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Royal Mail delays annual financial results as takeover bid looms

The owner of Royal Mail has indefinitely delayed the release of its annual trading update, originally scheduled for early Thursday morning, as the group heads towards a potential overseas takeover. London-listed International Distribution Services ...

23 May 2024 at 14:40

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Royal Mail owner fails to publish financial results amid impending takeover bid

The owner of Royal Mail has failed to publish its annual trading update, scheduled for early Thursday morning, as the group heads towards a potential overseas takeover. London-listed International Distribution Services told markets it would ...

23 May 2024 at 12:05

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Ofcom investigates Royal Mail after it misses delivery targets

Regulators have launched an investigation into Royal Mail after it delivered less than three quarters of first class post on time in the last year. In its yearly financial results on Friday, Royal Mail’s parent company, International ...

24 May 2024 at 18:34

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Royal Mail fined £5.6m for ‘significant’ delivery target failures

Royal Mail has been fined £5.6 million by regulator Ofcom for a “significant” failure to meet its postal delivery targets in the past financial year. Ofcom imposed the penalty following an investigation launched in May after Royal ...

13 Nov 2023 at 12:18

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Royal Mail owner chooses new boss from Dutch subsidiary

The company behind Royal Mail has appointed its next boss from its rapidly growing Dutch subsidiary following a bruising time for the logistics giant. International Distributions Services (IDS) said that Martin Seidenberg will ...

20 Jul 2023 at 08:44

Royal Mail asks Government to cut Saturday letter service under overhaul

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Royal Mail asks Government to cut letter service to five days under overhaul

Royal Mail has asked the Government for an early move to cut its letter service to five days a week as it unveiled hefty losses after a hit from crippling strike action. Boss Simon Thompson vowed to do “whatever it takes” to ...

17 Nov 2022 at 11:38

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Royal Mail returns to profit after ‘year of change’

Royal Mail has cheered returning to an underlying profit for the first time in three years despite a “competitive and challenging” backdrop. In its first set of figures since the group’s £3.6 billion takeover by Czech ...

01 Sept 2025 at 08:42

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Royal Mail move to scrap second class post on Saturdays to take ‘many months’

The owner of Royal Mail has said it will take “many months” to roll out changes that will see it ditch second class letter deliveries on Saturdays across the UK. International Distribution Services (IDS) – which saw ...

01 Sept 2025 at 10:54

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Royal Mail slumps to loss of more than £1bn after year of strikes

Royal Mail has blamed strike action for helping send it slumping to a full-year loss of more than £1 billion. The group’s owner, International Distributions Services (IDS), revealed Royal Mail swung to an operating ...

18 May 2023 at 21:59

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Who is Daniel Kretinsky, the Czech billionaire trying to buy Royal Mail?

The board of Royal Mail’s parent company has accepted a £3.57 billion offer to buy the group from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. If the deal goes through, it would see the organisation become part of Mr ...

29 May 2024 at 12:33

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Heathrow executive Emma Gilthorpe to take the helm at Royal Mail

Royal Mail has ended its hunt for a new top boss after appointing Heathrow Airport senior executive Emma Gilthorpe to the helm at a crucial time for the postal service. Owner International Distributions ...

02 Apr 2024 at 12:22

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Royal Mail sale to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky cleared by the Government

Royal Mail’s sale to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has been cleared by the Government, paving the way for the more than 500-year-old postal service to pass into foreign ownership for the first ...

16 Dec 2024 at 18:44

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