Royal Mail to be sold 'too cheaply'shropshirestar.comLabour has raised fears that the Royal Mail will be sold too cheaply ahead of an announcement on the regulation of the industry. Ofcom will detail measures it says will safeguard the universal postal service. The move is likely to herald an increase in …
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Financial News The return of the £1bn UK IPO?Financial NewsIgnoring special purpose vehicles, or hedge funds raising capital, the last UK firm to list for over £1bn was back in 2006, but with the rumours surrounding Royal Mail, Direct Line and Project Verde, the billion-pound IPO may be back on …
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Postal workers repeated their demand to keep the post public on Monday after reports suggested Royal Mail might be sold off next year. A share offering, or IPO, for the vital 500-year-old service would be the biggest privatisation since Britain's railways were handed to privateers in the '90s. More: continued …
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Read More »Monday Papers: Royal Mail looks to deliver IPO next year – Citywire.co.uk
Monday Papers: Royal Mail looks to deliver IPO next yearCitywire.co.ukAnd banks to delay bonuses until April to avoid 50p income tax rate next year. by Himanshu Singh on Mar 26, 2012 at 04:37 Financial Times: Britain's coalition government aims to begin the privatisation of Royal Mail by selling or floating …
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Witham: Villagers' fight against Royal Mail to keep post boxBraintree and Witham TimesCO56344 VILLAGERS are going head to head with Royal Mail to fight for a Victorian post box to be refitted after a car crashed into it in November. Melanie Hicks is leading the petition to have the box …
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STV Local Plucky postmen get on their bikes for sick kid's charityDeadline NewsTWO Royal Mail postmen are starting an epic journey this morning from Edinburgh Castle as they plan to cycle 592 miles in six days on a tandem bicycle. Garreth Ellidge and James Capstick aim to raise over £4000 …
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