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Czech energy tycoon Daniel Kretinsky today bought another big chunk of Royal Mail, lifting his shareholding up to 12.1% as part of his gamble that the company’s shares are drastically cheap. The billionaire known as the Czech Sphinx for his secretive ways now owns a stake worth £222 million after …

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Royal Mail has been fined £1.6m by the communications regulator Ofcom for delivering letters late and overcharging for stamps. Ofcom requires the postal service to deliver 93% of first-class post within one working day of collecting it but Royal Mail undershot the target, with only 91.5% of post arriving on …

Ofcom today fined Royal Mail £1.5 million for failing to meet its regulatory first-class delivery target in 2018. Royal Mail is required by Ofcom to deliver at least 93% of first-class post within one working day. But last year 91.5% of first-class post was delivered on time. Ofcom said Royal …

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One in 10 Britons has signed up to a subscription service during lockdown, with companies offering regular deliveries of food and drink reporting a huge spike in the customer numbers. Companies offering gin, cheese and coffee subscriptions have all reported big increases in customer numbers, as consumers unable to get …

Perhaps that explains why management struggled to face up to the severity of the crisis. An emergency rights issue came too late and secondary sites were sold off in dribs and drabs, when there should have been a giant “for sale” sign over every asset it owned Sure, the covenant …

Top City firm Alliance Bernstein has called for Royal Mail to be split up. At the moment Royal Mail has two arms, the UK Parcels, International and Letters division and General Logistics Systems (GLS) – a parcel delivery company based in Europe. Bernstein wants to see GLS sold, now that …

Stockbrokers believe the overseas arm GLS, seen as the “jewel in the crown” of Royal Mail’s business, is likely to most interest Mr Kretinsky. He said: “Similar to all other investments undertaken via Vesa Equity Investment, it also applies for Royal Mail that we join companies of whose fundamental value …

Listed telecommunications tower infrastructure company Helios Towers has appointed Sally Ashford to its Board as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Ashford also joins the London-headquartered firm as the designated Non-Executive Director for workforce engagement. The FTSE 250 firm operates an independent telecommunications infrastructure company in Africa, having established one …