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  • Shutl aims to disrupt ecommerce delivery – is this Urban Fetch done right? (TCTV)

    Mike Butcher

    Mike Butcher is the European Editor for TechCrunch. A former grunge rock drummer, he became a long time journalist, and has since written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The New Statesman. Mike is also a co-founder and shareholder of TechHub, a co-working space/service/community with several locations... → Learn More

    Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

    Shutl, an on-demand delivery platform that aggregates transportation carriers so they can deliver something in an hour, recently took £650,000 ($1m) investment round from Hummingbird Ventures and others. It’s been piloting its service with Argos, a leading high street retailer in the UK.

    Shutl was formed by Tom Allason, previously founder of eCourier.co.uk. We went to interview him at his office near “Silicon Roundabout” – the cluster of tech companies in East London – in our series of videos we’re calling The Roundabout Tapes.