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Royal Mail has pledged to keep its six-day delivery service running throughout the UK in a win for Britons. International Distribution Services (IDS), the postal service company’s owner, agreed to a £3.57billion takeover offer from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group earlier this year. This takeover will see Royal Mail taken off the public markets and into the hands of Kretinsky’s firm. EP Group currently has a 27 per cent shareholding in the British institution. Shareholders in Royal Mail are expected to vote on the deal at their next meeting on September 27. During an interview wit…

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