Deliveroo launches corporate service in fight against Uber and Amazon September 26, 2016 Deliveroo is ramping up its fight against rivals such as Uber and Amazon with a new corporate service squarely aimed at business workers. The food delivery startup will launch the new dedicated "Deliveroo for Business" service this week with British Land, Innocent Drinks, Survey Monkey and Eventbrite already on board. Read more: Cheers! Now Deliveroo's delivering [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan writes to Uber and other private hire drivers setting out his commitment to the industry September 23, 2016 London mayor Sadiq Khan has written to tech firm Uber in response to its email campaign about the future of the capital's taxi and private hire industry. Transport for London (TfL) plans to introduce new rgulations for the sector including a requirement that private hire vehicles have "hire and reward" insurance in place for the duration of the licence, [...]
Uber needs to sort out public concerns about its workers’ wage worries to stimulate UberEats’ growth September 21, 2016 The food delivery sector is booming and Uber is getting on board with its newly launched UberEats service. Competing with rivals such as Deliveroo, Uber’s bosses will be hoping that those that have got on board with the company as a taxi service will be attracted to its new venture as well. YouGov Profiles data [...]
Barack Obama just welcomed driverless cars September 20, 2016 The US President Barack Obama is on board with driverless cars, welcoming the technology's potential for increasing safety and reducing pollution on roads across the US as the country announces new rules for the vehicles. "In the seven-and-a-half years of my presidency, self-driving cars have gone from sci-fi fantasy to an emerging reality with the [...]
Uber’s “heartless” New York price surge actually shows the vital importance of market forces September 20, 2016 "How could they be so heartless?” declared a newspaper on Facebook. “Shame on you” screamed the paper’s headline. No, this was not about the despicable bomb attack in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighbourhood on Saturday. It was rather a public shaming for the ride-sharing app Uber after customers complained of increased prices following the explosion. With a [...]
Customers complain as Uber prices surge after an explosion in Chelsea, New York September 19, 2016 Uber has come under fire once again, this time by users across the pond. It comes after an explosion injured dozens of people in New York City’s Chelsea neighbourhood on Saturday. Passengers who opted to use the service to get them home safely found that their fares were nearly double the usual rate. The blast, which left 29 [...]
Cars will go the way of DVDs in a decade and more predictions for the future of transport according to Lyft founder John Zimmer September 19, 2016 A transport revolution is coming thanks to technology – that's according to the founder of ride sharing startup Lyft, a rival to Uber, John Zimmer. In an ambitious manifesto, the entrepreneur has predicted the third transport revolution will arrive with the development of driverless cars, one of the hottest, most talked about and potentially disruptive developments in [...]
Takeaway.com IPO: Is Europe about to get its next tech unicorn? September 19, 2016 Dutch dot-com startup Takeaway.com could be on the verge of becoming Europe's latest tech unicorn. The firm issued more details this morning about its long-awaited float on Amsterdam's Euronext exchange, with the company set to flirt with a €1bn price tag. Takeaway.com, founded in 1999, said its shares will go public on 30 September – Euronext's first IPO [...]
Automakers are shifting jobs from the UK to Eastern Europe ahead of Brexit September 19, 2016 Carmakers are shifting senior roles out of the UK in the aftermath of Brexit, according to headhunter DHR International. The recruiter says R&D and procurement positions are being relocated to Eastern Europe as auto businesses seek to create low-cost hubs for innovation, with senior supply chain positions also being reviewed. Jobs are switching to Romania, [...]
London’s black cab drivers are considering a legal challenge against accepting card payments September 18, 2016 Cab drivers are considering whether to launch a legal challenge over the mandatory introduction of card payments in black taxis across London, as they put on hold plans for protests on the capital's roads this week. Passengers will be able to pay for journeys by credit or debit card under rules due to come into force by the end of [...]