Just Eat cuts deal with One Stop as grocery delivery uptake remains strong December 22, 2021 Just Eat has cut a deal with corner shop chain One Stop, as grocery orders continue to show strong uptake through the app. The food delivery giant, which has capitalised on the pandemic-induced shift towards quick online grocery shopping, will be able to ferry around 500 additional grocery items from One Stop stores. Essentials like [...]
Just Eat enters grocery delivery market race with Asda deal December 17, 2021 Just Eat has waded into the escalating market battle over rapid grocery deliveries, unveiling a deal with supermarket chain Asda.
Citypages: Books to look back and books to look forward December 17, 2021 Central Banking 101 by Joseph Wang If you did not know what yesterday’s rate rise from the Bank of England meant, this book is for you. Over the last year, words like quantitative easing have been thrown around with surprising regularity, as happened to other concepts normally relegated to the financial pages. Central Banking 101 [...]
Ongoing Covid booster drive to eat into health and social care levy funds December 12, 2021 An ongoing booster vaccination programme to deal with recurring coronavirus pressures will eat into funds yielded from the new health and social care levy earmarked for the NHS. The government could be forced to use some of the money produced from the 1.25 per cent levy on a permanent booster campaign, with the total bill [...]
The metaverse allows us to embrace ch-ch-changes December 9, 2021 It's time to relax and just go along with the flow of it all - the metaverse is in good hands, says Dr Chris Kacher.
Amazon’s ruthless move to block Visa credit cards forces anxious businesses to make stark choices December 9, 2021 Amazon’s recent decision to block Visa credit cards in the UK caught millions of businesses and consumers in between. As a result, many firms have some serious and fairly urgent choices to make, as industry insiders explained to City A.M. today. Amazon announced in November that it will no longer accept payments made with UK-issued [...]
The One that Trot Away: My dream of a Peppa Pig restaurant empire December 8, 2021 As Pied à Terre celebrates its 30th anniversary, there are plenty of highs and lows I could look back upon. Winning a Michelin star just over a year after opening; regaining our second Michelin star with chef Shane Osborn; the fire that closed the restaurant for most of 2014 (at least my badminton game came [...]
Deliveroo shares sink to record lows amid fears of EU gig economy crackdown December 6, 2021 Shares in Deliveroo slumped as much as 9.6 per cent this morning following reports of the European Commission’s proposed labour rule changes that would influence rider remuneration. European rivals Just Eat and Delivery Hero also fell around 6 per cent on fears that the strict new rules could hamper their profitability. It comes just days [...]
Less tax, higher public services, Singapore-style December 3, 2021 IT’S possible to have your cake and eat it too: high quality and universal public services at a fraction of the cost to taxpayers along with a strong economy. This is not just some figment of my imagination. It’s the country where I grew up: Singapore. The Singapore government spends about £3,500 less per person [...]
Mind Gym appoints new finance chief as new digital offering helps wipe out losses December 3, 2021 Workplace training provider Mind Gym said it had wiped out the losses it incurred in the last year and a half, after its financials had a rocky ride due to Covid lockdowns impeding on its face-to-face offering. The group also announced the appointment of Dominic Neary – previously a finance chief at Just Eat and Moneysupermarket.com [...]