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Deliveroo's £2.9bn food for thought on UK startups

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May 11, 2025

Add Deliveroo to the long list of innovative British startups to sell themselves rather than continue trying to make it on their own.

- By Matthew Bishop

The pioneering delivery company last week accepted a £2.9bn offer from DoorDash, a US rival, reviving a long-running debate about why the UK's innovation ecosystem seems incapable of producing the sort of dominant global market leaders that Silicon Valley grows routinely.

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The media hedges its bets on the profits of doom

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“He billed himself as President Maga. But he loves to be a global tough guy

Donald Trump celebrated Christmas Day by launching Tomahawk cruise missiles against Islamic State jihadists in a remote corner of Nigeria, who were, he said, “viciously killing” Christians.

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Buy a £5 flat white or save for a house deposit? The rise of 'treatonomics'

Faced with the cost of living crisis, many indulge in 'inchstone' rather than adult-milestone purchases

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