Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still operate while appealing

Deliveroo should suffer a reckoning too, if there’s any sense in the world.

Have you ever seen a bunch of Deliveroo riders clogging up the public space outside a restaurant or other public space? Why should one business get to exploit pavements for profit, without regulation. Private companies shouldn’t be able to co-opt public space without scrutiny or permission.

Or maybe I’m too ethical and not being enough of a hustler, and I should move my team into the desk space at the local library?

That seems like a fairly narrow concern to me, but...

Maybe the restaurant should pay for the use of that public space of they want to offer delivery?

That is one solution, and one that would effectively kill off Deliveroo and its breed.

You’re right, I suppose it is a narrow concern and the solution you highlight would be an appropriate one for that particular problem.

It feels though like the delivery driver loitering problem is a red flag for a much larger problem of corporate appropriation being acceptable, without being challenged by those we entrust to look after our public spaces and roads.

It’s why a solution like “delivery drivers shouldn’t loiter in public spaces” is a poor solution, and why “private business should not be conducted in public without a license” might be a better and more general message.

I've never seen them, they don't operate in my area. That said, your complaint was unclear.

Did they go beyond simple parking into more egregious use of public space, like parking on the sidewalk or blocking traffic?

Or is it about public parking? Would it be okay if they were customers instead of delivery workers? How much of a difference does it make that a corporation is involved?