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, [...]
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Deliveroo shares slump 30 per cent on long-awaited stock market debut March 31, 2021 Deliveroo shares plunged by as much as 30 per cent on its long-awaited market debut, wiping more than £2bn off its valuation. The delivery firm’s shares closed out their first day of trading well down at 287p, a sharp drop from the offer price of 390p per share. The listing had been hotly anticipated given [...]
Deliveroo narrows share price range as expected valuation drops by £1bn March 29, 2021 Deliveroo has said it will price shares for its highly anticipated stock market listing towards the bottom of its price range due to “volatile” market conditions. The takeaway delivery service is set to announce its final pricing on Wednesday morning but has narrowed its share price range to between £3.90 and £4.10 per share. Last [...]
Screenshot: Will workers’ rights put a puncture in Deliveroo’s IPO? March 26, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: Farewell to the real McCoy **Will workers’ rights put a puncture in Deliveroo’s IPO? **A watchdog bares its teeth Media Moment of the Week: Farewell to the real McCoy In a shock bit of transfer news this week, BBC presenter Simon McCoy announced he was leaving the Beeb [...]
Marcus Rashford to hold talks with Deliveroo over workers’ rights March 26, 2021 Marcus Rashford is reportedly set to hold discussions with Deliveroo amid rising concerns about the way the delivery giant treats its workers. Deliveroo has come under scrutiny in recent days after it emerged many of its riders were not earning minimum wage. A string of major investors have also distanced themselves from the company’s blockbuster [...]