王室の Mail must not sell out to Czech Sphinx Daniel Kretinsky, says RUTH SUNDERLAND

  • 政府, which left 王室の Mail so 攻撃を受けやすい, needs to 押し進める through 改革(する)s?
  • These would give 現在の boss ツバメ Seidenberg a fighting chance
  • New 所有権, even if proprietor is benign, 伴う/関わるs disruption and 危険

Czech Sphinx: Businessman Daniel Kretinsky

Czech Sphinx: 実業家 Daniel Kretinsky

Daniel Kretinsky, aka the Czech Sphinx, is a smart 操作者. Inconveniently for those 捜し出すing a simple narrative of heroes and villains, he doesn't seem to be the 資産 stripper he is いつかs painted, but a serious 実業家 with a long-称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 見解(をとる).

In the UK, his holdings 含む West Ham 部隊d football club, a 火刑/賭ける in Sainsbury's and a clutch of 力/強力にする 駅/配置するs.

He is, of course, the biggest 株主 in International 配当s Services, the parent company of 王室の Mail, where he has 開始する,打ち上げるd a 十分な 引き継ぎ/買収 企て,努力,提案.

The タイミング of his £3.1billion or 320p a 株 提案 is shrewd.

The 王室の Mail 株 price is low, hovering around 270p.

He has 急襲するd, as 王室の Mail bosses 警告するd he would, because the 政府 is dragging its feet on 改革(する)s to the 全世界の/万国共通の Service 義務 (USO).

This is the 合法的な 必要物/必要条件 for 王室の Mail to 配達する to all UK 演説(する)/住所s six days a week and it is no longer fit for 目的 in the age of email and WhatsApp.

Changes to the USO will have to happen for 王室の Mail to have a viable 未来. Kretinsky knows these could 打ち明ける up to £300m of 貯金 that would accrue to him if his 企て,努力,提案 後継するs.

He can also see that the new-ish 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある, Anglophile German ツバメ Seidenberg, is energetic, (疑いを)晴らす-thinking, and might make 前進 with some long-running problems where his 前任者s failed. These 含む relations with unions: 王室の Mail lost £419m to strikes in the 2022/23 財政上の year.

The jewel in the IDS 法人組織の/企業の 栄冠を与える is GLS, the 小包s 操作/手術 based in Amsterdam. This 利益(をあげる)-making 企業 is propping up the 伝統的な UK mail 操作/手術. Value could be 打ち明けるd by 解放する/自由なing it from those chains.

The Kretinsky (軍の)野営地,陣営 has intimated he does not want to break up the 商売/仕事, but to 改革(する) it away from the scrutiny of public markets.

Be that as it may, he has no 疑問 also noticed some 'hidden' gems, such as the 所有物/資産/財産 大臣の地位, valued at around £1.4billion. This 含むs 操作の 場所/位置s that are needed by the 商売/仕事.

王室の Mail still sorts letters in an 広範囲にわたる freehold コンビナート/複合体 in 開始する Pleasant in central London, a prime 場所/位置 in one of the trendiest areas of the 資本/首都.

The 場所/位置 has a 広大な/多数の/重要な 遺産 and is much-loved by Londoners and tourists visiting the nearby 郵便の Museum with its 地下組織の 鉄道. But an unsentimental new owner might 井戸/弁護士席 think it could be sold off and turned into 高級な flats.

The board of IDS has rebuffed Kretinsky, who has been busy 購入(する)ing German steel 資産s 同様に as 注目する,もくろむing the May 15 最終期限 to make a better 申し込む/申し出.

He will not get an 平易な ride. The third largest 株主, Redwheel, has come out in support of the board.

異常に, 従業員s and 私的な 投資家s, who own a 連合させるd 20 per cent, will have a big say in the 結果. Small 投資家s may be tempted to 削減(する) and run.

For 労働者s, it is not just a 事柄 of a temptingly 定価つきの 企て,努力,提案. They will be considering what working 条件s may be like under Kretinsky 所有権. He has played his 手渡す cleverly ? but a 重要な question is what's in it for the taxpayer and 使用者s of 郵便の services if Kretinsky 勝利,勝つs?

A change of 所有権, even if the new proprietor is benign, 伴う/関わるs disruption and 危険. The 政府, which left 王室の Mail so 攻撃を受けやすい, needs to 押し進める through 改革(する)s quickly and give Seidenberg a fighting chance.

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