Jo Bertram

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Uber lodged a court appeal on Friday to overturn a decision by London’s transport regulator that stripped the taxi app of its operating licence. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
Uber embarks on legal battle to retain London licence

Uber lodged a court appeal on Friday to overturn a decision by London’s transport regulator that stripped the taxi app of its operating licence in its(...)

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick: taxi-app company has appealed against a landmark employment tribunal ruling. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Uber appeals ruling that its UK drivers are employees

Uber has launched an appeal against a landmark employment tribunal ruling that its self-employed minicab drivers should be classed as workers with acc(...)

Disruption: A court in London recently rejected the claim that Uber in London was “a mosaic of 30,000 small businesses”. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
Workers take fight against ‘gig economy’ disrupters to court

It’s called the gig economy by some, and Victorian-era exploitation of vulnerable workers by others. Driving a car for Uber is “work that puts you (...)

Uber’s Jo Bertram: “We believe we need to be using the cars that are already on the road more efficiently.” Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Uber shifts Dublin focus from hackneys to taxis

Uber, the mobile app that connects passengers with private cars for hire, says it has doubled the size of its business in Dublin since it launched its(...)