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Liberis teams up with Deliveroo to strengthen funding for UK hospitality. Liberis, a leading embedded finance platform, has announced a UK partnership with Deliveroo, to launch Deliveroo Capital, a funding solution built to support restaurants and food businesses operating on the Deliveroo platform. Through Deliveroo Capital, Liberis provides eligible UK restaurants with access to flexible funding directly within the Deliveroo Partner Hub. Merchants can review and access pre-approved offers in the same place they manage orders, performance and day-to-day operations. Hospitality businesses continue to face rising costs and fluctuating demand, making timely access to capital essential. Deliveroo Capital is designed to provide funding that reflects how restaurants trade in practice. Rob Fairfield, chief executive officer of Liberis, said: "Restaurants operate with little margin for delay, making access to capital a day-to-day operational concern rather than a strategic luxury. "Traditional lending models often fail to reflect how hospitality businesses actually trade, and so by embedding finance directly into the Deliveroo platform, funding can be accessed at the moment it's needed, rather than adding friction to already pressured teams." The product went live in the UK in January. Following a strong initial rollout, they're expanding access in phases to thousands more eligible UK businesses during Q1 2026. Eligibility is assessed using Deliveroo platform data alongside Liberis' funding expertise, enabling decisions based on real trading performance. Eligible merchants are notified within the Deliveroo Partner Hub, where they can review and access funding with minimal effort. Payments are collected as a fixed percentage of future sales processed through the Deliveroo platform. This means payments flex in line with trading performance, helping restaurants manage cash flow during quieter periods while clearing balances more quickly when sales are stronger. Rob Harris, chief revenue officer and vice president of merchants at Deliveroo, said: "Restaurants are constantly balancing operational pressures with the need to invest and grow, and its new partnership with Liberis offers a practical and accessible funding solution. "We are excited to continue finding new ways to support the industry through a range of different services." The partnership is intended as a long-term collaboration, with plans to expand access over time.

Deliveroo launches compostable takeaway box. Key takeaways. * Deliveroo introduces a PLA-lined paperboard takeaway box designed by Sheffield Hallam University students and produced by Biopak. * The compostable pack features a plant-based lining and a folding lock mechanism to reduce spillages and retain heat. * The launch follows Deliveroo's 2024 Sustainable Packaging Challenge, highlighting growing interest in compostable foodservice packaging. (Image Credit: Deliveroo). Deliveroo has launched a PLA-lined paperboard takeaway box, designed by students from Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and produced by Biopak. The paper-based solution is biodegradable and can be composted in food waste streams, where applicable. The box's lining is made from a plant-based material, and the design features a new locking mechanism. Jen Bagshaw, head of Packaging at Deliveroo, says: "We are constantly seeking innovative solutions to global challenges. Partnering with the talented apprentices at Sheffield Hallam University has been an inspiring journey, allowing us to champion the next generation of sustainable packaging designers." "By providing the platform and financial backing to turn the students' creative vision into a reality, we are thrilled to see this solution officially launch on our webstore for our partners to purchase." The partnership between Deliveroo, Biopak, and Sheffield Hallam University, formed as part of Deliveroo's first Sustainable Packaging Challenge in 2024, in which a student was challenged to design a takeaway box that prevented spillages and maintained food at the right temperature. The competition was won by students Josephine Cooper and William Shaw, who designed a sealing system that uses additional folds in the cardboard to create a more secure locking mechanism. Winners of the competition, Shaw and Cooper, add: "Seeing our design progress from a university project to a live product on the Deliveroo webstore is an incredible feeling. We focused on creating a locking mechanism that performs in the real world. We hope this proves that sustainable packaging can be highly functional and cost-effective." Compostable solutions. Deliveroo highlights that, as food-contaminated plastic is rarely recycled, compostable packaging offers an "alternative end-of-life route" to conventional plastic takeaway boxes. Compostable solutions are increasing as innovation targets end-of-life solutions that promote circularity. Recently, Packaging Insights spoke to Tipa Compostable Packaging about the company's compostable label to be presented at Packaging Innovations 2026 this week. "Most conventional labels contaminate organic waste streams, creating significant challenges for composting operations," says Gary Tee, vice president of Global Converting at Tipa Compostable Packaging. "Tipa's compostable labels directly address this gap by aligning packaging design with how waste systems actually function, and regulatory developments are increasingly pointing toward compostable labels as the preferred solution." Eco-Products launched its portfolio of reusable, recyclable, and compostable packaging in the UK. The solutions are set to be available through UK-based Vegware, a sister company. Meanwhile, a United States Department of Agriculture board voted against adding synthetic compostable materials, such as those derived from biodegradable packaging, to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances due to potential contamination with PFAS and microplastics.

Deliveroo delivers new sustainable takeaway packaging. New compostable takeaway box designed by students and produced by biopak aims to replace conventional plastic-lined containers. Food delivery giant Deliveroo has launched a new compostable takeaway box designed to replace conventional hard to recycle plastic-lined containers, as part of the company's on-going efforts to reduce... Join BusinessGreen. In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to: * Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe's leading source of information on the Green economy and business * Receive important and breaking news stories via its daily news alert * Its weekly newsletter with the best of the week's green business news and analysis