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Ofcom delivers relief for Royal Mail at snail’s pace – too late to stop Czech takeover

Regulator finally cuts Royal Mail some slack on its service obligations. But what if it had done so sooner?

The Guardian - UK

It’s tough at the top – but which business leader has the most at stake in 2025?

From post and planes to TV, phones and retail chains – and even a central bank – here are the chiefs facing the most testing of times

The Guardian - UK

Parcels of land: is the Czech Sphinx gazing at Royal Mail’s property assets?

Daniel Křetínský could be hoping to develop or sell off the company’s portfolio of about 1,800 sites

The Guardian - UK

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Labour’s gamble with Royal Mail may go horribly wrong

Past talk of renationalisation gives way to approval of takeover in which price of first-class stamp could be set from Prague

The Guardian - UK

Who is Daniel Křetínský, the new boss of Royal Mail?

The lowdown on the Czech billionaire and how the takeover will affect the British postal service

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský approved

UK government to retain ‘golden share’ in parent company International Distribution Services

The Guardian - UK

UK firms slash jobs after budget, but US economy booms; Royal Mail takeover gets government clearance – business live

UK staffing levels fall and government clears EP Group’s takeover of Royal Mail

The Guardian - UK

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Revealed: the business dealings of Royal Mail bidder Daniel Křetínský

With the Czech billionaire on the verge of a £3.6bn takeover, the Guardian looks at his dealings in Russia and elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail fails to deliver about a quarter of first-class post on time

Deterioration in delivery times adds further pressure on bosses just as takeover deal nears completion

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail’s owner considering job cuts and price rises for stamps and parcels

International Distribution Services blames budget for adding £120m to annual costs through NICs increase

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail is close to getting the reform it craved. Shareholders should now oppose the Czech takeover bid

Selling a key economic component at a so-so price always felt bizarre, but with transformative cost savings on the horizon it would be pathetic

The Guardian - UK

UK calls in Czech billionaire’s Royal Mail bid for national security review

Daniel Křetínský’s potential Russia links to be examined in scrutiny of bid’s effect on UK economic infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

Business secretary confident of ‘market-led solution’ for Harland & Wolff

Jonathan Reynolds says he expects Royal Navy ships will continue to be built at the struggling Belfast yard

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail revenues boosted by election and rise in stamp prices

Parent firm’s CEO defends postal service after reported delays to ballot papers, saying: ‘What we got, we delivered’

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Royal Mail to stop using its own freight trains after almost 200 years

Company to decommission its remaining trains, with plans to increase amount of post it moves by road

The Guardian - UK

Thames, Tata, Shein – it won’t be business as usual for Labour’s Jonathan Reynolds

The new business secretary will have big calls to make within a few days of sitting down at his desk

The Guardian - UK

Fat fees for Royal Mail’s advisers, no detail for its shareholders

The offer document for proposed £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail parent company couldn’t be more vague

The Guardian - UK

L&G to sell Glencore stake over thermal coal concerns; global economy ‘on track’ for soft landing – as it happened

Some Legal & General Investment Management funds will divest from Glencore Plc on concerns about its production of the most polluting fuel.

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The Guardian - UK

Wake up, fund managers: the Royal Mail bid needs more scrutiny

Big shareholders should speak out on whether the Daniel Křetínský-led £3.6bn takeover offer represents a fair price

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch urged to scrutinise business links of Royal Mail bidder Křetínský

Business secretary is due to meet Czech tycoon to discuss a takeover the Guardian has raised questions about

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail bidders, paradise islands and Prague properties: questions asked over Daniel Křetínský’s business links

Czech billionaire’s long-time business partners linked to controversial global property deals

The Guardian - UK

Postal workers union wants Royal Mail staff to have stake in business

CWU calls for new business model and says commitments for takeover do not ‘go far, or long enough’

The Guardian - UK

What will Royal Mail’s takeover mean for customers and postal workers?

The billionaire Daniel Křetínský, AKA the Czech Sphinx, is poised to buy the business – but what does he have planned?

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail’s foreign sale could put a 500-year-old national service in jeopardy

Czech tycoon’s private buyout of UK postal group would come with very limited assurances – and a weight of added debt

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Czech Investor Acquires Royal Mail In .6 Billion Deal

Czech investor Daniel Kretínský's EP Group acquires Britain's Royal Mail for .6 billion, ensuring continuity of service.

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