Uber for Business

The transport company Uber is ready to conquer the roads of the capital of Spain After trying as “collaborative service” and facing the relentless taxi industry , has had to adapt to current legislation and transform its business by betting on the transport of people under VTC license, something that significantly limits its market . Perhaps for this reason they have decided to make the leap into the business world, where they will encounter no fewer problems.

This way Uber launches in Madrid Uber for Companies A diversification of its business that is committed to being the usual transporttransport for large companies or self-employed workers. A market that is already exploited in Spain by the Spanish companyCabify, among others that bet for collaborative concepts or away from the classic taxi Will it getUber break into the workplace?

The idea is simple: implement an Uber system in a company so that workers can travel in UberX in a simple way, as if they were requesting a vehicle personally. The difference is that each trip is registered to carry out a detailed management of all these trips.In other words, knowing when and where employees go A complete transparency tool that is also supported by the convenience of generating a single monthly invoice in the name of the company. Qualities that help with paperwork. All this without forgetting that the use of this service is free

At the moment Uber starts in Madrid by the businessman Kike Sarasola , who created and directs Room Mate Hotels and BeMate.com In this way, the workers of these hotel chains can use their application Uber on a regular basis to request a ride. The difference is that it is possible to charge all these trips to the company's account. The latter, for its part, has an information panel to find out everything that happens and generate a single monthly invoice to pay for trips

Uber for Business has two profiles within its service. On the one hand, there is the service for companies, with a centralized management and billing platform to meet the needs of employees in Madrid and more than 500 other cities around the world. On the other hand, there is the Business Profile, where to order, manage and report work trips within the same user account of Uber, something that helps clarify things for freelancers and other professional profiles

The only thing you have to do to start using Uber for Business is register the business in this service After that, it is possible to invite the workers that you want through the service itself. From that moment on, these employees can make use of Uber charging the trips to the company.On the other hand, if what you want is to activate a Business Profile, you must do the same from its section on the page Uber website for Companies This way you can make a difference between the user's usual trips and those he makes as a professional.

Will it make a splash in this area? Will it raise bubbles like in the other markets where Uber has been introduced? We'll see from today.