Uber will match tips on completed trips in London and Manchester when the clocks go back. Night Shift Tab The notice was published on 22 October 2026. Trips must start between 00:01 and 08:00 on Sunday 25 October, including the hour of the change. Uber Eats is excluded. Tips added within 24 hours of the end of the trip are matched in full, up to £10 a trip and £50 a driver, subject to the budget. Other fees and exclusions apply.
Night workers in the two cities can use a Night Shift Tab from midnight on that Sunday. NIGHTSHIFT takes up to £10 off a ride from 00:01 to 08:00. NIGHTSHIFTEATS takes up to £10 off an Uber Eats order from 00:01 to 23:55. Delivery fees, other fees and exclusions apply to the meal code.
Night workers
Digital billboards in the major nightlife hubs of London and Manchester are to show the codes. UKHospitality and the Night Time Industries Association are sharing them with night workers.
Uber's notice says more than 4 million UK night workers are set to spend an extra hour on shift, while most of the country gains an hour in bed, and cites the NTIA/CGA Night Time Economy Market Tracker, powered by NIQ, for a figure of £160 billion a year. Neither figure is an official count.
The recognition findings come from a survey of 505 UK night-shift workers, conducted between 8 and 13 October 2026 by BPI Group using Yonder Data Solutions. Nearly 4 in 10 feel less recognised than daytime staff, and 67% feel the public does not understand night work in the run-up to the festive season. In that survey, night-shift workers are people who regularly or occasionally work between 6pm and 6am.
Drivers and couriers
Couriers in London and Manchester are due an incentive on Saturday night. The amount and the rules are not in the notice. In London, bike helmets and reflective bands are to be made available to couriers, with a free hot drink from participating stores. The stores are not named.
The offer follows nine years of Christmas support for NHS and healthcare staff, and for drivers and couriers who earn on the platform through the night.
Andrew Brem, general manager at Uber UK:
"We have world-class nightlife here in the UK, but it only exists because of the people keeping it alive behind the scenes. While the clocks going back gives many of us a longer night out, or a nice lie-in, it also means an extra hour of graft for people working at night. Picking up their tab in London and Manchester this weekend is our way of showing up for the people keeping the cities running, making sure an easy ride home or a hot meal will be on the way at the end of their longest shift."
Allen Simpson, chief executive of UKHospitality:
"Our teams are at the heart of hospitality. Without them, we simply wouldn't be able to deliver the fantastic experiences we're known for as a sector. Their contributions at work to deliver for their customers are invaluable but for many of our teams, particularly in the nighttime economy, how they get home quickly and safely is rightly their main focus at the end of a shift. The clocks going back makes that one shift a year all the more unusual and this is a fantastic initiative from Uber to support our teams, helping them to get home and grab a bite to eat after a busy shift."