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21.05.14

Royal Mail

Priority investors made at least £98m selling Royal Mail shares in its first six days of trading

Priority investors sold 40% of their shares in six days netting huge profits.

30.04.14

Royal Mail

MPs given list of financial institutions that gained large shareholdings in Royal Mail float

Cable gives list to MPs following Bureau’s revelations on Royal Mail sell-off.

30.04.14

Royal Mail

Royal Mail: did the government and bankers short-change Britain by £750m?

Power and the city – the inside story into the UK’s most controversial privatisation for nearly two decades.

30.04.14

Royal Mail

Lazard Asset Management was a Royal Mail priority investor and made £8m profit in one week

Asset management arm of government’s Royal Mail adviser made an £8m profit in less than a week.

29.04.14

Royal Mail

Unmasked: The city institutions given privileged status in the controversial Royal Mail flotation

The Bureau reveals Capital Group, Kuwait sovereign wealth fund and Lansdowne as priority investors in Royal Mail.

14.03.14

High Cost Credit

Mapped: Short term loan shops in Scotland

Glasgow has the most short-term loans shops of any local authority in the UK.

12.03.14

High Cost Credit

UK: One short-term lender for every seven banks on the high street

Payday loan stores cluster in deprived areas, with Lewisham having the highest ratio of shops to residents

05.09.13

High Cost Credit

Get the data: The top ten payday lenders

Rapid growth experienced by the biggest payday lending companies.

05.09.13

High Cost Credit

Payday loans companies charging up to 7,000% experience huge growth

Bureau research reveals Wonga not the only payday loan company making huge profits.

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