Liverpool brothers controlled sophisticated nationwide drug network

Royal Mail price/format changes: MetaPackTameBayMany retailers in the UK have been poring over the new Royal Mail postage rates trying to figure out which is the best tariff for which parcels and even Royal Mail themselves now openly encourage their customers to use their sister operation … More: continued here

Gordon Brown recommitted the government to the privatisation of Royal Mail this week. The Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) postal executive were meeting on Tuesday to decide the nature of the campaign to fight the government’s privatisation plans. More: continued here

Financial Times Sale of Royal Mail Stake Nets $907 Million for British GovernmentNew York TimesLONDON — The British government said on Tuesday that it had raised 591.1 million pounds by selling most of its stake in Royal Mail, the operator of Britain's postal service. The government sold a 13 percent stake at 455 pence a…

Thousands of post boxes in rural parts of Britain have been “protected” in a clampdown by regulators.         More: continued here

DIGITALLOOK FTSE 100 movers: Miners lose their lustre; TUI, Royal Mail bounce …DIGITALLOOKResources stocks led the Footsie lower on Friday as gold futures continued to come under pressure as the US dollar hovered near 13 year highs.and more » More: continued here