{"id":9785,"date":"2015-11-29T20:45:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T20:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=9785"},"modified":"2015-11-29T20:45:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T20:45:27","slug":"uber-cardiff-campaign-gains-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/uber-cardiff-campaign-gains-momentum","title":{"rendered":"Uber Advertising for Cardiff Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Calls for Uber taxi services to come to Cardiff are finally being heard as the company advertises for jobs in the city.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9879\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Uber-taxi-edited.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9879 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Uber-taxi-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Uber taxi edited\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Uber-taxi-edited.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Uber-taxi-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Uber-taxi-edited-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9879 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Uber-taxi-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Uber taxi edited\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Uber-taxi-edited.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Uber-taxi-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Uber-taxi-edited-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> A safer way to taxi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Uber website, as of the end of October, shows that they are advertising for an operations manager in Cardiff. Does this indicate potential expansion of their business into the city of Cardiff and surrounding valleys area?<\/p>\n<p>There have been many calls for the app-led taxi company to come to the capital city as difficulties with the existing taxi services have come to light. Just recently, Uber has launched in Leeds, Liverpool and Newcastle, cities around the same size as Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott Cantor, founder of campaign \u2018Bring Uber to Cardiff\u2019 said: \u201cThe move into Cardiff would be great. It\u2019s a much cheaper service and it would create quite a few jobs for the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indications for a Cardiff launch have been seen as early as April 17<sup>th<\/sup> whereby a twitter handle was created under the alias @UberCardiff \u2013 however, their only tweet to this day simply states \u2018Uber is coming\u2019 with no further updates since then.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UberCardiff\/status\/589121752896253952\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/UberCardiff\/status\/589121752896253952<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Uber spokeswoman, Sad\u00e9 S said: \u201cWe are hoping to establish a presence in Cardiff in the near future. While we do not have a specific date in mind for the launch in Cardiff, keep an eye on the Uber website for more details.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The launch of Uber Cardiff has been long awaited; campaigns urging them to operate in Cardiff have amassed hundreds of followers, especially recently in the wake of adversity towards existing Cardiff taxi firms for expensive fares and questionable behaviour of drivers. On Facebook, Cardiff residents have blasted taxi drivers for rejecting short fares, often leaving people to walk on their own in the dark.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9882\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Inside-Uber-Taxi-edited.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9882 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Inside-Uber-Taxi-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Uber Taxi edited\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Inside-Uber-Taxi-edited.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Inside-Uber-Taxi-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Inside-Uber-Taxi-edited-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9882 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Inside-Uber-Taxi-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Uber Taxi edited\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Inside-Uber-Taxi-edited.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Inside-Uber-Taxi-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Inside-Uber-Taxi-edited-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The service is closely monitored<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUber is different because you can request it directly and track the driver and car,\u201d Elliott Cantor adds. \u201cIt\u2019s more controlled, the app platform is closely monitored and therefore safer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber could be expanding to the Cardiff region soon, joining other British cities that now offer the taxi service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":422,"featured_media":9879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-9785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","category-global-city","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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