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Guidance and regulation

  1. VAT Postal Services
    • Hmrc manual
    • HM Revenue & Customs
  2. Postal Services Bill special administration: Insolvency Act 1986 schedule B1
    • Guidance
    • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  3. Royal Mail: myth-busters
    • Guidance
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  4. Postal Services Bill: myth-busters
    • Guidance
    • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
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News and communications

Correspondence

Entrustment of Post Office with the delivery of public services: letter from UKGI to Paula Vennells (2018)

UK Government Investments and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

  1. Consultation to inform Post Office state aid application launched
    • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
    • Press release
  2. Government completes final sale of its stake in Royal Mail at 455p per share
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Press release
  3. Government to begin disposal of its remaining Royal Mail shareholding
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Press release
  4. New chair of Post Office Limited appointed
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. Government shares: future primary sales
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Independent report
  2. Mutual Options for Post Office Ltd.
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Closed organisation: The Shareholder Executive
    • Independent report
  3. Saving the Royal Mail's universal postal service in the digital age
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Independent report
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Mutualisation of the Post Office
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 12 December 2011
  2. 2010 to 2015 government policy: postal service reform
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Closed organisation: The Shareholder Executive
    • Policy paper
  3. Royal Mail privatisation: government response to the BIS select committee
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Policy paper
  4. Royal Mail: sale of shares
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Closed organisation: The Shareholder Executive
    • Policy paper
  5. Securing the Post Office Network in the Digital Age
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Closed organisation: The Shareholder Executive
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Shareholder Executive: portfolio businesses
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Closed organisation: The Shareholder Executive
    • Corporate report
  2. Payments for work or advice provided in the privatisation of Royal Mail since May 2010
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Foi release
  3. Royal Mail privatisation: amount paid to UBS and Lazard for advice
    • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Foi release
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