2021-03-25
“We will not be taking part in the Deliveroo IPO as we are concerned about the sustainability of the business model, including but not limited to its employment practices, and also the broader governance of the business” - Andrew Millington, Head of UK Equities, Aberdeen Standard
Bloomberg
Deliveroo is facing a revolt from investors and riders concerned about the way it treats the latter; hundreds of couriers plan a strike next week
- Fund managers Aberdeen and Aviva say they won't buy shares — IWGB says hundreds of riders expected to participate in strike
New: another big UK fund manager says it won't be buying shares in Deliveroo due, in part, to concerns about the way the company treats its riders. Aberdeen Standard has joined Aviva in publicly stating it won't invest when Deliveroo lists on stock market in April
Bloomberg
Deliveroo is facing a revolt from investors and riders concerned about the way it treats the latter; hundreds of couriers plan a strike next week
- Fund managers Aberdeen and Aviva say they won't buy shares — IWGB says hundreds of riders expected to participate in strike
2021-03-17
In an exclusive with the BBC, Uber reveals that it from tomorrow (and after losing in the Supreme Court last month) it will treat its workers like workers. Interestingly, it does not plan to charge passengers VAT. That contingent liability keeps growing...https://www.bbc.co.uk/ ...
London Evening Standard
Uber's thinking on UK driver rights has evolved and worker flexibility “should not come at the expense of social protections”
Dara Khosrowshahi / London Evening Standard :
2021-02-20
“If you don't want your data taken freely, if you don't want your privacy invaded, if you don't want your democracy corrupted, you'd probably be better removing yourself from Facebook's ecosystem” - Stephen Scheeler, ex-CEO, Facebook Australia. Yes, he really did just say that.
Wall Street Journal
NY finds Facebook took measures to stop collecting sensitive data via its SDKs embedded in various health apps, but does little to track the apps that send data
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal :