common sight on the pavement , and it will become less of a talking point in areas where we ’ re already operating .

“ E-commerce , and I feel you could easily replace the word e-commerce with food delivery , is growing at 10 % every year . More and more people are ordering food and other things online , and that is creating a huge amount of pressure in the delivery industry . It ’ s creating more congestion , more pollution , and this is because of delivery drivers in cars and vans delivering food and other parcels and things like that . It ’ s becoming a big problem for cities and suburbs , especially at the time when they are trying to do the exact opposite and reduce congestion and pollution .

“ It ’ s a complete waste of time , energy , petrol and road space ,” he adds . “ If I order a pizza right now , it ’ s likely that person will turn up in a car which has four seats for humans ,

HENRY HARRIS-BURLAND , VP MARKETING , STARSHIP

50 June 2018