The six-wheeled robots already deliver groceries in two neighbourhoods.
Wheelwise, a Port Aurel startup whose six-wheeled robots deliver groceries on the pavement, has raised £6 million to expand across the south of the city.
The robots already run in Riverside and Southmoor, where they make about 900 deliveries a day. They travel at walking pace and are watched remotely by staff who can take over if needed.
The company will use the money to build 200 more robots and hire 35 people. Its founders say disabled and older customers are among their most frequent users.
Two new cranes have cut the time a ship spends at the quay by almost a third.
The regional index closed 2.3 per cent higher, its best day in four months.
A contract worth £3.2m a year was extended for five years without other companies being invited to bid.
Hale’s Bakery opened on Mill Lane in the year the tram came to Port Aurel, and has never closed for more than a week.
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