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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Royal Mail threatens to split up business as it reports £1m a day loss

Royal Mail vans
Royal Mail revealed an adjusted operating loss of £92m for the April to June quarter a day after thousands of staff voted for strike action. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

Royal Mail has reported it is losing £1m a day and has threatened to split if it cannot achieve “significant operational change”, as it faces what could be the biggest strike of the summer.

The day after thousands of its staff in the Communications Workers Union voted in favour of industrial action, the company said it was considering “all options”, including separating its domestic and international businesses under a rebranded holding company called International Distributions Services.

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