Royal Mail owner fails to publish results

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Royal Mail’s owner has delayed reporting its full-year financial results after auditor KPMG requested more time to complete a review, increasing investor concerns as the lossmaking company faces a takeover …

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Royal Mail forced to delay results amid £3.5bn takeover bid

It lost £319m in the first half of the year after losing £1bn the previous year amid crippling strike action. Bosses have put forward proposals to shake up the postal service’s so-called universal service obligation (USO), which requires it to deliver letters six days a week, warning that outdated regulations …

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Royal Mail delays full-year results

Profit guidance unchanged New date to be released “as soon as reasonably practicable” The parent company of Royal Mail, International Distributions Services (IDS), has postponed its full-year results due to auditing delays.  The courier was due to publish figures for the year ended 31 March at 7am on 23 May. …

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Royal Mail Owner Pushes Back Results Over Audit Delays

(Bloomberg) — The owner of Britain’s Royal Mail has delayed reporting its financial results, days after welcoming a £3.5 billion ($4.5 billion) bid from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.  International Distributions Services Plc was due to report results for the year through March 31 on Thursday, but said in a statement …

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