Royal Mail

Royal Mail Outlines Plans for Initial Public Offering Next MonthBloombergRoyal Mail Group Ltd., the U.K.'s 360-year-old postal service, announced plans for an initial public offering to help raise funds that will let the delivery company regain a competitive edge against European rivals. The IPO will take place “in the … …

How will the postal service sell-off work? More: continued here

Business Secretary Vince Cable said the move would protect the six-days-a-week postal service with one stamp price guaranteeing delivery anywhere in the country. More: continued here

BBC News Royal Mail Sale To Begin Within WeeksSky NewsIn a statement confirming Royal Mail's intention to float, ministers said the decision was an important step towards ensuring a "healthy future" for the company, despite intense opposition from trade unions which have pledged to ballot on industrial …Royal Mail privatisation …

By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) – Britain embarked on its largest privatization in decades on Thursday as the government unveiled plans to sell the majority of the near 500-year-old state-owned Royal Mail postal service. The Department for Business said a stock market flotation would take place in coming weeks, giving …

Royal Mail privatisation: Call for halt to sell-off to safeguard post office …Mirror.co.ukDetails of the next stage of the controversial sell-off process are due to be revealed today. The National Federation of SubPostmasters called on the Government to safeguard the future of thousands of post offices by halting the sale. …

Royal Mail secures 1.4 billion pounds debt facilities ahead of IPOReuters UKWed Sep 11, 2013 11:39pm BST. (Reuters) – Britain's Royal Mail has secured 1.4 billion pounds ($2.21 billion) in debt facilities to support the 497-year-old state-owned delivery service as it goes public, Sky News reported on Tuesday without citing …

Members of the public will be able to apply for stock as well as big institutional investors in a sell-off estimated to be worth £3billion. More: continued here

By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) – Britain embarked on its largest privatisation in decades on Thursday as the government unveiled plans to sell the majority of the near 500-year-old state-owned Royal Mail postal service. The Department for Business said a stock market flotation would take place in coming weeks, giving …

The government announces that it will privatise the Royal Mail in the coming weeks, with shares offered to employees, institutions and the public. More: continued here