Online taxi-service Uber is planning to create 50,000 new jobs in Europe. Uber expects to establish a new partnership with EU cities and is planning to become ‘a huge job generator’ in the region.
The BBC reported CEO Travis Kalanick at the 2015 Digital Life Design conference as saying: "Uber is committed to establishing new partnerships with Europe’s cities to ensure innovation, harness powerful economic benefits and promote core city functions."
"Uber wants to partner closely with tax authorities to increase transportation providers’ compliance and overall tax revenue for cities and countries across Europe."
Presently the taxi service operates across 250 cities worldwide, where users can book a cab using Uber’s smartphone app.
The company claims to have created 7,800 jobs in London and carried around one million passengers in 2014.
The company faced criticism for launching new services without regulators’ approval in Germany, but the ban was lifted later.
Uber has faced protests from taxi firms in London, and in India the company came under fire when a woman was allegedly raped by an Uber taxi driver.
At the conference, Kalanick emphasized the need for safety checks for drivers and said that the company is developing new technologies to perform background checks and improve safety.
