Direct mail

Royal Mail surcharges temporarily halted by DMA pressure

A bitter dispute between mailing houses and Royal Mail, over a sudden increase in reversion surcharges for envelopes that don't adhere to the latter's specification requirements, has ground to a...

We've listened to clients to ensure we improve services

Royal Mail is working very hard to improve its efficiency to ensure we provide the service levels that our customers expect at the right prices. We face a number of challenges, including declining...

Falkirk Council completes investment with Perfecta guillotine

Printworks, Falkirk Council's print facility, has installed a Perfecta 76 HTVC guillotine as the final part of its 460,000 long-term investment project.

New ELMA boss to take on digital

Mark Davies, the new president of the European Letterbox Marketing Association (ELMA) plans to promote the effectiveness of door-drop media in the face of increasing digital competition.

Could postal deregulation bring about a two-tier service?

When TNT Post announced in 2009 that it was to undertake a small-scale trial providing an end-to-end (E2E) mailing service delivering directly to households and businesses in Liverpool, more than a...

Choice will bring savings and innovative services

Independent research and the Hooper reports into the postal market commissioned by the government have concluded that competition has already had a positive impact for most postal users. Simply by...

Anton Group in 14m Heidelberg buy

Heidelberg has unveiled the next generation of its flagship XL range, the Speedmaster XL 106, with one of the first machines slated for installation at Anton Group as part of a 14m, three-press deal...

UK print slams RM price hikes

UK print has rounded on the Royal Mail's latest wave of postal service price increases, warning that it is at risk of creating "further incentives" to drive customers to use digital alternatives to...

Xerox wins BA mailing contract

Xerox Managed Print Services has been awarded a five-year enterprise print services contract by British Airways (BA) and tasked with cutting the airline's total print and mailing costs by up to a...

CFH acquires FST Technologies

CFH Total Document Management has acquired the business and assets of Livingston-based document specialist FST Technologies out of administration.