BBC News Royal Mail Sale To Begin Within WeeksSky NewsIn a statement confirming Royal Mail's intention to float, ministers said the decision was an important step towards ensuring a "healthy future" for the company, despite intense opposition from trade unions which have pledged to ballot on industrial …Royal Mail privatisation …
Read More »Britain to float Royal Mail within weeks
By Neil Maidment LONDON (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 market flotation would take place in coming weeks, giving …
Read More »Royal Mail privatisation: Call for halt to sell-off to safeguard post office … – Mirror.co.uk
Royal Mail privatisation: Call for halt to sell-off to safeguard post office …Mirror.co.ukDetails of the next stage of the controversial sell-off process are due to be revealed today. The National Federation of SubPostmasters called on the Government to safeguard the future of thousands of post offices by halting the sale. …
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Read More »Royal Mail privatisation: Share sell-off to begin within weeks in face of strike threat
Members of the public will be able to apply for stock as well as big institutional investors in a sell-off estimated to be worth £3billion. More: continued here
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Read More »Government to float Royal Mail within weeks
By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) – Britain embarked on its largest privatisation 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 take place in coming weeks, giving …
Read More »Royal Mail float 'in coming weeks'
The government announces that it will privatise the Royal Mail in the coming weeks, with shares offered to employees, institutions and the public. More: continued here
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