Deliveroo is closing in Spain. This has been communicated by the British delivery platform to its workers, according to internal company sources. The company will cease operations throughout the country, citing difficulties for the viability of the business in Spain.
The company has not announced the official closure, as for the moment what has been done is an internal communication in which an ERE has been proposed to all workers in Spain.
Deliveroo closes in Spain and will start negotiating with trade unions "From September onwards it will start
n negotiations with the unions," explains one of the affected Deliveroo workers.
A works council will conduct the negotiation to establish the terms and conditions of the severance payments, but the decision has already been taken, the same sources explain.
The closure of Deliveroo in Spain comes at a time when the approved 'Rider Law', which obliges companies such as Glovo or Deliveroo itself to hire their own self-employed delivery drivers, is coming into force.
The announcement of the closure will affect the hundreds of Deliveroo workers in Spain, as well as the self-employed riders who collaborate with the company. The company intends to cease all activity, but first it must reach an agreement with the workers themselves to formalise the details of the dismissal.
Deliveroo operates in 12 markets worldwide, but Spain accounted for less than 2% of the firm's transactions in the first half of the year. In the internal statement, Deliveroo explains that Spain would require a "very high" level of investment for a "very uncertain" potential return.
