Royal Mail

The Guardian Royal Mail Plots Bond Issue As Row Rages OnSky NewsRoyal Mail is weighing a move into the bond markets to raise hundreds of millions of pounds even as the row over the postal operator's privatisation looks set to continue. Sky News understands that the company has been holding …

Royal Mail is weighing a move into the bond markets to raise hundreds of millions of pounds even as the row over the postal operator's privatisation looks set to continue. The proceeds of a bond issue are likely to be used for general corporate purposes, and would allow Royal Mail …

Lazard advised on Royal Mail shares then profited by £8m in flotationHITCThe investment bank that advised the government not to increase the price of Royal Mail shares, despite widespread fears they were hugely undervalued, made a profit of more than £8m by immediately selling the company's stock in the wake …

Belfast Telegraph Business Secretary Vince Cable: Grilled over the sell-off of Royal MailBelfast TelegraphPressure on the Government over the botched Royal Mail sell-off intensified yesterday as more hedge funds were unmasked as key investors in the flotation and the chairman of a committee of MPs condemned the “corporate masonic lodge” …

The investment arm of the Government's advisor on the sale of Royal Mail was one of the 16 priority investors in the historic flotation. Lazard Asset Management tells MPs it sold its stake after just one … More: continued here

The Guardian Vince Cable forced to reveal more data on Royal Mail investorsThe GuardianVince Cable bowed to political pressure on Friday to release details of the precise number of Royal Mail shares allocated to 16 priority investors in the flotation of the 500-year-old postal service. The investors were picked because …

Taxpayer won't benefit from Royal Mail's treasure trove of propertyBureau of Investigative JournalismThe privatisation of the Royal Mail is widely considered to have cost the taxpayer £750m after shares in the company surged when trading in the company began on October 11. The shares rose 50% in its first week …

Daily Mail Postman jailed for eight years after stealing hundreds of parcels with cheques …Daily MailHe was caught when a Royal Mail fraud investigation team set up secret cameras which filmed him taking the cheques with values ranging from £50 to £110,000. Budi is said to have deliberately targeted the …

The Guardian Miliband attacks PM over hedge funds that made millions from Royal MailThe GuardianPhotograph: PA. Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of having double standards after the government handed a "golden ticket" to hedge funds to make millions of pounds out of the privatisation of Royal Mail while imposing …

The Guardian Five lessons Vince Cable must learn from the sale of Royal MailThe GuardianBut following this week's revelations that Lazard, one of the City banks advising the government on how to price Royal Mail shares, got privileged access to buy 6m of them which it promptly sold for an …