Direct mail

CMS invests to change business model
Central Mailing Services (CMS) has made its second significant kit investment in weeks as it looks to replace people power with highly automated technology.

Eight Days adds to Xerox firepower
Eight Days A Week Print Solutions has upgraded its digital printing setup with the installation of a Xerox Versant 3100.

Big cutbacks announced at Royal Mail
Royal Mail is taking drastic action to cut costs by more than £400m, and plans to take out 2,000 management roles at its UK business.

Royal Mail extends mailing incentive scheme
Royal Mail has extended its ‘Open for Business’ incentive six-fold and warned that the scheme, which incentivises businesses to use mailings to rebuild their revenue streams as lockdown eases, has...

Postworks scales up for fivefold Covid growth
Hybrid mail specialist Postworks has successfully moved to a larger production facility during lockdown, as it ramps up capacity to support a fivefold increase in demand due to businesses and...

DM Trust and DMA triples training furlough fund
The DM Trust Home Learning Fund has pumped in £400,000 of additional funding to triple the number of furloughed staff it can support with free training after it was inundated with applications,...

Encore Envelopes expands offering
Encore Envelopes has begun producing envelopes with a wider range of coatings and embossing options to increase the potential for clients to stand out from the crowd.

Under-fire Back steps down at Royal Mail
Royal Mail has parted company with controversial CEO Rico Back with immediate effect.

Training fund launched for furloughed staff
The Data & Marketing Association (DMA) and charity the DM Trust have joined forces to launch a £200,000 free training initiative to support furloughed staff in the direct marketing industries,...

Royal Mail scheme to incentivise mailings
The direct mail industry has welcomed Royal Mail’s incentive scheme to encourage businesses suffering as a result of the coronavirus crisis to use mailings to rebuild their revenue streams.