International Distributions Services PLC
(LSE:IDS) share price

Royal Mail is a British postal service and courier company that operates a vast range of delivery networks across the UK. It was founded in 1516 as a department of the English government but has since become a fully traded public company with independence from the government in 2015. Its headquarters are in London. Its main services include letter collection and delivery, parcel services, freight forwarding, and logistics, which it carries out through its two primary divisions, Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide. It also owns the subsidiaries General Logistics Systems (GLS), eCourier, and StoreFeeder, which focus more on online deliveries. The company operates across 40 countries worldwide and is one of the largest employers in the UK. Royal Mail stock is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. Start spread betting or trading CFDs on our Royal Mail share price.