Uber fights London ban in court for a second time
Summary
"We found Uber not fit and proper to hold a new private hire operators licence on 25 November 2019," Helen Chapman, TfLs director of licensing, regulation and charging, told CNBC in an emailed statement. When Uber first lost its license in 2017, the company was still trying to clean up its act after Dara Khosrowshahis replacement of founder Travis Kalanick as CEO. Uber has tried to allay the regulators concerns, introducing a new system in April to verify drivers identities through a mix of facial recognition and human reviewers. "We have worked hard to address TfLs concerns over the last few months, rolled out real time ID checks for drivers, and are committed to keeping people moving safely around the city," Jamie Heywood, Ubers regional general manager of Northern and Eastern Europe, told CNBC in an emailed statement. Further compounding Ubers U.K. woes is a landmark employment rights case led by drivers who want to be treated as workers entitled to protections like a minimum wage and holiday pay.