Technology News – Page 14
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Turning Facebook likes into customers
Twisted London founder Jamie Bolding discusses the challenges of converting a social media audience into physical customers for his start-up delivery-only kitchen
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Yumpingo secures £750k in new funding round
Yumpingo, the food intelligence platform, has secured £750,000 in a new round of investment, taking its total amount raised to £1.3m.
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Zonal retains AAC accreditation for seventh year
Zonal has retained its accreditation of being an Authorised Assessment Centre (AAC) from the Learning & Performance Institute (LPI) for the seventh consecutive year.
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Just Eat rolls out electric scooters
Just Eat is offering a 45% discount on electric scooters to 28,500 restaurant partners in a bid to tackle carbon emissions.
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Healthy eating restaurant app launches
An app has launched which connects consumers with healthy eating and personalised restaurant options. Healthy Hunting gives food recommendations based on dietary preferences to help Londoners find nutritious options close-by, to make being healthy on the high street much easier. Now live from the Apple store, it uses geo-targeting, with ...
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NewsCity Pantry secures £4m funding round
City Pantry, the B2B food delivery company, has closed a £4m Series A funding round, led by Octopus Investments, with participation from existing investors and Newable Private Investing.
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Pizza Hut Restaurants rolls out Qkr payment app
Pizza Hut Restaurants is rolling out payment app Qkr which it says saves consumers 12 minutes when paying for the bill.
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BrewDog to trial cashless model
BrewDog is to trial a cashless operation at its Clerkenwell site and is mulling a rollout of the scheme across its estate, MCA understands.
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Yapster seeking £650k equity
Yapster, a mobile chat app for internal communications in hospitality brands, has launched an equity crowdfunding round on CrowdCube.
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Yumpingo signs with ASK, Bill’s and Rosa’s Thai
Yumpingo, the food intelligence platform has announced a raft of new contracts, including Bill’s, ASK Italian, Rosa’s Thai Cafe, BIRD and Mac & Wild.
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Failing fast is key to success
Innovation is essential if brands are to remain relevant but, when it comes to technology, companies often struggle to keep up with the rapid pace of change. Flypay’s Tom Weaver examines the problem
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NewsDeliveroo has 'no plans to replace restaurants'
Deliveroo has denied it plans to its replace restaurants partners, after a business plan seen by MCA appears to show a long-term ambition to move into food production.
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UberEats to expand to 40 more UK cities
Uber is increasing investment in food delivery in the UK this year after finding UberEats was “more successful than we thought”, the FT reports.
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Gousto secures £28.5m in new funding
Gousto, the UK meal-kit delivery operator, has secured £28.5m in new funding, bringing the total raised by the company to £56.5m.
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Deliveroo launches street food pop-up
Deliveroo has launched new initiative ‘Pop-ups’, which gives street food operators time to operate at its Editions sites, with two out of the initial four operators vegan-only. Street food brands will get 12 week slots at the dark kitchens, with the most popular to be offered the chance to become ...
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NewsCrosstown developing new delivery tech solution
Crosstown Doughnuts is developing an on-demand technology solution which aims to give fledgling brands direct control over their delivery business and associated consumer data, MCA has learnt.
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Prezzo and Barclaycard to trial new payment technology
Prezzo has teamed up with Barclaycard to trial new technology, which allows diners to simply walk out after eating their meal.
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Deliveroo to create 250 new technology jobs in UK
Deliveroo announced this morning that it is to create 250 high-skilled tech jobs in London this year
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Vianet launches enhanced iDraught app
Vianet has launched a new and improved app for its iDraught beer quality and waste management system.
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First Table to launch in UK
First Table, the New Zealand restaurant discount platform, is launching in the UK, starting with Bristol.