Difference between revisions of "Royal Mail"
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The company provides mail collection and delivery services throughout the UK. For most of its history, the Royal Mail was a public service, operating as a government department or public corporation. Following the Postal Services Act 2011, a majority of the shares in Royal Mail were floated on the [[London Stock Exchange]] in 2013. The UK government initially retained a 30% stake in Royal Mail, but sold its remaining shares in [[2015]], ending 499 years of state ownership.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34514024</ref> | The company provides mail collection and delivery services throughout the UK. For most of its history, the Royal Mail was a public service, operating as a government department or public corporation. Following the Postal Services Act 2011, a majority of the shares in Royal Mail were floated on the [[London Stock Exchange]] in 2013. The UK government initially retained a 30% stake in Royal Mail, but sold its remaining shares in [[2015]], ending 499 years of state ownership.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34514024</ref> | ||
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 Royal Mail  (Postal service, Logistics)   | |
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| Formation | 1516 |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
International Distributions Services plc (formerly Royal Mail plc), trading as Royal Mail, is a British multinational postal service and courier company, originally established in 1516 as a government department.
The company provides mail collection and delivery services throughout the UK. For most of its history, the Royal Mail was a public service, operating as a government department or public corporation. Following the Postal Services Act 2011, a majority of the shares in Royal Mail were floated on the London Stock Exchange in 2013. The UK government initially retained a 30% stake in Royal Mail, but sold its remaining shares in 2015, ending 499 years of state ownership.[1]
Tracking
After January 2023, all regular Royal Mail stamps have a barcode creating a digital surveillance of all small mail items. Old stamps without a barcode were made invalid.[2]
