Lombard – Royal Mail (RMG): Ofcom and posties work to different delivery dates. £50m fine arrives four years after investigation launched into dispute with Whistl
Lex: Antofagasta (ANTO)/copper: CU later. Miner has been caught in the price rout, but there are reasons to be optimistic
Lex: – House of Fraser/Mike Ashley: not his department. Turning a lossmaking store chain into a Harrods will be difficult
Royal Mail (RMG) fined £50m for competition law breach. Ofcom found Royal Mail discriminated against only major competitor delivering letters
esure Group (ESUR) – Bain reaches £1.2bn deal to take esure private. Insurer behind Sheilas’ Wheels will keep chairman and founder