Sheffield has become the second UK city to suspend Uber’s licence.
The American tech company is currently fighting a ban in London, where it lost is licence in September.
“Uber’s licence was suspended last Friday (29 November) after the current licence holder failed to respond to requests, made by our licensing team, about the management of Uber,” said a Sheffield City Council spokesperson.
“It is legally allowed to operate up to 18 December, and if it chooses to appeal this suspension it can continue to operate until the appeal is heard. If it decides against an appeal the suspension will come into force.”
Uber has now submitted an application for a new licence, but under a different name.
“We received a new application, for a licence to operate taxis in Sheffield, from Uber Britannia Limited, on 18 October 2017 which we are currently processing,” continued the spokesperson.
“Any new application is dealt with by the Licensing department who will decide if those applying for the licence meet the criteria. It will only be referred to the licensing sub-committee if a decision by the committee is required.
“The legislation does not allow for the transfer of an operator’s licence.”
In response Uber said:
“While we are in regular contact with the council, we did not receive the correspondence the council refers to as they sent the letters to an incorrect address.
“We hope this administrative error can be quickly resolved.”
