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service, which is currently available in 17 cities around the
world including Paris, will compete with rivals such as
Deliveroo and Just Eat, which have advertised heavily in the
capital in recent months.
Britons will be able to download the app on their iPhone or
Android handset from midday on Thursday and order meals from
restaurants which will be delivered by Uber drivers.
Deliveries will be made to customers in central London from over
150 eateries between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. with plans to expand
further away from the center in the coming weeks.
Uber has faced months of protests from drivers of the capital's
long-dominant black cabs but earlier this year transport bosses
rejected options which could have imposed strict new
restrictions on how it operates.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)
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