This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article,Uber faces an imminent ban on operating in London.Uber's London HQ held its annual company holiday drinks-'n'-canapes party last night, at the Groucho Club in Soho, and Business Insider went along to say hello.
Needless to say, there was one existential question hanging over the get-together: Will Uber escape theThe ban on Uber operating in London — one of its biggest revenue-generating cities — is set to come into force on or about December 16. While mingling with management and drinking free champagne, here is what Business Insider staffers learned last night:of the ban. The appeal will be filed in a magistrates court within the next few days., as the magistrates ruling can also be appealed to higher courts.is that a ban of the entire company from the entire city is a disproportionate response given the "crime": The ban was imposed because 14 drivers out of a total of 45,000 had falsified their identities.
. Her husband works for Lynton Crosby's CTF Partners, the consultancy that has advised the Conservative party on the election campaigns of former prime ministers David Cameron and Theresa May, and current PM Boris Johnson. She also used to work for former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith's social policy think tank, the Centre for Social Justice.
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