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Zipcar set to close UK operations - but Christmas bookings are safe

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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