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Esure and Directline founder Sir Peter Wood leads insurance start-up funding round
Esure and Directline founder Sir Peter Wood has led a £2.5m funding round in insurance start-up Pikl. Wood received £360m [...]May 28, 2019
Esure and Directline founder Sir Peter Wood leads insurance start-up funding round
Esure and Directline founder Sir Peter Wood has led a £2.5m funding round in insurance start-up Pikl. Wood received £360m [...]May 28, 2019
Automakers and the tech giants are battling over the future of the car industry
More than 100 years after the petrol-powered car passed go for the first time – and despite worldwide sales at a [...]March 5, 2019
Addison Lee, Uber, Hailo, Kabbee and Gett taxi app wars: Why the future of transport apps isn’t transport
On-demand transport – taxi apps – is a £5bn market in London. It's worth double that in the UK as [...]August 19, 2015
Uber competition is good for passengers and drivers
Addison Lee’s Catherine Faiers just can’t stop talking about Uber. Twice in recent weeks, she’s written in these very pages [...]August 2, 2015
Uber’s race to the bottom: The wheels will come off this controversial business
Uber causes a storm wherever it goes. First, there’s the storm of applause as passengers initially embrace what looks like [...]July 31, 2015
Uber faces UK legal action from GMB union over driver employee rights
The GMB union has launched legal action against Uber over the way it treats drivers. The union claims drivers should [...]July 29, 2015
Now Gett lets you order Veuve Clicquot champagne in London as it expands on-demand services
Londoners will be able to order champagne and have a bottle delivered in just 10 minutes with a new service [...]July 27, 2015
Surge in Airbnb for business trips as travellers prefer flat rentals to hotels
Do business travellers prefer Airbnb? The flat rental site has become a popular lodging option for cheap getaways – but [...]July 17, 2015
Sharing cities have come to the UK – and London will be next
If you're a Londoner, it’s pretty likely that you will have used a sharing economy business. From driving a Zipcar [...]June 11, 2015Content tagged with "Sharing economy"
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