Royal Mail has put forward proposals that would see first class mail kept as a six-day a week service, but second class letter deliveries cut dramatically (Gareth Fuller/PA) (PA Wire) A Czech energy and media billionaire who is a major shareholder in West Ham is in talks about a possible …
Read More »Czech Sphinx launches audacious swoop on troubled Royal Mail
By Jessica Clark Updated: 17:00 EDT, 17 April 2024 A billionaire dubbed the ‘Czech Sphinx’ has launched an audacious swoop on Royal Mail that could see the 508-year-old postal service fall into foreign hands. Daniel Kretinsky, who co-owns West Ham United and has a stake in Sainsbury’s, has already seen …
Read More »FTSE 100 climbs as Royal Mail a takeover target; Thames Water to increase debt
Blue chips 35 points higher at 7,856 Inflation slightly lower Royal Mail rejects takeover 4.00pm: FTSE 100 set for daily gains The FTSE 100 held onto gains in late trading, having climbed 35 points to 7,856. Buoyed by mining companies, London’s blue-chip index joined markets across Europe in scoring …
Read More »Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services rejects Daniel Kretinsky takeover but another bid is being explored | Business News
The owner of Royal Mail has rejected an attempt by its biggest shareholders to take over the business but another bid is in the works. Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky already owns 27.5% of International Distribution Services (IDS), which owns Royal Mail, but earlier this month he put forward a cash …
Read More »IDS shares rise as Czech billionaire posts interest in Royal Mail
Shares in IDS, the owner of Royal Mail, rise after reports that it has received – and rejected – a bid from Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský. ADVERTISEMENT UK postal and courier service, Royal Mail, has received a takeover bid from Daniel Křetínský, a Czech billionaire who has also invested in …
Read More »Royal Mail Owner Says Kretinsky’s $3.9 Billion Bid Too Low
(Bloomberg) — The owner of Britain’s Royal Mail said it rejected a £3.1 billion ($3.9 billion) bid from Czech entrepreneur Daniel Kretinsky because it “significantly undervalues” the company. Most Read from Bloomberg International Distributions Services Plc said it turned down the cash offer, worth 320 pence a share, on April …
Read More »How Royal Mail’s letters crisis left it vulnerable to the Czech Sphinx
Costs have not fallen alongside the lower volumes. Royal Mail has blamed the restrictive framework for its hefty losses of £319m in the first half of the year, as well as for a slump in service quality that sparked a record £5.6m fine from Ofcom. Earlier this month, Royal Mail …
Read More »Royal Mail Rejects Takeover Approach From Czech Billionaire
By Dawood Fakhir (April 17, 2024, 5:34 PM BST) — A European conglomerate owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky said Wednesday that the parent company of Royal Mail has rejected its offer to take over Britain’s national postal service…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts …
Read More »Royal Mail bid from Czech billionaire should be treated with deep scepticism | Nils Pratley
“For multiple reasons – the heritage, the spirit of the company – it’s good if every British citizen can invest in the shares,” Daniel Křetínský told the Sunday Times a year ago, seemingly ruling out a takeover bid for International Distributions Services, the group that owns the Royal Mail. Now, …
Read More »Former Royal Mail chair apologises for ‘tragic’ Post Office prosecutions | Post Office Horizon scandal
A former chair of Royal Mail has apologised for the “tragic and diabolically unfair” prosecutions of post office operators, but denied ever having been informed of suspected problems with the Post Office’s faulty Horizon computer system. Allan Leighton, who chaired Royal Mail from 2002 to 2009, when it also owned …
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