tim... wrote:
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/uber-...jared-carmel-2

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Uber's latest figures suggest that its UK business is growing fast, and
modestly profitable (though it may be exporting some of its UK profits to
lower tax domains, just as other US multinationals do):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/10/10/uber-drivers-racked-up-115m-of-fares-in-the-uk-last-year---doubl/

Quote:

Uber’s growing popularity has been confirmed after new accounts revealed
the taxi technology’s drivers billed more than £100m in UK fares last year,
leading to a doubling of profits at its parent company.

Uber London, the taxi app’s UK holding company, recorded a profit before
tax of £1.83m, up 105pc on the prior year, on the back of revenue that more
than doubled.

Accounts filed at Companies House show that Uber generated sales of £23.3m
in the year to December 2015, up from £11.34m. The sales figure reflects
only Uber’s share of fares for trips booked on its app.

Although Uber’s exact revenue split is not known, it is believed Uber gives
approximately 80pc of any fare to the driver, retaining 20pc for itself.

Based on that understanding and Uber’s £23m take, the company’s network of
drivers did some £115m of business in the UK last year, the majority of
which is thought to have been in the capital.

However sources indicated that due to the complicated nature of Uber's
multi-national accounts structure, the actual figure will be higher than
that.

The scale of growth in the business, which only began trading in London
four years ago, is reflected in the amount of cash it now holds on its
balance sheet £5.6m at the end of 2015, against £3.5m a year earlier.