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New features in iConvert enable "rapid onboarding" of IPDS jobs

Solimar releases new features, readies user event

Solimar Systems has upgraded its iConvert file conversion software with new features to boost productivity.

Royal Mail: parcel post boxes aimed at making things easy for customers

Royal Mail wants "rebalanced" USO

Royal Mail is exploring “what a rebalanced Universal Service might look like” as the group warned of a material loss at its UK business this year, and said it had to move quickly to adapt its working...

Strong: Digital Now network allows non-competing peers to share best practice

Opus Trust hits M&A trail again

Opus Trust Communications has taken another step in delivering its ambitious growth plan and acquired customer communication management (CCM) specialist DocCentrics.

Across the board effectiveness and life-span increases for DM and door drops

Covid boon for mail effectiveness

The latest findings from JICMail have reported record-breaking double digit increases in the effectiveness of direct mail and door drops during the Covid crisis.

Whistl: disability on the agenda at board-level

Whistl signs up to disability initiative

Delivery group Whistl has signed up to ‘The Valuable 500’, a global movement aimed at putting disability on the agenda for business leaders.

Door drops continue to have unrivalled effectiveness

Door drop volumes sink, but value remains unchallenged

While the DMA’s latest report on door drops paints a bleak picture on volumes, which have fallen by almost 1bn in two years, market value has proved surprisingly resilient over the same period with...

Royal Mail: not seeing any change as yet in customer behaviour as lockdown eases

Royal Mail: parcels boom, letters tank

Letter volumes were down by almost 800m items during the three months to the end of June, according to the latest update from Royal Mail.

Evolution: an ideal replacement for legacy systems

BlueCrest expands inserter range

Mailing kit manufacturer BlueCrest has launched a new, highly automated entry- to mid-level inserting line that has many of the flagship features of its high-end siblings.

Mail-A-Mask: available in runs from 1,000 into the millions

Go Inspire puts masks in mailings

Go Inspire Group has used the latest government guidance around face coverings to offer clients an innovative new promo route – Mail-A-Mask.

Prestwich: first rate equipment plus enhanced technology capabilities

Adare SEC completes strategic spend

Adare SEC has completed a £3m investment in new kit and systems across its operations in Huddersfield and Nottingham aimed at improving efficiency, quality and compliance.