Royal Mail bosses fighting to prevent nightmare before Christmas after admitting that large swathes of country are not receiving a normal service By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50, 11 December 2021 | Updated: 23:06, 11 December 2021 Royal Mail bosses are fighting to prevent a nightmare before …
Read More »Royal London prepares to pounce if LV’s Bain deal rejected
Royal London poised to launch accelerated bid for rival LV if a sale to US private equity giant Bain collapses By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50, 4 December 2021 | Updated: 01:13, 5 December 2021 Royal London is poised to launch an accelerated bid for rival LV …
Read More »Analysts believe Patrick Drahi will take a seat on board of BT
Analysts believe Patrick Drahi will take a seat on the board of BT by buying Deutsche Telekom’s stake in the group By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50, 3 December 2021 | Updated: 00:56, 4 December 2021 Patrick Drahi will take a seat on the board of BT …
Read More »MARKET REPORT: KKR’s £9bn Italy bid lifts telecom shares
Telecom companies were boosted yesterday after private equity giant KKR swooped on Telecom Italia with a £9billion offer. The deal, if approved by the firm’s board and the Italian government, would be one of the biggest European private equity buyouts in history. It would total £28billion, including Telecom Italia’s £19billion …
Read More »Royal London lines up full-blown LV merger
Royal London lines up full-blown LV merger: Rival bidder’s new twist would let insurer keep mutual status – but historic brand could then be sold Takeover by Bain Capital has been hit by a backlash from LV members New plan would allow LV members to keep their mutual status If …
Read More »Royal Mail to hand shareholders £400m after surge in parcel deliveries
Royal Mail to hand £400m to shareholders after surge in parcel deliveries sends profits soaring By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 22:11, 18 November 2021 | Updated: 22:32, 18 November 2021 Royal Mail will hand £400million to its shareholders after a surge in parcel deliveries sent profits soaring. …
Read More »Fake hours scam: Now Royal Mail to probe our claims
Royal Mail investigating claims its drivers are logging fraudulent overtime claims after we raised the alarm By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51, 6 November 2021 | Updated: 21:51, 6 November 2021 Royal Mail is investigating claims that its drivers are logging fraudulent overtime claims after The Mail …
Read More »STOCK WATCH: Now who’s favourite in William Hill takeover?
STOCK WATCH: Now who’s favourite in William Hill takeover? By Alex Lawson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31, 10 April 2021 | Updated: 23:01, 10 April 2021 Investors in William Hill are on tenterhooks after another week without a judgment on the scheme of arrangement to complete the £2.9billion …
Read More »BAE clinches £1bn Royal Navy contracts
BAE clinches £1bn Royal Navy contracts to maintain battleships and docks in Portsmouth By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 23:15, 1 April 2021 BAE Systems has clinched contracts worth more than £1billion to maintain battleships and docks at Portsmouth Naval Base. Britain’s …
Read More »BT boss Philip Jansen hit by threat of strike chaos
BT boss Philip Jansen hit by threat of strike chaos: Furious union launches ballot over chief’s plan to cut jobs – and it could cripple broadband The Communication Workers Union represents 45,000 BT staff It will kick off the formal legal process to ballot members for the telecom giant’s first …
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