Royal Mail

The Royal Mail must remain in British ownership and remodelled like Germany’s Deutsche Post Britain is 159th in the world league table that ranks investment as a share of GDP. This is not new. Owners of British companies have long been permitted a feckless lack of responsibility. Smart countries, from …

The Guardian This privatisation of the Royal Mail would be a national disasterThe GuardianIt is a national disaster that another great British organisation, the Royal Mail, is to be cast into this maelstrom. (As I explain later, a more imaginative "protected" private model could work.) The directors of the Royal …

SIMON WATKINS: The Royal Mail sell-off must be first classThis is MoneyThis is even more the case if one regards Royal Mail not as a utility but as a growth company with the power to expand both organically and by acquisition, as Business Minister Michael Fallon told The Mail on …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail'must be free to buy foreign post firms': Minister rules out golden …This is MoneyCritics of the plan have called for measures to ensure that the listing of Royal Mail does not lead to it falling into the hands of foreign investors. They point to the previously state-run …

ADVISERS expect a surge of interest in Royal Mail shares after the government revealed plans to privatise the business. More: continued here

The Independent Written out: An in-depth look at the Royal Mail sell-offThe IndependentThe precipitous decline of the form was confirmed last week when we heard the details of the privatisation of Royal Mail– a redoubtable national institution founded on the idea that we needed to write to each other, now …

Business Minister Fallon has brushed off concerns that Royal Mail could end up in the hands of foreign firms, saying he did ‘not agree’ with any measures to prevent overseas buyers taking shares. More: continued here

Postal union ends unofficial strike as UK government announces Royal Mail…World Socialist Web SiteAs Business Secretary Vince Cable was announcing plans for the privatisation of the Royal Mail, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) sought to shut down an unofficial strike action by postal workers in Peterborough. The dispute began on …

Staff will get 10% of shares and universal service is protected More: continued here

This will be very different to the ”Tell Sid” British Gas sell-off in the 1980s, says Dan Hyde.         More: continued here