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

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

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

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

A centuries-old British institution is set to be sold to a foreign firm. Royal Mail's parent company has accepted a £3.6 billion takeover offer by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky's EP group. Privatised about a decade ago, the postal service that dates back to Tudor times has struggled in the era…

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

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

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

A billionaire with interests in football clubs, media outlets, supermarkets and now the potential new owner of Britain's Royal Mail, Czech Daniel Kretinsky retains a stubbornly low profile internationally.

The other day I got the shock of my life at the post office where I was sending a letter to Ireland to find the nice man on the counter was asking me for £2.50 for a stamp. Two. Pounds. Fifty. “What,” I said weakly. “Yep,” he said, plainly used…

Mining giant Anglo American, cyber security firm Darktrace and Royal Mail parent IDS -- three major UK companies in the midst of big takeover bids.