Herald Scotland Delivered: £3bn sell-off of shares in Royal Mail goes aheadHerald ScotlandRoyal Mail chief executive Moya Greene said: "Our strategy is delivering a revitalised company, with a unique, UK, multi-use network through which we are proud to deliver the universal postal service for all UK citizens." Chuka Umunna, shadow business … More: continued here
British government to privatize Royal Mail within weeksThe Globe and MailBritain 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 … More: continued here
Britain's Royal Mail to go private with IPONBCNews.comThe late Baroness Thatcher famously said that the Royal Mail could not be privatized, and two subsequent attempts stymied after opposition from the U.K. parliament. Michael Fallon, the U.K.'s minister for Business and Enterprise, who has been one of … More: continued here
Will Royal Mail be a good investment? Shares could come at knockdown price …This is MoneyThe Government chose to launch its plans to float Royal Mail with great fanfare on the same day unions were holding strike talks over the controversial sell-off. Such stand-offs with your opponents are business as usual in politics, but whether…
The Government yesterday formally fired the starting gun on the flotation of the £3billion business, ending its 378-year history of state ownership. More: continued here
Some 150,000 Royal Mail workers are to start receiving details of the offer of free shares in the company under the Government's privatisation plan. More: continued here
Historic Royal Mail flotation greeted by strike callFinancial TimesMinisters vowed yesterday not to allow strikes to blow the privatisation of Royal Mail off course after they announced the world's oldest postal service would be sold on the stock exchange. Vince Cable, business secretary, said the government would … More: continued here
CBC.ca UK Royal Mail service to be privatized in coming weeksCBC.caThe British government has confirmed plans to privatize the country's 500-year-old Royal Mail this fall. Business Secretary Vince Cable said Thursday an initial public offering of a majority stake in the postal service was scheduled for the coming weeks. More: continued here
Britain to float Royal Mail within weeksReutersLONDON (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 … More: continued here
The Guardian Royal Mail workers at Mount Pleasant split over merits of privatisationThe GuardianRoyal Mail staff leaving the company's vast Mount Pleasant complex in central London showed a split in attitudes towards planned privatisation: rank-and-file staff vehemently opposed; management warily in favour. Colin – all those spoken to preferred … More: continued here