This is Leicestershire Share sale will give Royal Mail the freedom it needsThis is LeicestershireIt has suffered losses in five of the past 12 years, a period which has seen overall losses of about £1 billion and the loss of more than 50,000 jobs. Thanks to the hard work of Royal Mail's management and workforce,…
Britain ready for Royal Mail IPOFinancial MirrorThe British government has invited stockbrokers to apply to help sell shares in the Royal Mail postal service to members of the public as part of a planned stock market listing. The 497-year-old institution is to be floated by the end of March 2014 … More: continued here
This is Leicestershire Royal Mail privatisation: Government spending taxpayers' cash for advertising …Mirror.co.ukTaxpayer' cash will be used to drum up interest in the Government's sell-off of the Royal Mail. The Department for Business yesterday confirmed it's splashed out on an advertising blitz to get the public to buy shares in the postal giant. Yet it…
UK Invites Share Dealers to Be Royal Mail Sale IntermediariesBusinessweekThe U.K. government invited stockbrokers and share-dealing services to apply to be intermediaries in the retail sale of shares in Royal Mail Group Ltd., the 360-year-old postal service, in an initial public offering. The sale of a majority stake in … More: continued here
BBC News Royal Mail driver accused of Hampshire moped rider deathBBC NewsA moped rider died after a Royal Mail lorry hit him because its driver failed to leave enough space while he was overtaking, a court heard. Mark Edwards was riding a Peugeot moped on the A331 towards Farnham, Hampshire when it crashed on 3…
Parcelforce staff vote against Royal Mail privatisationFinancial TimesThe government has received a blow to its plan to privatise the Royal Mail after workers at Parcelforce voted to reject the move. Almost 3,500 members of the Communication Workers Union voted in a consultative ballot by more than nine to one against …Plymouth postmen voting on strikeThis…
Peter Mandelson today insisted that the government would press ahead with plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail despite the prospect of the biggest backbench rebellion since Gordon Brown became prime minister. A total of 67 Labour MPs, including the former ministers Frank Dobson, Malcolm Wicks and Michael Meacher, have signed a Commons early day motion…
UPDATE 1-UK seeks firms to help sell Royal Mail shares to publicReutersLONDON Aug 7 (Reuters) – The British government has invited stockbrokers to apply to help sell shares in the Royal Mail postal service to members of the public as part of a planned stock market listing. The 497-year-old institution is to be floated by…
Royal Mail boss payments revealedThis is CornwallThe chief executive of Royal Mail received almost £1.5 million in pay and benefits in the last financial year, although she is returning £120,000 paid towards the cost of buying a house. Moya Greene's salary remained at £498,000, but extras included … More: continued here
Royal Mail apologises for 'significant disruption' and blames unions for walking out on talks to avert second wave of strikes Britain braced itself tonight for a second wave of postal disruption as unions said more 24-hour strikes were set to go ahead after talks collapsed. Leaders of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) spent the last…