its licence after the end of September.
Losing its licence in London, one of the world’s wealthiest cities, is one of the US technology firm’s biggest setbacks so far.
The British capital’s regulator deemed Uber unfit to run a taxi service and decided not to renew its licence to operate.
The 'Sunday Times' also quoted sources close to London’s transport body as saying the move was encouraging and suggested the possibility of talks.
The British capital’s transport regulator deemed Uber unfit to run a tax service and said its licence would not be renewed when it expires on 30 September.
Uber launched legal action in August after Transport for London said that drivers should have to prove their ability to communicate in English.