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SMP launches RM Wholesale incentive scheme to boost Programmatic Mail
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has launched a new Royal Mail Wholesale incentive programme that will help the body to assist businesses in harnessing the power of Programmatic Mail as a new...

Royal Mail's ex-CEO wades into dispute
Former Royal Mail CEO Rico Back has criticised the current management’s handling of the industrial dispute with CWU workers.

Pre-Christmas postal strikes to go ahead
Strikes involving over 115,000 postal workers across the Royal Mail network will go ahead as planned on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 December, after the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the postal...

Royal Mail warns on stamp prices if USO doesn't change
Royal Mail’s chairman has warned that the price of a First Class stamp could go up to more than £1 if the group has to keep making Saturday deliveries.

Crown Van Gelder improves inkjet paper yield
Crown Van Gelder has added two new weights to its Letsgo High Performance inkjet paper range that are aimed at making mailings more affordable.

Workers rally on latest Royal Mail strike date
Postal workers were massing in central London this afternoon after talks to resolve the long-running strike action at Royal Mail broke down again.

Royal Mail acts on Christmas post
Industrial action has forced Royal Mail to bring forward its Christmas last posting dates by as much as six days compared with last year, as the stand-off between the group and CWU members continues –...

Significant increases in mail engagement and effectiveness in Q3
JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q3 2022, which found there has been a significant increase in the amount of mail UK consumers are reading and looking at and...

Labour frontbencher calls for Royal Mail inquiry; strike impact laid bare
Shadow secretary of state for Business and Industrial Strategy Jonathan Reynolds has written to secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Grant Shapps to address his “extreme...

Royal Mail CEO warns on strike action
Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson has warned CWU leadership to “reflect on saving Christmas and their members’ jobs” amid ongoing strike action at the group.