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Ofcom to review Royal Mail’s universal service obligations

UK communications regulator Ofcom announced plans to review the nation’s universal postal service on Tuesday, as a result of the changing needs and habits of postal users. Ofcom said the universal postal service, underpinned by the Postal Services Act of 2011, mandated International Distributions Services subsidiary Royal Mail to deliver …

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Royal Mail threatens to put postal service into administration

Royal Mail issued a threat to put its loss-making postal service into administration, it emerged on Tuesday, amid escalating talks with union chiefs. According to the Telegraph, the postal operator – part of the recently-renamed International Distributions Services – had warned unions that it could place the regulated part of …

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Royal Mail workers to strike on Christmas Eve

Royal Mail workers are to extend industrial action to include Christmas Eve, it emerged on Friday, the latest salvo in a long-running dispute over jobs, condition and pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union at the postal company, who are already due to strike for four days around Black Friday …

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Royal Mail sells last 3 Nine Elm plots for £112m

Royal Mail on Monday said it had exchanged contracts to sell the last three remaining plots on its Nine Elms Park site to London Square for £111.2m. Profits from the sale would be used in line with Royal Mail’s capital allocation policy, with around £35m to be reinvested into the …

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Royal Mail sees higher H1 profit as revenues rise 8%

Royal Mail said it expected a rise in first half profits despite rising costs as the pandemic-driven boom in parcel delivery from online shopping continued to drive revenue growth. The letter and parcel carrier said revenues climbed 8.2% to £5.1bn in the five months to August. It added that it …

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Polymetal puts $0.5m into new joint venture

Polymetal announced an initial investment of $0.5m in exchange for a 35% stake in a joint venture with a junior on Tuesday, holding an exploration license for the Pekinskaya area of Russia’s Taimyr Peninsula, which adjoins the existing Taimyr joint venture. The FTSE 100 company said it may acquire up …

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