Royal Mail

The Guardian Labour conference votes to renationalise railways and Royal MailThe GuardianLabour opposes the coalition's plans for floating most of Royal Mail on the stock market, and Ian Murray, the shadow postal affairs minister, is attempting a last-minute bid to halt the privatisation with a vote in parliament. However, the …

In a further sign of the party lurching to the left, the Labour conference voted to demand the renationalisation of train firms and postal deliveries. More: continued here

Bloomberg Royal Mail Said to Be Valued at as Much as $6.9 Billion in IPOBloombergRoyal Mail Group Ltd., the 360-year-old U.K. postal service, may be valued at as much as 4.3 billion pounds ($6.9 billion) when it goes public, said people briefed on the estimates. The British firm's equity value, …

Parcels deliver Royal Mail's futureCITY A.M.THE PRIVATISATION of Royal Mail started to become a likely event in May this year after the restructured group posted profits of £403m, up from £152m the previous year. “When we saw that profit margins had gone from around one per cent to 4.4 per …

Joan McAlpine: Stop treating Scots like second-class citizens over the Royal MailScottish Daily Record… Stop treating Scots like second-class citizens over the Royal Mail. JOAN says the coalition government's proposed plans to sell the Royal Mail is a complete travesty of democracy – particularly because Scotland owns a population share …

Questions raised over a privatised Royal Mail by Kirkintilloch MPKirkintilloch HeraldRoyal Mail is a completely separate entity to the Post Office, but Kirkintilloch East MpP Gregg McClymont still has fears about the potential loss of local services. He explained: “My postbag is full of letters from constituents who are worried …

Man injured in 20ft fall at Shrewsbury's Royal Mail sorting officeshropshirestar.comRichard Ewels, a spokesman for West Mercia Police, said: “Police attended the Royal Mail sorting office in Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, shortly after 1am on Sunday following a report of an intruder. “A man believed to be in his 20s subsequently …

Ian Murray MP argues that Labour are trying to reflect public opinion. More: continued here

Evening Standard City Spy: Chuka is delivered a Royal Mail blowEvening StandardA rebuke for slick Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna after the Government's announcement to the London Stock Exchange of an initial public offering of Royal Mail. Umunna said: “Ministers are pushing ahead with this politically motivated fire sale … …

Labour to challenge Royal Mail IPO planiNVEZZiNVEZZ.com, Wednesday, September 25th: Britain's Labour Party is planning to seek a last-minute vote to challenge the government's plan to float Royal Mail, the Financial Times has reported. While the vote is seen as unlikely to stop the Royal Mail IPO … More: continued …