Many people’s idea of the City may still be sweaty trading floors and beery cries of “thirsty Thursday”. But are the City’s finest swapping pints for oat lattes? Last week, a string of institutions went public in criticism of Deliveroo, the online takeaway giant that is poised for an £8.8 billion stock market float. The investors argued that this presented a business model risk as well as an ethical issue, given that Deliveroo might be forced to pay them more. Deliveroo claims its riders —

Source: The Times March 28, 2021 00:00 UTC