Royal Mail

The government is considering selling a large stake of the struggling state-owned postal service Royal Mail to a foreign company, the Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday. More: continued here

Times Online Royal Mail lost post: Christmas is sortedTimes Online, UK –1 hour agoBottles of milk, live worms, engagement rings… meet the Royal Mail detectives who struggle at Christmas to reunite lost post and packages with their … More: continued here

Part of the Royal Mail will be sold off to the Dutch firm TNT in a move that will partprivatise the universal postal service in Britain. More: continued here

Gordon Brown faces rebellion over foreign stake in Royal MailTimes Online, UK –5 minutes agoPlans to allow foreign investors to take a stake of up to one third in the Royal Mail threaten to provoke one of the most substantial backbench revolts … More: continued here

Dutch postal giant TNT has expressed an interest in buying into Royal Mail, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced. More: continued here

British business minister Peter Mandelson said state-owned postal operator Royal Mail should be part-privatised, and he welcomed an approach by Dutch logistics company TNT to take a minority stake in the company. More: continued here

The government has opened the door to foreign investment in the Royal Mail. More: continued here

Dutch postal giant TNT has expressed an interest in buying into Royal Mail, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced. More: continued here

Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Gordon Brown ’s government said it may sell a stake in Royal Mail Group Plc to TNT NV of the Netherlands, tapping investment needed to prepare the U.K.’s postal service for Europe-wide competition. More: continued here

The government is to part-privatise Royal Mail, by inviting a private sector operator to take a strategic minority partnership, as part of a package of measures to preserve the one-price-goes-everywhere universal postal service. More: continued here