Uber Boats by Thames Clippers nets £59m from Natwest and Santander Transport and infrastructure Uber Boats by Thames Clippers has secured £59m in funding from Natwest and Santander after experiencing a surge in passenger numbers since the Covid-19 pandemic. The London river transport provider said the joint funding package would support plans for new vessels, pier upgrades and improvements to dry docking facilities. “It’s vital that we have funding [...]
Uber Boat by Thames Clippers returns to profit Transport and infrastructure The company behind Uber Boat by Thames Clippers in London, returned to profit in 2023, it has been revealed. Collins River Enterprises has reported a pre-tax profit of £5.4m for the 12 months, having made a pre-tax loss of £4m in 2022. It is the first time that the business has reported a pre-tax profit [...]
Surfing the Thames: How Uber boats came to rule the river lucy kenningham “Looking out at the river, I was struck by how empty it was,” Sean Collins tells me. This was in 1994, when he had just been made redundant from his previous role as an apprentice waterman on the Thames. All that empty water stretching through the middle of London – it was a “waste”. But [...]