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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Mail may be allowed to stop second-class Saturday post ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Regulator Ofcom says proposal would lead to ‘substantial efficiency’ at lossmaking delivery group  ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4daf4e36-0c70-4858-a768-f01122faf1d1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4daf4e36-0c70-4858-a768-f01122faf1d1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:08:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Mail takeover delivers £146mn advisory fee bonanza]]></title><description><![CDATA[Banks and law firms in line for bumper payouts after working on Daniel Křetínský’s bid]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a0a57ad1-c745-4915-9ce9-e91b99531b4a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a0a57ad1-c745-4915-9ce9-e91b99531b4a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:56:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Mail faces fresh legal claim over bulk delivery service]]></title><description><![CDATA[Action could add to challenges confronting takeover of postal group by Czech billionaire ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ccdf6f03-1054-403c-a2b2-e4956306d6b6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ccdf6f03-1054-403c-a2b2-e4956306d6b6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:51:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whistl boss warns Daniel Křetínský of its £600mn Royal Mail legal claim]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mail-sorting group’s case follows Ofcom’s findings of anti-competitive behaviour by the former state-run postal service]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/11bf8c04-79c5-4c43-bb75-dc3505d36f65</link><guid isPermaLink="false">11bf8c04-79c5-4c43-bb75-dc3505d36f65</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 04:00:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský get Royal Mail to deliver?]]></title><description><![CDATA[New owner must modernise group and repair fractured relations with workers]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a2ba075d-7160-4f8a-818b-8dd32f82aa5a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a2ba075d-7160-4f8a-818b-8dd32f82aa5a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2024 04:00:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Czech billionaire bets he can rescue Royal Mail from ‘deadly’ spiral]]></title><description><![CDATA[Daniel Křetínský believes UK postal service’s owner needs to live outside glare of public markets to survive and grow]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3800cc4c-4576-42b3-8feb-3ae40bbafc2e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3800cc4c-4576-42b3-8feb-3ae40bbafc2e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 17:58:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Czech billionaire Křetínský agrees to buy Royal Mail owner in £5.3bn deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[International Distribution Services board recommends bid from its largest shareholder]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/6e1b8737-5533-4820-bb3b-17fa1ddc7bb8</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Mail owner fails to publish results]]></title><description><![CDATA[Auditor KPMG requests more time to ‘complete the usual standard procedures’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c0e9efcc-6735-4a3a-8db6-b7c283a9401d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c0e9efcc-6735-4a3a-8db6-b7c283a9401d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 15:12:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK postal workers’ union issues strike warning to Křetínský]]></title><description><![CDATA[Threat of industrial action made if Czech businessman fails to meet demands over takeover bid for Royal Mail ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/eb459766-9ea5-4e31-909f-a65b39372133</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eb459766-9ea5-4e31-909f-a65b39372133</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 11:44:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Křetínský’s Royal Mail deal is far from in the bag]]></title><description><![CDATA[Were overdue reforms to take place, then the 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