A British court granted Uber Technologies a probationary licence to operate in London, a victory for the ride-hailing company as it attempts to resolve allegations of corporate misbehavior before its planned initial public offering next year.
Judge Emma Arbuthnot on Tuesday gave Uber a 15-month private-hire licence to operate a car service in the British capital, after the company spent much of a two-day hearing admitting and apologizing for past misdeeds and promising that its corporate culture had changed.
