Royal Mail was under pressure on Wednesday as Liberum reiterated its ‘sell’ rating on the stock and slashed the price target to 120p from 175p, arguing that the company’s strategy is undeliverable. The broker said the fact that management openly questioned the achievability of its 2024 targets just nine months …
Read More »Royal Mail proposes three-year pay deal to union
(Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Mail (RMG.L) has proposed a three-year pay deal to the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and wants to have detailed talks with its largest union, the company said on Twitter on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A Royal Mail postal worker stands in the yard of a sorting office …
Read More »Royal Mail tweets pay proposal to union as transformation plan lags
(Reuters) – Royal Mail (RMG.L) put forward a proposal with a three-year pay deal to Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Friday, saying in its message delivered on Twitter that it wanted to have detailed talks with its largest union. FILE PHOTO: Royal Mail vans parked in the Leytonstone post office …
Read More »Broker tips: Hargreaves Lansdown, Royal Mail, Vodafone
The first quarter of 2020 is “make or break” for Hargreaves Lansdown as investors examine whether weak inflows are the result of temporary factors or increased competition, Berenberg said as the broker cut its price target on the company’s shares. Keeping their ‘hold’ rating on the stock the Berenberg analysts …
Read More »Bernstein downgrades Royal Mail to ‘underperform’
“Things will get worse before they get better,” the bank said, adding that the current cash flow trajectory implies a cash crunch, with dividends and capex outpacing cash generation by around £200m. Bernstein said management will have to choose between restarting the transformation, cutting the dividend, or increasing borrowing. “The …
Read More »FTSE 250 movers: Beazley boosted by results; Royal Mail fails to deliver
London’s FTSE 250 was up 0.3% at 21,576.49 in afternoon trade on Thursday. Insurer Beazley was the standout gainer after it posted a better-than-expected surge in full-year pre-tax profit as three of its six divisions achieved double-digit growth. In the year to the end of December, pre-tax profit surged 250% …
Read More »Royal Mail’s Christmas parcels hurt by labor unrest, warns of challenges
LONDON (Reuters) – UK’s Royal Mail (RMG.L) said on Thursday its outlook for the next fiscal year is “challenging” and the threat of a labor strike in late 2019 hurt parcel revenue growth during the Christmas period as customers opted to use other carriers. FILE PHOTO: A Royal Mail van …
Read More »Royal Mail celebrate classic video games with first stamp collection of 2020 > Creative Review > Style
by Khyle Deen. Published Sat 11 Jan 2020 11:55 Photo credit: Royal Mail Royal Mail have unveiled some stamps, celebrating some classic British video games. WipEout, Sensible Soccer, Tomb Raider and Lemmings are some of the video games …
Read More »Royal Mail union loses appeal to overturn injunction halting strike
FILE PHOTO: A Royal Mail postal worker stands in the yard of a sorting office in Altrincham, Britain October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Mail (RMG.L) on Thursday confirmed that its biggest union lost an appeal to overturn a High Court injunction to stop a strike …
Read More »FTSE 250 movers: Royal Mail tumbles, Direct Line climbs
London’s FTSE 250 was down by 0.83% at 20,304.86 in afternoon trade on Thursday, with Royal Mail dragging the index lower. Shares in the mail carrier tanked after the company said its transformation programme was behind schedule, cut its interim dividend and warned of a “challenging” outlook for the letters …
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