If you have followed any of our public inquiries — Covid, Grenfell, Post Office, blood — you will notice a common factor. Not just the long line of lying, grey-mouthed, arse-covering officials. Nor the sleek, overpaid barristers trying to wring sense out of them. It’s this: literally not a single …
Read More »Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Anglo American was pressed by key shareholders including BlackRock to extend talks with BHP over its proposed £38.6bn mining megamerger. Shareholders were crucial in convincing the FTSE 100 group to …
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And Royal Mail finally delivers its annual results on Friday night after the stock market closed. Source link
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About Jamie Ashcroft Jamie Ashcroft, the News Editor for Proactive UK, has developed an impressive career in financial journalism, focusing on the small-cap sector for over fourteen years. Before joining the Proactive team, he was a stockbroker during the global financial crisis, a role that complemented his educational background – …
Read More »It was difficult for the victims attending the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal on the fifth floor of Aldwych House in central London to demur from the conclusion of Moya Greene, a former chief executive of Royal Mail and Paula Vennells’ boss until the Post Office split off in …
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Canada Post ended the week with more grim financial news, announcing an operating loss of 221 million Canadian dollars for the first three months of the year. That came on top of an announcement at the beginning of the month that it had lost 748 million dollars last year. The …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom is investigating International Distribution Services-owned Royal Mail over its failure to meet its delivery targets for the financial year 2023-24, the regulator said on Friday. Under Ofcom’s rules, Royal Mail is required to meet performance targets across the whole financial year, such as delivering …
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Royal Mail is under investigation by Ofcom after failing to meet delivery targets, with less than three-quarters of first-class mail delivered on time last year. According to Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distribution Services (IDS), only 74.5% of first-class mail met the one-working-day delivery requirement. Ofcom regulations mandate that 93% …
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Veteran cabinet minister Michael Gove has become the latest high-profile Tory MP to announce that he will not stand at the July 4 General Election. The housing secretary cited the ‘toll’ of public office as he said it was time to let ‘a new generation lead’ following a political career …
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Royal Mail is being investigated by Ofcom after the service failed to deliver less than three quarters of first-class post on time in the last year. In its yearly financial results on Friday, Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distribution Services (IDS) said only 74.5% of first-class mail was delivered within …
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