Royal Mail

MANAMA, April 5 (Reuters) – Bids for the sale of a 30 percent stake in British state-owned postal company Royal Mail are due this month, British Business Minister Peter Mandelson said on Sunday, signalling the government is pushing ahead with the controversial sale. “It’s due in the course of April, …

Bids for Royal Mail stake due in April-MandelsonReutersMANAMA, April 5 (Reuters) – Bids for the sale of a 30 percent stake in British state-owned postal company Royal Mail are due this month, British Business Minister Peter Mandelson said on Sunday, signalling the government is pushing ahead with the … More: …

Bids for the sale of a 30 percent stake in postal company Royal Mail are due this month, Business Minister Peter Mandelson said on Sunday, signalling the government is pushing ahead with the controversial sale. More: continued here

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Oxford postman tries out new electic vanOxford Mail, UKRoyal Mail fleet manager Craig Lightfoot said that if the three-month trial proved a success, the Matra model, which is also used on the Continent, could replace a fleet of Vauxhall Combo vans, which run on diesel. Mr Lightfoot said: “Staff are very …

Deutsche Post shows interest in Royal MailFinancial Times, UKBy Chris Bryant in Berlin and James Wilson in Frankfurt The UK government’s attempts to part-privatise Royal Mail gained some much-needed momentum on Sunday when rival Deutsche Post emerged as a potential bidder. The German mail and logistics group … More: continued here

FRANKFURT, April 5 — Deutsche Post, Europe’s biggest mail company, is bidding for a stake in UK’s Royal Mail along with Dutch TNT and private equity firm CVC, a German weekly reported. A team of twelve Deutsche Post managers, headed by finance chief John Allan, had met with the advisory …

The UK government’s attempts to part-privatise Royal Mail gained some much-needed momentum on Sunday when rival Deutsche Post emerged as a potential bidder. More: continued here

Royal Mail bosses offer book of stamps as compensationMirror.co.uk, UKRoyal Mail bosses have offered a customer a book of stamps as compensation after a £200 cheque arrived FIVE YEARS late. Angry Rex Wyatt, 62, of Toton, Nottingham, said: "I can't cash the cheque because it's out of date and all they …

Deutsche Post Europe’s largest mail company has emerged as a contender to acquire a stake in Royal Mail after a delegation of its top managers met with the UK company’s advisory board. More: continued here