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Companies Deliveroo directly lobbying gardaí over rider safety in DublinThe British food delivery group has met with police and councillors to discuss riders’ repeated warnings of attacks and robberies in the capital
Comment The Secret Restaurateur: If you want to support restaurants, ditch the delivery apps and go directThe commissions charged by the likes of Deliveroo, JustEat and Uber Eats are having a corrosive effect on the bottom line of small eateries
Employment EU backs watered-down labour plan for Uber, Deliveroo workersThe latest proposal would allow individual countries to decide when a worker should count as an employee and qualify for benefits like sick pay
Companies Deliveroo reports stronger sales as takeaway giant optimistic on profitsCompany seeing ongoing signs of consumer behaviour returning to more normal levels in 2023 after slowdown
Employment Gig economy apps face billions in extra costs under EU deal The likes of Uber and Deliveroo may have to reclassify self-employed contractors as employees under provisional agreement
Employment Analysis: Domino’s Pizza drivers can add their names to seminal employment law casesThe Supreme Court’s decision over status of contractors will have wide-ranging implications for the gig economy
Companies Deliveroo reports improved sales as food inflation drives higher order valuesThe British food delivery company posted a 3 per cent increase in third quarter sales to €560 million despite lower order numbers
Stock Take Deliveroo’s tasty returns may win back lukewarm investors British online food ordering and delivery platform, like its Dutch rival Just Eat, saw share prices tank initially, but both are starting, finally, to find their feet
Companies Deliveroo to return almost €300m to investors as it upgrades full year profit outlook The British online food ordering platform recorded modest sales growth for the first half of 2023 against a challenging macroeconomic backdrop
Companies Deliveroo making ‘positive’ progress in key UK market – Davy analystsDeliveroo reported total revenue of £1.97 billion, up 14 per cent on 2021, according to the group’s annual results
Lobbying Deliveroo lobbied Irish government against proposals to give gig workers more rightsCompany wrote to government minister arguing against new EU plans
Companies Deliveroo’s Irish arm reported bumper sales in 2021 as operating profits peakedCompany's London-listed parent has since slashed its annual sales outlook for 2022 amid waning demand for takeaways due to the rising cost of living
Companies Half-year losses more than double for Deliveroo as food delivery orders slowThe British food delivery firm has slashed its growth outlook for 2022 as consumers rein in spending due to soaring inflation and rising energy bills
Tech Tech unicorn Flipdish warns of ‘Amazonification’ of restaurant sectorFood ordering platform says Amazon’s foray into the food delivery space is bad news for restaurants and customers
Deliveroo processed more than €2bn worth of transactions in first quarter of 2022Transaction value grew 12 per cent year-on-year but company’s stock price still languishing one year on from disastrous IPO
Department of Social Protection to examine delivery rider contracts in 2022 The department pushed back against suggestions by Deliveroo that offering certain benefits to its riders would interfere with their self-employed status
‘Our plan is to basically humanise the gig economy’ – The big interview: John Ryan, founder of GigableJohn Ryan learned a lot about leadership as an army officer. Back in civilian life he pursued an MBA from UCD, which led to him founding Gigable, an app that connects businesses with freelance workers
The Profile: Will Shu - A failure to DeliverooThe founder of food delivery service Deliveroo presided over a disastrous flotation last week, despite the help of British chancellor Rishi Sunak
Vincent Boland: Booby traps could explode the myths around the big banksThe world’s top lenders assure us they’re stronger than they were in 2008. But if Credit Suisse and Nomura can get caught on the losing side of a little forced equity-selling, what else are they doing wrong?