Royal Mail is poised to accept a £3.5bn takeover offer from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, paving the way for the postal service to fall into foreign ownership for the first time in its 500-year history. The board of parent company International Distributions Services (IDS) is expected to recommend a firm …
Read More »Kretinsky poised to make firm offer for Royal Mail owner, source says
By Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) -Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distributions Services (IDS), is set to recommend a firm offer by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, a person with knowledge of the situation said. An announcement is expected on the fate of the bid for one of the world’s oldest postal …
Read More »Kretinsky poised to make firm offer for Royal Mail owner, source says
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Mail’s parent company International Distributions Services (IDS) is set to recommend a firm offer by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, a person with knowledge of the situation said. An announcement is expected on the fate of the bid for one of the world’s oldest postal companies before …
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Some 85 per cent of MailOnline readers believe Royal Family members should have to carry out National Service after Rishi Sunak revealed plans to revive the scheme. Prince George, Prince Louis, and Princess Charlotte could be forced to undertake the scheme when they turn 18 amid claims that the royals …
Read More »Stanway café at old delivery office put on hold by council
Colchester Council’s planning committee has voted to put the blueprints for Royal Mail’s former Lexden Heath delivery office on hold until councillors have seen the site for themselves. Businessman Gezim Aliaj, who owns the building, wants to open a café with space for 38 diners at the site in London …
Read More »Oxford MP criticises extremely disruptive postal delays
Anneliese Dodds, MP for Oxford East, is urging the responsible authority to “improve their delivery record” after figures appeared to indicate 2019/2020 was the last time the company met its target of delivering 91.5 per cent of all first-class mail by the next working day. A spokesman has responded saying he …
Read More »Royal Mail, Mitchells and Butlers, LSEG and more: What brokers said today
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Read More »Royal Mail and Anglo American shareholders braced for final takeover offers | Royal Mail
Shareholders in Royal Mail’s owner and in the mining company Anglo American are awaiting a final deadline on Wednesday for firm offers that could see two of the UK’s most prominent companies fall into foreign ownership. Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský has made an approach to International Distributions Services (IDS), which …
Read More »Companies roundup: Tory tax cuts & Royal Mail results
Tax cuts, International Distributions Services (IDS) and Ithaca Energy (ITH) Rishi Sunak is preparing a £2.4bn tax cut for pensioners, in a bid to boost his difficult election campaign. The Tories said, if they win the election, they would increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners every year, so it rises in …
Read More »Victorian Plumbing – sales flat, gross margin up
Free cash flow up by a third Increased proportion of own brand sales Victorian Plumbing (VIC) delivered flat half-year revenues on a like-for-like basis and a 2 per cent rise in completed orders through the period. That’s a reasonable enough outcome given where we are in the interest rate cycle, …
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