Crypto chief executives testify on Capitol Hill as US mulls regulation December 8, 2021 The chief executives of the biggest firms in the crypto space including Coinbase, FTX and Bitfury have been called to testify before congress.
December strikes: Who’s walking out when and how will it affect you? December 6, 2022 December is set to be a month blighted by industrial strife, with everyone from nurses and posties to train drivers and security staff to walk out. With inflation reaching a 41-year high at an eye-watering 11.1 per cent, thousands of workers have voted to down tools and ask for a real-term increase in pay. As [...]
Uber rival Bolt bolsters green credentials with environmental investment fund November 7, 2019 Ride-hailing app Bolt is set to launch a €10m environmental impact fund in a bid to boost its green credentials. Bolt, which recently committed to making all journeys taken via its app will be made carbon neutral through offsetting, said the fund would invest in initiatives that deliver “social and environmental benefits”. Read more: Uber [...]
City Pages: 5 books on the changing world of work September 18, 2023 We review five new-in titles that re-examine our relationship to our jobs in the brave new post-pandemic world of work.
Deliveroo IPO: Is the gig economy empire crumbling? March 31, 2021 This morning, a courier came to drop off a package. He was almost back inside his van before I could open the door. Last week, another showed me a 10 second timer on his performance device – the time he said he was allocated to ‘drop off’. Neither of these were probably classified as ‘workers’, [...]
Uber takes to the skies with $200 JFK helicopter taxis October 3, 2019 Uber customers in New York will soon be able to book helicopter flights to John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport using its app. The Uber Copter – currently available only to Uber premium members – will be offered to all Uber customers from 7 October. Read more: Uber Works app pairs gig economy workers with employers [...]
Grubhub founder steps down only four months after £5.8bn takeover by Just Eat October 8, 2021 The founder of US food delivery platform Grubhub has quit the business just four months after it was bought by UK-listed rival Just Eat Takeaway. Matt Maloney joined the Just Eat Takeaway board in June but has since stepped down to “pursue other opportunities”, the company said this morning. Just Eat boss Jitse Groen said: [...]
Uber challenger Bolt launches XL vehicle category in London October 14, 2019 Ride-hailing app Bolt is launching a new XL category of vehicles – with space for up to six passengers – in London today, in a bid to compete with rival Uber in its biggest European market. Bolt, which launched in London in June, is hoping its expanded offering, coupled with its comparatively low prices, will [...]
Uber rivals sharpen their knives after ride-hailing app loses London licence November 25, 2019 Uber’s biggest London competitor has accused the company of having a “toxic corporate culture” and for being a habitual regulation dodger in the wake of the app losing its London operating licence. The announcement to ban the app came this morning in a sensational decision, which saw TfL find that Uber was “not fit and [...]
Supermarkets made hay from restrictions, now they need to consolidate to keep going March 11, 2022 THE rapid grocery delivery sector has grown at a staggering pace across Europe and the US. Two years on from when we first saw Getir, Weezy, Zapp and Gorillas advertised on buses and hoardings across London, data from the ONS revealed the average weekly sales of online groceries in December 2021 were £372m – more [...]