Tag: Deliveroo
Has the online e-commerce bubble burst post Covid?
With online sales falling to their lowest level since March 2020 and Shopify and Amazon shedding staff, ParcelHero asks if e-commerce is the victim of its own rapid growth? The home delivery expert ParcelHero says people are shopping like it’s 2019. As the impact of Covid diminishes, UK e-commerce sales have fallen to their lowest level since…
Tech Digest daily round up: Tech firms alter return-to-work plans
Big tech firms are altering their return-to-work plans for employees, as Covid-19 cases rise in the US - with some stipulating that staff working in the office must be vaccinated. Google announced that it would delay a return to the office until 18 October. The company joined Facebook in saying it would require US workers…
Ordering takeaways via apps up to 44% more expensive, claims Which?
A Which? investigation found ordering takeaways via food apps was up to 44 per cent more expensive than ordering directly from the restaurant, while new research from the consumer watchdog also reveals that app users are sometimes struggling to get a satisfactory solution when something goes wrong with their order. Which? researchers looked at the…
Tech Digest daily round up: Deliveroo shares plummet over gig economy fears
Deliveroo shares have plummeted on its stock market debut after a number of major UK investors expressed concerns about its gig economy worker model. Shares in the food delivery business had been offered to investors at 390p each, but dived in early London trading to 275p at one stage, a 30% fall. The company had…
Tech Digest daily round up: Space debris satellite launched
A UK-led mission to show how space debris can be removed has blasted into space. Two spacecraft – a servicer satellite to collect the debris and a client satellite to act as the debris – launched from Kazakhstan on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services. The End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d)…
Tech Digest daily round up: WhatsApp introduces video/voice calling for desktop
Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp has introduced voice and video calling on its desktop version, the company said on Thursday. The company said users will be able to use desktop screens for calls in both portrait and landscape mode, and the calls will be end-to-end encrypted. The move to facilitate calls over large screens would put WhatsApp…
Amazon deal with Deliveroo investigated by competition watchdog
Amazon has been asked explain why an attempt to buy a stake in Deliveroo will not reduce competition in the UK. If officials believe prices for customers could rise and competition would be reduced, an in-depth Phase Two inquiry will be launched in December. We’ve launched our investigation into Amazon’s deal with Deliveroo 🚴♀️ 🍕.…
UK tech firms secure record foreign investment
Investment in the UK tech sector has continued to surge, as British firms secured more foreign funding in the first seven months of 2019 than during the whole of 2018, according to new research. Fast-growing UK tech companies secured a “staggering” 6.7 billion US dollars (£5.5 billion) in investment in the period to July, according…
Deliveroo to hand out free air quality masks on Clean Air Day
Food ordering app Deliveroo is to hand out free air quality masks to its delivery riders and the public in a bid to improve cyclist protection against air pollution as the company marks Clean Air Day. More than half of the app’s 25,000 UK riders use bicycles to make deliveries. Deliveroo said it would hand…
Gig economy insurance firm Zego raises £33m for expansion
A tech firm that offers insurance to gig economy workers like Deliveroo riders and Uber drivers has raised 42 million US dollars (£33 million) in funding, the company said. Zego will use the cash to double its workforce from 75 to 150 to take advantage of the growing market, as more workers enter the gig…