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The Latest Breaking News from Daniel Křetínský

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

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

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

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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

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

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.

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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

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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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

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

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

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

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Evening Standard

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

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

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

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail owner’s chair seeks to charm investors after Czech billionaire’s bid

Keith Williams says £3.1bn offer from Daniel Křetínský’s EP Group is opportunistic and undervalues IDS

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The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail bid from Czech billionaire should be treated with deep scepticism

Daniel Křetínský has failed to answer vital questions – and the company should not slip into private ownership from abroad

Evening Standard

Who is Daniel Křetínský? Czech billionaire gets green light to buy Royal Mail

He’s nicknamed the 'Czech Sphinx' due to his enigmatic approach to business and could buy the Royal Mail as soon as this month

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail owner received takeover offer from Czech billionaire

IDS shares rise after reports that it rejected bid from Daniel Křetínský’s EP Group

Evening Standard

West Ham part-owner Daniel Křetínský in shock bid for Royal Mail parent International Distribution Services

The approach comes at a time of huge challenges for Royal Mail

The Guardian - UK

UK power plants lined up to command record high energy prices this decade

Stations secure all-time high price of £65 a kW per year for 2027-28 in ‘capacity market’ auction

The Guardian - UK

Daniel Křetínský-owned power plant must pay £23m for charging excessive payments

Regulator found Czech tycoon’s South Humber Bank raised prices when operator was likely to pay plants to stop generating power

The Guardian - UK

Billionaire investor Křetínský and trader Vitol eye fortune in British power plant subsidies

Exclusive: Looming auction to earmark £1.5bn to put power generators on standby and keep the lights on

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