Picture the scene; you’re a fresh faced young grad, and you’ve moved to London in search of fame, fortune, and a disruptive tech platform that uses AI and machine learning to create a seamless, Tinder style swipe left / right UX / UI – with bells on! You’ve read “The…
Deliveroo court case coming right up. They wear uniforms, they use the same equipment sporting the same logo – but Deliveroo riders are not employees – oh no – they are freelancers. So says the sharing economy, anyway – from Airbnb to Uber, and now Deliveroo, companies that slash the…
Deliveroo were at the House of Commons last week arguing for change. It’s as clear as mud – Uber and Deliveroo don’t want to employ their drivers and delivery riders because it would be too expensive and eat into their profits…oh, no, sorry it’s because it would “restrict the flexibility”…
Is it Brexit? Have we run out of things to disrupt? Has the number of London based startup hipsters reached critical mass? Will we ever see so many beards and knitted jumpers in one coffee shop again? Possibly not, say deal-data-crunchers Beauhurst, who released the latest version of The Deal,…
It wasn’t all doom and gloom in 2016, folks, not if you like disruptive music streaming sites and series “triple D” funding rounds. Thanks to Dealroom, we now have a list of Europe’s biggest funding rounds in 2016 Leading the way were Spotify, Europe’s answer Faceb…erm, Micros…ah, Apple…Apple Music, Apple…
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