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Mirror.co.uk How NHS staff can claim free Uber rides over Christmas Mirror.co.uk Jamie Heywood, Uber's general manager for Northern and Eastern Europe said: “NHS staff will have enough to worry about this Christmas, so we'd like to at least try to take care of their travel. "During a time when it isn't always easy to get from A to ... https://www.google.com/news

Telegraph.co.uk Uber weighs multi-billion move into electric scooter market Telegraph.co.uk It participated in a $335m fundraiser alongside Google's parent company Alphabet earlier this year and made Lime scooters available to hire in the US through Uber's app. Meanwhile, rival Bird was launched by former Uber executive Travis VanderZanden ... Uber NZ trials walkers, readies for scooter launchNew Zealand Herald Uber said to be negotiating a multibillion-dollar takeover of scooter-sharing startupThe Verge Report: Uber looks into buying e-scooter company Bird or LimeMashable Futurism -Gizmodo -Engadget -The Information all 24 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

The Atlantic The Death of the American Restaurant The Atlantic Like so many in 18th-century Europe, the self-styled inventor of restaurants, Mathurin Roze de Chantoiseau, believed that improving circulation—of food through people's bodies or of money, goods, and information through society—would bring benefits ... View the full article

The News Minute Not able to order on online delivery apps like Swiggy, Zomato, Uber Eats in Kochi? Here's why The News Minute In a tiff with online food delivery apps, Kerala Hotel and Restaurant Association in Kochi has stopped accepting food orders through the apps of giants like Uber, Zomato and Swiggy, starting Saturday, December 1. Alienating customers from the existing ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

4BC Will the Taxi industry land a blow against Uber? 4BC Justin Smith speaks to Blair Davies the CEO of the Australian Taxi Industry Association about the class action Maurice Blackburn is launching against Uber and the impact to the taxi industry since Uber started. Download this podcast here · Justin Smith. https://www.google.com/news

Peskin targets Uber and Lyft tax Marinatimes District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin will place a ballot measure before voters in November 2019 that would raise $30 million a year from a new tax on transportation network companies such as Lyft and Uber. The money would fund transportation ... View the full article

The Verge Uber said to be negotiating a multibillion-dollar takeover of scooter-sharing startup The Verge Uber, the premier name in ride-hailing apps, wants to be known as the go-to destination for all on-demand transportation needs, and so its latest efforts have naturally gravitated toward growing its share of the booming electric scooter rental business. Uber may acquire Bird or Lime to accelerate its scooter plansEngadget Uber Is Reportedly Planning a Takeover of Scooter-sharing Company BirdFuturism Uber Reportedly Exploring Deal to Buy Two Electric Scooter CompaniesBloomberg Yahoo Finance UK all 9 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Bloomberg Uber Reportedly Exploring Deal to Buy Two Electric Scooter Companies Bloomberg A deal could be reached before the end of the year, it said. Both scooter companies have been trying to raise money. Uber in July invested in Lime at a $1.1 billion valuation and purchased an electric-bike rental company called Jump Bikes earlier this ... Report: Uber looks into buying e-scooter company Bird or LimeMashable all 9 news articles » View the full article

Fox 35 Orlando Woman accused of attacked Uber driver Fox 35 Orlando MELBOURNE, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - A woman in Melbourne was arrested after police say she attacked an Uber driver Thursday night. Melbourne Police say the Uber driver didn't want to drive through his rider's neighborhood because he had been a victim of ... Woman accused of attacking Uber driver in MelbourneWESH Orlando all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Albany Times Union Uber is doubling down on food delivery, apparently starting with groceries in Canada Albany Times Union Uber Eats is hiring a head of grocery product, according to a job posting from Thursday. The role is meant to "build the organization and globally scale a brand new product offering which will fundamentally evolve how people purchase their groceries.". and more » https://www.google.com/news

Business Insider Uber is doubling down on food delivery, apparently starting with groceries in Canada Business Insider Uber Eats is hiring a head of grocery product, according to a job posting from Thursday. The role is meant to "build the organization and globally scale a brand new product offering which will fundamentally evolve how people purchase their groceries.". and more » https://www.google.com/news

China trucking startup 'Uber of trucks' is a semi success Manila Bulletin The Chinese startup dubbed the “Uber of trucks” has attracted foreign investors from Alphabet, Inc. to SoftBank Group Corp. on the premise that it can make a lot of money from connecting the nation's truckers with shippers who need goods carried ... View the full article

Marketing Week Uber on its ambition to move from a 'viral app to a viral brand' Marketing Week That means more people are making money from Uber than Walmart. However, its rapid growth has at times been Uber's biggest challenge. The business has struggled with issues such as company culture and concerns over passenger safety. In London, TfL ... View the full article

Marketing Week Uber on its ambition to move from a 'viral app to a viral brand' Marketing Week Uber has shifted its marketing focus from customer acquisition to brand reputation after the company experienced its first decline in rides last year as trust issues and bad press plagued the business. Speaking at Madfest London on Wednesday (28 ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber Adds Business Expense Management Integrations PYMNTS.comUber for Business integrates with more expense management apps including France's Expensya and India's Happay for automated expense reporting. View the full article

USA TODAY Uber adjusts rate structure for drivers USA TODAY Ride-hailing company Uber is "re-balancing" rates to encourage drivers not to cancel as many rides. The company stresses that consumers won't see their own fares go up, nor will drives see an overall increase in their earnings, but instead a more ... https://www.google.com/news

New York Times Meet the Man Tasked With Expanding Uber's Business in New York, With a Smile New York Times Uber has also poured money into lobbying in New York. The company spent more than $380,000 on lobbying at the state and city level during the first half of this year, according to state records. In July and August, it spent $4 million on lobbying ... View the full article

Uber adjusts rate structure for drivers USA TODAYRide-hailing company Uber is "re-balancing" rates to encourage drivers not to cancel as many rides. The company stresses that consumers won't see their own ... View the full article

More than just a driver – your opportunities to grow with Uber UberView the full article

NEWS.com.au Man claims he was dragged along a street after hugging husband NEWS.com.au Taray Carey, 27, was travelling in an Uber in New York on November 28 with husband Alex Majkowski and another friend when the couple shared a hug. According to Mr Carey, the Uber driver was angered by the intimacy, allegedly calling the pair “f***ots” ... An Uber Driver Allegedly Dragged a Gay Man Down a NYC BlockOut Magazine Uber driver 'dragged gay customer down busy street'PinkNews Uber driver 'dragged gay man down street after he hugged husband'Metro NBCNews.com -Daily Mail -NBC New York all 18 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Telegraph.co.uk Centrica, Uber launch electric vehicle trial to monitor impact on UK energy grid Telegraph.co.uk The trial of 3,000 of the vehicles in London and the South of England has been approved by Ofgem, Britain's energy regulator, and is being led by Uber and Centrica, the owner of British Gas. The cars will be on the road by the second half of next year ... Thousands of Electric Vehicles Are Heading to LondonBloomberg Uber, Centrica join 'world's biggest' electric vehicle impact trialCurrent News (press release) (blog) all 14 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Inc.com Here's the Surprising Reason Very Rich People Are Driving for Uber (and Doing Other Gig Economy Jobs) Inc.com Paul English, cofounder of travel site Kayak, who drove his Tesla X for Uber while researching customer service. Jamison Hill of Bain Capital Ventures who put in hours at a gig economy laundry service,; Sequoia Capital's Michael Moritz "packed up ... https://www.google.com/news

WIRED Lyft Bets Big on Bikes in NYC, and Uber Is None Too Happy WIRED Lyft's move might hurt the prospects of Lime and Uber-owned Jump in one of the most cycling-friendly markets in the country, where bike-share fortunes might be made or dashed. Both of those companies are part of a city-run dockless bike-share pilot ... Mayor de Blasio Announces Dramatic Expansion Of Citi Bikenyc.gov all 127 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

WIRED Lyft Bets Big on Bikes in NYC, and Uber Is None Too Happy WIRED The company says it will pour its money not only into expanding bike-share infrastructure, but also into creating relationships with low-income communities to promote bike use and make it easier to cycle there. That addresses a common criticism of ... and more » View the full article

CNBC How troubled ride-hailing giant Uber put an end to internal 'name-calling and finger-pointing' CNBC Having low diversity and inclusion standards almost sunk ride-hailing giant Uber in 2017 after an ex-Uber engineer published a blog post in which she said she had repeatedly complained about sexual harassment and discrimination. This led to an internal ... https://www.google.com/news