UK’s Brighton renews Uber’s licence for six months as it monitors the London dispute
London — Brighton has renewed Uber’s licence to operate in the southern, coastal English city for six months while the local authority follows the outcome of London’s move to strip the ride-hailing app of its licence. "The decision on the length of the extension was taken to allow the council to monitor the outcome of the Transport for London Uber decision, and consider whether any of the information arising from the case had direct implications," Brighton and Hove council said in a statement on Thursday. London’s transport regulator shocked Uber in September by deeming it unfit to run a taxi service and refusing to renew its licence, citing the firm’s approach to reporting serious criminal offences and background checks on drivers. Uber’s 40,000 drivers in the British capital can continue to take rides there until an appeals process is exhausted, which could take months or years. Uber only has about 40 drivers in the Brighton area out of a total of about 50,000 in Britain. The coun...
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