Kieran Smith

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Companies Reporter at Financial Times

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Articles

Transcript: Conflict puts Pakistan’s economy at risk

1 week ago | ft.com | Marc Filippino |Humza Jilani |Kieran Smith

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Conflict puts Pakistan’s economy at risk’ Marc Filippino Good...
DoorDash’s grab for Deliveroo puts brakes on London’s tech hopes

1 week ago | ft.com | Kieran Smith |Ivan Levingston |Tim Bradshaw

Deliveroo’s £7.6bn listing in March 2021 was hotly anticipated, but after just one day of trading the flotation was derided by one of the...
TalkTalk sheds customers as indebted telecoms group battles altnets

1 week ago | ft.com | Kieran Smith

TalkTalk shed hundreds of thousands of broadband customers last year, as the heavily indebted UK telecoms provider plans more job cuts to...
Octopus and Revolut set sights on UK mobile market disruption

1 week ago | ft.com | Kieran Smith |Akila Quinio

Fresh from disrupting the energy and banking sectors, Octopus and Revolut have turned their sights to the UK’s mobile telecoms market.
‘Hoping for a lottery win’: Bedford residents prepare to make way for US theme park

1 week ago | ft.com | Kieran Smith

After UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gave the green light to a multibillion-pound theme park in Bedfordshire, one small hitch stands...
Two UK university student unions suspend Ukrainian societies for buying drones

1 week ago | ft.com | Kieran Smith

Two UK university student unions have suspended their Ukrainian societies as they probe if they breached charity rules to buy drones that...
White House lashes out at ‘hostile and political act by Amazon’

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Rafe Uddin |James Politi |Kieran Smith

The White House has lashed out at what it called a “hostile and political act by Amazon” after a report alleged that the tech giant was...
Deliveroo opens door to £2.7bn meal deal with DoorDash

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Oliver Barnes |Kieran Smith |Stephen Morris

Deliveroo, the food delivery company that listed in London with a £7.6bn valuation in 2021, is set to be the latest UK company swallowed...
‘Loopholes you can walk through’: UK lobbying industry calls for tighter rules

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Jim Pickard |David Sheppard |Cynthia O’Murchu |Kieran Smith

The head of Britain’s lobbying watchdog has called on ministers to tighten the transparency rules as figures show that just 6 per cent of...
Ofcom to tell social media sites to protect children from adult content

3 weeks ago | ft.com | Daniel Thomas |Kieran Smith

Ofcom will this week unveil codes of practice to prevent children from accessing adult content on platforms such as X and Meta under the...