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ShareNow is to pull out of major cities in UK and North America

ShareNow is to close its service in London, Brussels, Florence and the whole of North America, due to poor demand

A car sharing business run by automakers BMW and Daimler is pulling out of the US, Canada and UK markets in February, it announced yesterday. ShareNow said it was pulling out of London, its only UK...

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