Royal Mail

The Guardian Royal Mail sale is vandalism and must be stoppedThe GuardianThe government insists that Royal Mail is in competition with schools and hospitals for investment – utter rubbish. There are dozens of alternatives to privatisation. Take Network Rail – a publicly owned company that, through special arrangements on … …

BBC News Can a private Royal Mail deliver?BBC NewsSome shares will go to staff, and the public will be able to buy some too. Unions are unhappy, while proponents argue it is long overdue. So what does the future hold for the 500-year old postal delivery service? In the past …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail privatisation: Government confirms flotation within weeksTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail chief executive Moya Greene will meet 1,200 union representatives at a private meeting in Birmingham at 11am on Thursday in a last-ditch bid to win their support for the move and avert a crippling nationwide strike in the run-up to …

Britain's Royal Mail to be sold off to private investorsLos Angeles TimesLONDON – Britain's Royal Mail, whose origins date back to the reign of Henry VIII, is to be sold off to private investors, the government announced Thursday, setting up a bitter battle over the selling of a national icon. …

Britain launched plans on Thursday to sell more than half the state-run postal service Royal Mail in the coming weeks, in the nation's biggest privatisation in decades. More: continued here

The political stakes are probably high enough for the Government to price the shares cheaply and the dividends generously to ensure heavy investor demand. More: continued here

BBC News Can there be a float and strike at Royal Mail?BBC NewsThe government's announcement of its intention to float Royal Mail on the stock exchange is not irreversible. But it would take something of a market meltdown for the famous letters and parcels business not to become a company …

The Government has confirmed it is pressing ahead with controversial plans to privatise the Royal Mail by selling shares, sparking claims it is "selling off the family silver". More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail: how, when, why (and why not) to investTelegraph.co.ukSo far Royal Mail has stated only the minimum sums that can be subscribed: a minimum £750 each for the general public and £500 for Royal Mail employees. Maximum subscription limits are not yet known – if any apply. Where …

The Guardian UK's Royal Mail goes publicCNNMoneyThe British government plans to sell a majority of its stake in the Royal Mail through an initial public offering that will be one of the U.K.'s largest in decades. Analysts forecast the iconic postal service could be valued up to £3 billion. The …