London, Dec 7 (AFP) US ride-hailing app Uber has had itslicence suspended in the British city of Sheffield for failingto respond to requests for information about its management,city officials said today.
Uber will be allowed to continue operating until December18 and, if it chooses to appeal the suspension, it canfunction until that has been heard.
"Uber's licence was suspended last Friday after thecurrent licence holder failed to respond to requests, made byour licensing team, about the management of Uber," a SheffieldCity council spokesman said.
Uber said it had informed Sheffield in October that itwould need to change the name on its licence as the namedindividual would soon be leaving the company.
"The council told us they couldn't change the name on thelicence, as most other councils have done, and that we wouldinstead have to apply for a new one," the company said in astatement.
"If the new application can't be resolved by 18 Decemberwe will of course submit an appeal so we can continue to servethe people of Sheffield," it said.
Uber on Monday begins its appeal against a separatesuspension in London, where around 40,000 drivers use the appand serve 3.5 million customers. (AFP)NSA.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.