Royal Mail

CWU chief Dave Ward says deal, including no outsourcing or zero-hours contracts, bucks privatisation trends Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a long-term deal on post-privatisation terms and conditions hammered out between their union and the company. More than nine in 10 workers who voted in the …

Downing Street declines to defend Royal Mail sale price, as Nick Clegg says Cable is 'not a share price expert'         More: continued here

Royal Mail privatisation row notches up on new valuation figuresShareCastOn the face of it, the new valuation figures, released by the business department, promise to provide further ammunition to those accusing the government of having very badly mishandled the sale of 60% of its stake in Royal Mail to the …

Royal Mail privatisation row notches up on new valuation figuresIFA MagazineOn the face of it, the new valuation figures, released by the business department, promise to provide further ammunition to those accusing the government of having very badly mishandled the sale of 60% of its stake in Royal Mail to …

Royal Mail valuation row deepensFinancial TimesThe controversy over whether the Royal Mail was sold off too cheaply deepened on Friday when Nick Clegg said that Vince Cable, who was responsible for the sale, was not a “share price expert”. The comments from the deputy prime minister, designed to … More: continued …

Telegraph.co.uk Hargreaves shares fall 7pc despite huge 'Royal Mail recruitment'Telegraph.co.ukHargreaves Lansdown, Britain's largest investment shop, recruited a wave of new investors off the back of last autumn's controversial Royal Mail flotation. The FTSE 100 company's customer base increased by 77,000 to 584,000 in the second half of last year.Hargreaves Lansdown …

PR Web (press release) SME's struggle as Royal Mail start enforcing parcel restrictionsPR Web (press release)Retailers are getting contacted by Royal Mail and told that their goods are not acceptable because of content restrictions. Stephen of A's Models of Bolton was recently contacted and told he could not send his …

Telegraph.co.uk Vince Cable 'not a share price expert' says Clegg, in Royal Mail rowTelegraph.co.ukMr Cable has been accused of costing the Government £1bn by setting the share price in the sale too low. According to Freedom of Information requests, the 21 banks pitching to work on the floatation valued the …

Royal Mail shares undersold, bank valuations revealPolitics.co.ukTaxpayers are £1 billion worse off as a result of the government's decision to sell-off Royal Mail below City banks' estimates, it has emerged. A freedom of information request by the Labour party revealed that 15 out of 21 banks which were asked to …

It seems like every week that someone lobs another brick at the government, Business Secretary Vince Cable in particular, over the privatisation of Royal Mail. That Royal Mail's share price is, at the time of writing, around 80% above its offer price just five months on from the flotation doesn't …