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Zipcar set to close UK operations - but Christmas bookings are safe
Zipcar UK will halt new bookings after December 31, 2025, amid a consultation on ceasing operations following a £11.7 million loss, with refunds for post-year bookings.
- After December 31, 2025, Zipcar UK will suspend new bookings and honour existing ones, including over the Christmas period, the company said in a customer email.
- Facing a reported 11.7 million loss in 2024, Zipcar UK has started a formal consultation with UK employees, with a spokesman saying the timing depends on that consultation.
- In London, Zipcar operated across nearly the whole of the city with thousands of cars and vans, using a mobile app rental model by the minute, hour or day and requiring designated parking-spot returns.
- Paying subscribers with bookings after the New Year will be contacted for refunds covering periods after December 31, 2025, while social media users reacted in shock, prompting breaking news updates.
- Consumer journalist Harry Wallop and others asked `What's gone wrong at Zipcar?` and urged UK supermarkets to enter van rental, while Katie Lathan joked about avoiding the Piccadilly Line on December 1, 2025.
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The firm said its customers would still be able to use Zipcars over Christmas and until December 31.
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