Alphawave shares lift slightly, after 22 per cent plunge in London stock market debut May 14, 2021 Following a turbulent market debut yesterday, Alphawave’s shares rebounded slightly in its second day of trading in the capital. The tech firm’s share price bounced to 366.2p per share this morning, down 1.03 per cent, after prices fell as low as 310.85p yesterday. Over half a billion pounds was wiped from the Canadian computer chip [...]
London-based food-tech platform Taster raises $37m in funding April 29, 2021 London-based digital restaurant platform Taster has raised $37m in series B funding, led by Cazoo-backing firm, the company confirmed today. Backed by the same firm that helped used-car platform Cazoo land its £5bn valuation, Octopus Ventures, Taster has capitalised on the growth seen within the food delivery industry over the last 18 months. “If McDonald’s [...]
Waitrose expands Deliveroo partnership to 150 stores, creating 400 jobs April 27, 2021 Waitrose has expanded its partnership with Deliveroo as it aims to ramps up its online delivery capabilities, in a move that will create up to 400 new jobs. The supermarket announced this morning that it will increase the number of Waitrose shops available on the delivery app from 40 to 150, serving around 13m people. [...]
Deliveroo expects growth to wane in a post-pandemic world April 15, 2021 Deliveroo expects its growth to slow down in a post-pandemic world, when customers will once again be able to visit restaurants in-person. The takeaway delivery app expects that in a post-pandemic world, its gross transaction value (GTV) is likely to grow between 30 and 40 per cent for the year, down considerably from GTV growth [...]
Deliveroo and Sainsbury’s expand partnership nationwide April 13, 2021 Deliveroo and Sainsbury’s will expand their partnership nationwide, following a successful trial that saw Sainsbury’s become available to order from via the Deliveroo app from 10 stores. The expansion includes 22 new stores in London, with the remaining stores spread nationally, including in Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, York, Aberdeen and Glasgow. In total, 100 Sainsbury’s [...]
Buy the dip: Deliveroo gets bump from retail investors keen to get a slice of the pie April 7, 2021 Retail investors appear not to have lost their appetite for Deliveroo, with investors today pushing the price of Deliveroo stock close to where it first debuted on the London Stock Exchange. By mid-afternoon on Wednesday the price of Deliveroo was up around two per cent, trading at around £2.86, down from £2.87 at its market [...]
Deliveroo strike: Riders take action over pay and working conditions April 7, 2021 Deliveroo riders across the UK are on strike today over their pay and working conditions, on the same day as the food delivery app’s first full day of trading on the London Stock Exchange. The industrial action, which has been organised by the couriers and logistics branch of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain, [...]
Goldman Sachs propped up Deliveroo IPO with £75m investment April 6, 2021 Goldman Sachs pumped tens of millions of pounds into Deliveroo shares in order to prop up trading of the takeaway app, after investors shunned its market debut. The investment bank bought around £75m of Deliveroo shares – equivalent to a quarter of stock traded in the first two days after the London listing – the [...]
Retail investors back Rio Tinto climate accountable proposals April 6, 2021 Retail investors have backed climate accountable proposals from Rio Tinto, which the miner will vote on this Friday, as accountability is pushed higher on this year’s agenda. 71.5 per cent of retail investors have called for chairs and CEOs of the mining giant to be held to account on Environments, Social and Governance (ESG) standards, [...]
Screenshot: Will London ever be ready for tech IPOs? April 2, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: Volkswagen’s awkward U-turn **Will London ever be ready for tech IPOs? **Amazon goes bonkers for bots Media Moment of the Week: Volkswagen’s awkward U-turn There are few things as grating as the forced joviality of April Fool’s Day and it should, in this writer’s opinion, be cancelled. That [...]