UBER UPDATE
UBER LETS FURRY FRIENDS COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE WITH NEW TAXI SERVICE FOR PETS
Uber users can now bring their furry friends along for the ride as the taxi company launches a new service, Uber Pet. According to ITV News, the app firm said UK passengers were be able to book journeys with their pets from Tuesday 26 April. Fares for Uber Pet journeys will include a surcharge of £3.20 in London and £2 outside the capital. Previously it was at the discretion of drivers whether they allowed passen- gers to travel with an animal.
Customers will now be matched with drivers who are eligible and willing to transport people with their pets.
Passengers travelling with a service animal can continue to use the regular Uber option. Andrew Brem, general manager at Uber UK, said: “We’re really happy to be launching Uber Pet in the UK, bringing even more convenient travel options to our riders. With Covid-19 restrictions lifted, it’s the perfect time for new pets to get out and about again with you, no matter what your plans.” The company will donate £1 from every Uber Pet fare to charity All Dogs Matter.
PORTSMOUTH UBER TRADE REPRESENTATIVE BRANDS NEW BONUS SCHEME AS ‘NOT IDEAL’
A Portsmouth Uber trade rep has branded a new Uber bonus scheme as ‘not ideal’ as drivers battle with the cost of living crisis. Peter Sutherland, who has worked for the firm six years, thinks the new bonus scheme does not support drivers enough.
This comes after roughly 30 drivers protested outside Uber’s offices at Lakeside North Harbour in March. Drivers will receive extra revenue if they work weekends – usually Fridays and Saturdays between 6pm and 4am. Those that do not are set to lose out,
UBER SEALS DEAL TO EXPAND ITS BUSINESS IN ITALY
Uber has clinched a deal to integrate its ride-hailing app with Italy’s largest taxi dispatcher as it seeks to boost its presence in the eurozone’s third- largest economy, the company said on Tuesday, 24 May. According to Reuters, the move is part of Uber’s strategy of working with established taxi operators, tapping into a recovery in demand after the pan- demic-driven downturn. Under the agreement with IT Taxi, over 12,000 taxi drivers in Italy will have access to the Uber platform. It will make the app available in over 80 new cities and grow Uber’s existing busi- ness in big cities such as Rome, Milan,
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Turin and Bologna. The partnership, which will start in June, follows similar deals in Spain, Germany, Austria, Turkey, South Korea, Hong Kong as well in New York and San Francisco. The company wants to have every taxi available on its app by 2025. “This is a truly historic deal in one of our most strategically important mar- kets globally,” said Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. “We strongly believe taxis and Uber are better together, and we’re committed to making this a partnership of trust and cooperation long into the future,” he added.
and Mr Sutherland said the new measure is insufficient. He told The News: “Rather than coming out with an increase in the cost per mile, or a fuel surcharge - which many other companies have applied - Uber came out with a scheme of bonuses for doing a certain number of trips within a certain time scale. “More should be done, not least because not all drivers work in those times. Some work Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, so they are receiving no benefit from the added bonuses which have been put out there as a sweetener.” Mr Sutherland said just like other motorists, Uber drivers are feeling the strain of rising fuel prices – with some quitting the app altogether. Those that work for the company have flexible hours, and the trade rep thinks more overall support should be given. He added: “The scheme they have come out with is not ideal, and does not benefit a large number of the driver population. They are dangling the carrot of the extra bonuses, but there are still drivers, who for various reasons, do not work those hours.”
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