VW’s launched a new company to discover the future of transport December 5, 2016 Volkswagen is launching a new business that will focus on the growing area of urban mobility such as on-demand travel and electric cars. Moia will operate as an independent company within the German car group based in Berlin and will "act more nimbly, like a startup" but with access to the expertise and funding of [...]
Uber is expanding its UberPool area just in time for Christmas December 2, 2016 Uber is more than doubling the area in London where its car-sharing option UberPool is available. From 4pm today, the service will cover all of zone three, including areas such as Streatham, Dulwich, Lewisham, Muswell Hill, Wimbledon and City Airport. The expansion comes one year after UberPool was launched in the capital. Uber's ride-sharing service allows users [...]
Leave the beach behind and trek Europe’s prettiest mountain range, the Dolomites November 30, 2016 Sun seekers might disagree, but in my opinion there are few better places to spend the summer than the Alps, where you can find dozens of activities to suit everyone from uber athletes to Uber passengers. My family needed a little convincing too, before they’d agree to spend their holidays in the mountains rather than [...]
Addison Lee pumps £7.5m in to training after splashing out on new cars November 29, 2016 London private car hire firm Addison Lee is pouring £7.5m in to driver training. The company – which is battling against US upstart Uber for market share – claims it’s the largest ever private investment in driver training in the industry. The fresh spending follows Addison Lee plugging £17m into new cars earlier this month, purchasing [...]
The EU court will start trying to answer an incredibly existensial question about Uber November 28, 2016 The battle between Uber and taxi drivers in Europe is ramping up as they pull up at the European court on Tuesday over a rather existential question: what exactly is Uber? The first hearing in what is expected to be a landmark case that will decide its fate in key European markets will take place in the [...]
Uber says a quarter of Londoners ditching car ownership have done due to alternatives November 28, 2016 More than a quarter of Londoners who have ditched their cars have done because of alternatives such as Uber, new research by the on-demand taxi service claims. A YouGov poll of 1,000 residents in the capital for the startup found 28 per cent of those who no longer own a car, but used to, said it was down to using [...]
City firms look to take part in Saudi Arabia’s multi-billion pound transformation plan November 28, 2016 Leading City banking, law and project management firms are meeting in Saudi Arabia today as they weigh up whether to take part in the country's National Transformation Programme. The programme, which will reduce Saudi Arabia's dependence on oil and move towards a diverse economy by 2030, is expected to generate $267bn per year in business opportunities. [...]
Forget the crushing consensus of trigger warnings and safe spaces: Our world needs more contrarians November 28, 2016 The news that the London nightclub Fabric is to potentially reopen is welcome. The progressive house music played there provided an antidote to the chart-toppers heard in the more salubrious salons of the West End. Similarly, those who speak out and stand up for what they believe in provide a contrarian view to mainstream thinking. This [...]
How hotels and travel websites can fight back against Airbnb’s audacious move into Trips November 24, 2016 For sheer chutzpah, it’s difficult to beat Airbnb’s announcement that is expanding its home sharing platform to offer holistic travel experiences. Not content with disrupting the hotel trade, the hosting service wants to put its live like a local stamp on the global tourism sector, in a pitch for the complete customer journey including ultimately [...]
Deliveroo denies data hack November 23, 2016 Deliveroo has been forced to deny that it has been targeted by hackers after an investigation found some customers were charged for food they had not ordered. A probe by the BBC's Watchdog show due to be shown tonight, found several examples of customers who were billed hundreds of pounds for food deliveries they did not [...]