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 · Aug 1, 2024
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 · Jul 22, 2024
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’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024
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 · Jul 10, 2024
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 · Jul 6, 2024
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 · Jun 26, 2024
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. The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024
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 · Jun 13, 2024
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 · Jun 8, 2024
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 · Jun 7, 2024
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 · May 31, 2024
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 · May 29, 2024
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 The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024
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. Top News · May 29, 2024
The Independent UK · May 29, 2024 Owner of UK's Royal Mail says it has accepted a takeover offer from a Czech billionaire The owner of Britain’s Royal Mail says it has accepted a 3.6 billion pound ($4.6 billion) takeover offer from Czech investor Daniel Křetínský
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 BHP walks away from £39bn pursuit of Anglo American; Royal Mail agrees to £3.57bn takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský – as it happened Royal Mail’s parent company IDS agrees takeover offer but BHP’s pursuit of Anglo fails
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 Royal Mail owner agrees to £3.57bn takeover by Czech billionaire Cash offer from Daniel Křetínský’s EP Group still needs approval from shareholders and government
Evening Standard · May 29, 2024 Royal Mail owner IDS accepts £3.5bn bid from West Ham co-owner Křetínský Křetínský has agreed that Royal Mail will deliver first-class post six days a week for the next five years after the acquisition but there are no guarantees on what happens after that
The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2024 Royal Mail and Anglo American shareholders braced for final takeover offers Deals this month could see two of the UK’s most prominent companies fall into foreign ownership
The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024 Royal Mail owner warns Czech billionaire’s offer could create risk around finances IDS says a change in ownership may lead to ‘material uncertainty’ over the company’s future
The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2024 UK to look at security implications of Křetínský Royal Mail bid Jeremy Hunt indicates ministers not opposed to offer from Czech billionaire in principle
The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2024 Royal Mail reform will not take place before general election, says Ofcom Postal service shake-up takes on extra weight as Royal Mail bosses meet ministers to discuss Czech tycoon’s £3.5bn takeover bid
Evening Standard · May 15, 2024 Royal Mail parent ‘minded to’ accept £3.5bn takeover bid from West Ham co-owner Křetínský A deal would see the 500-year-old institution Royal Mail taken off the stock market just under 11 years after it was privatised in an initial public offering
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2024 Royal Mail owner backs £3.5bn takeover offer by Czech billionaire New Křetínský bid creates headache for UK government amid growing scrutiny on foreign takeovers of critical infrastructure
The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024 Union appears to accept Royal Mail proposal to cut most Saturday deliveries CWU seems to concede six-day service is financially unviable as company battles takeover bid