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Royal Mail

Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company. It is owned by International Distribution Services.

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Founded
1516 (1516) (Master of Posts) 31 July 1635 (1635-07-31) (public service) 29 December 1660 (1660-12-29) (Post Office Act 1660)
Industry
Postal services · Courier
Headquarters
London, England
Area served
United Kingdom
Formerly
Consignia PLC (2001–2002) · Royal Mail Group PLC (1992–2001)
Founder
Henry VIII

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Services

Staffing

Regulation

Operations

British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

Arms

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  • ISBN ISBN (identifier)

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Royal Mail

Nodes242
Edges241
Triples258
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008264
Components1

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Royal Mail

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related to Privatisation · 25
Royal Mail → Act, April, As, Based, Business Secretary, December, EC, EU Directive, Following, Hooper Review, March, October, Ofcom, On, Parliament, Post Office Limited, Post Office Ltd, Post Offices, Postal Services Act, Postcomm
related to Sources · 22
Royal Mail → Alan Sutton, Arrowsmith, Bristol, British Post Office, Browne, Campbell-Smith, Christopher, Duncan, Getting, GPO, ISBN, Masters, Message, Penguin Books, Post, Post Office, Telegraph, Telephone, The Authorized History, The Bristol Royal Mail
related to Statutory corporation · 21
Royal Mail → Alliance, British Telecom, European, General Post Office, Girobank, Great Britain, In, January, Leicester, March, National Girobank, Parcelforce, Post Office, Post Office Act, Post Office Counters, Postmaster General, Royal Mail Letters, Royal Mail Parcels, That, The
related to Fleet · 18
Royal Mail → Africa, Belfast, Boeing, British Aerospace, Cycle, East Midlands Airport, Edinburgh, In, In June, January, November, Pashley Cycles, Quick Change, Re, Since, Stansted Airport, The, Titan Airways
related to Penny Post Credit Union · 18
Royal Mail → Association, Based, British Credit Unions Limited, Centre, Credit Union, CWU, District Employees Credit Union, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Limited, North West Midlands Mail, Penny Post Credit Union, PRA, Prudential Regulation Authority, Royal Mail Wolverhampton, The, Ultimately, West
related to Unaddressed promotional mail delivery · 18
Royal Mail → BT, Clarification, Companies, Direct Line, Domino's Pizza, Door, Farmfoods, In, June, Morrisons, Royal Mail's, Sky, Such, Talk Talk, The, UK Mailing Preference Service, Virgin Media, Warnings
related to history · 15
Royal Mail → Crowns, Edinburgh, England, Henry VIII, James VI, London, Master, One, Postmaster General, Posts, Scotland, Scottish Privy Council, The Royal Mail, Union, Upon
related to Ownership under EP Group · 14
Royal Mail → April, British, Daniel Křetínský's EP Group, Despite, Group, IDS, In December, Křetínský's Russian, Parcelforce Worldwide, Royal Mail Group Ltd, Royal Mail UK, The, The Company, UK
related to Government office · 13
Royal Mail → Charles, Civil War, Edmund Prideaux, First Commonwealth, In, July, Parliament, Prideaux, The, The Royal Mail, Thomas Witherings, To, Witherings
related to Regulation · 12
Royal Mail → Citizens Advice, Citizens Advice Bureau, Consumer Focus, Consumer Futures, Energywatch, In, Ofcom, Postal Services Act, Postcomm, Postwatch, The, The Postal Services Act

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mail royal post postal office service services company first delivery london group government british new would business limited act uk

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Royal MailArea servedUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Royal MailFormerlyConsignia PLC (2001–2002)1.00infobox
Royal MailFormerlyRoyal Mail Group PLC (1992–2001)1.00infobox
Royal MailFounded1516 (1516) (Master of Posts) 31 July 1635 (1635-07-31) (public service) 29 December 1660 (1660-12-29) (Post Office Act 1660)1.00infobox
Royal MailFounderHenry VIII1.00infobox
Royal MailHeadquartersLondon, England1.00infobox
Royal MailIndustryPostal services1.00infobox
Royal MailIndustryCourier1.00infobox
Royal MailKey peopleDaniel Křetínský (Chairman) Alistair Cochrane (CEO)1.00infobox
Royal MailNative nameWelsh: Post Brenhinol[a]1.00infobox
Royal MailParentHM Government (1516–2013) International Distribution Services (2013–present)1.00infobox
Royal MailServicesLetter post1.00infobox
Royal MailServicesParcel service1.00infobox
Royal MailServicesEMS1.00infobox
Royal MailServicesDelivery1.00infobox
Royal MailServicesFreight forwarding1.00infobox
Royal MailServicesThird-party logistics1.00infobox
Royal MailSubsidiarieseCourier1.00infobox
Royal MailSubsidiariesIntersoft Systems & Programming1.00infobox
Royal MailSubsidiariesParcelforce1.00infobox
Royal MailSubsidiariesStoreFeeder1.00infobox
Royal MailTrade nameRoyal Mail1.00infobox
Royal MailTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
Royal MailWebsiteroyalmail.com1.00infobox

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