Privatisation

Royal Mail shares closed at a fresh high of 555p

Royal mail shares to keep rising as taxpayer loses out

Shares in Royal Mail closed at a fresh high and are expected to keep on growing as it emerged that JP Morgan advised the government that they could have sold the firm for £10bn.

Shares in Royal Mail went up by 45% in early trading

Royal Mail share value drops in early trading

Shares in Royal Mail fell from 489p to 470p in the first hour of trading on Wednesday, a drop of almost 4 per cent but still 40 per cent up on the initial list price of 330p.

Shares in Royal Mail rose by 40% in the first day of trading

Royal Mail shares rise 40% on 1st day of trading

Shares in Royal Mail jumped from 330p to 450p on the first day of trading following the controversial privatisation.

Royal Mail shares are to be valued at 330p

Big investors set to lose out in oversubscribed Royal Mail sale

Following huge demand for Royal Mail shares it is likely that small investors will be given priority over big investors when the Royal Mail shares are allocated.

Royal Mail shares are to be valued at between 300-330p

Royal Mail shares offer a chance to make a quick profit

Shares in Royal Mail are to be valued at the upper end of the government's estimate of between 260-330p as demand exceeds supply.

There has been a big response to the Royal mail share sale

Royal Mail shares oversubscribed hours after going on sale

Royal Mail shares have been oversubscribed within hours of going on sale as investors rush to be a part of the biggest privatisation deal of the decade.

Royal Mail is valued at £3.3 billion on stock market

Royal Mail moves to secure flotation before strike action

The UK government has announced that Royal Mail is estimated to be worth £3.3 billion when it launches on the stock market

The government is to set out plans on the privatisation of the Royal Mail

Royal Mail to be privatised and workers to get free shares

The government has set out plans for the privatisation of the Royal Mail in what will be the biggest share sell-off since British Gas with employees to be offered free shares.

Chuka Umunna thinks the "fire sale" is to plug the hole in government finances

Labour: Royal Mail "fire sale" will not give value to taxpayer

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna claims services are at risk over the government's plans to privatise Royal Mail and says they are only doing it to plug the hole in the public finances.

Royal Mail could be sold off by next year

FT: Government looking to privatise Royal Mail by next autumn

The Government is considering selling off or floating Royal Mail in 2013 if the postal organisation’s finances keep improving, according to the Financial Times.

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