Definitions for Royal Mail
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1. Royal Mailnoun

   The national postal service of the United Kingdom

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1. Royal Mail

   Royal Mail (Welsh: Post Brenhinol; Scottish Gaelic: a' Phuist Rìoghail) is a postal service and courier company in the United Kingdom, originally established in 1516. The company's subsidiary, Royal Mail Group Limited, operates the brands Royal Mail (letters) and Parcelforce Worldwide (parcels). General Logistics Systems, an international logistics company, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Mail Group. The company provides mail collection and delivery services throughout the UK. Letters are deposited in a pillar or wall box, taken to a post office, or collected in bulk from businesses. Deliveries are made at least once every day except Sundays and bank holidays at uniform charges for all UK destinations. Royal Mail generally aims to make first class deliveries the next business day throughout the nation.For most of its history, Royal Mail has been a public service, operating as a government department or public corporation. However, 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 503 years of public ownership. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. As of 13 January 2019, Royal Mail share value is at an all time low.

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1. Royal Mail

   Royal Mail is the government-owned postal service in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide. Post Office Ltd. and General Logistics Systems, an international logistics company, are wholly owned subsidiaries. Royal Mail Holdings is a public limited company in which the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills owns 50,004 ordinary shares plus 1 special share, and the Treasury Solicitor holds 1 ordinary share. Historically, the General Post Office was a government department which included the Royal Mail delivery business, represented in Her Majesty's Government by the Postmaster General, a Cabinet-level post. It became a statutory corporation known as the Post Office in 1969. Most of the duties were passed to Consignia plc, a public limited company wholly owned by Her Majesty's Government, in November 2001 and the dormant Post Office Corporation was dissolved in 2007. Consignia changed to Consignia Holdings plc, then Royal Mail Holdings plc, the current name. Royal Mail was not privatised in the 1980s or 1990s, and currently remains a state-owned company. However the Postal Services Act 2011 enables the government to privatise up to 90% of Royal Mail, with 10% being held by Royal Mail employees. The first sale of shares is expected in late 2013 or early 2014. The Act makes provision for Post Office Ltd. to continue to be owned by the Crown or a mutual ownership structure.

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1. royal mail

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How to pronounce Royal Mail?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Royal Mail in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Royal Mail in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Royal Mail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Royal Mail in a Sentence

1. Terry Pullinger:

   The CWU do not accept that closure of the Royal Mail Pension Plan is inevitable and will explore every avenue to defend it.

2. Business Secretary Sajid Javid:

   Royal Mail has demonstrated that Royal Mail can thrive in the private sector, royal Mail now has the ability to access the funds Royal Mail needs to ensure that Royal Mail has a sustainable future and can adapt to the changes in the postal market.

3. Cantor Fitzgerald analysts:

   We expect parcels in the UK and Europe to drive the top-line and restructuring and productivity gains to support the bottom-line, (Royal Mail) faces potentially tough wage and pension negotiations this year but the risks are probably overstated.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Royal_Mail
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Royal Mail