Direct mail

Direct mail specialist The Mailing People (TMP) has invested £220,000 in a new envelope enclosing line to broaden its range of mailing services.

Letter volumes are continuing to decline for the Royal Mail, in spite of efforts to redress the issue, while parcel volumes remain on the up.

Royal Mail has won an injunction from the High Court halting a 48-hour strike by postal workers planned for next week.

Xerox has initiated the beta user rollout of its new High Fusion Inks (HFI) for its Trivor digital inkjet press.

Taylor Bloxham Group has relocated its direct mail subsidiary FastAnt Direct to a new site in Leicester, in a bid to double direct mail output within two years.

Marketing services and direct mail specialist Pro-Active Business Information has invested in a Ricoh Pro C9100 digital press.

Eclipse 4DM has installed an HP PageWide T230 Web Press at its Kettering site, transferred from its sister operation GI Solutions.

West Sussex-based direct mailing operation Nova Direct Mail has been placed in administration with the loss of around 22 jobs.

With technology ever advancing, the past few years has seen an inevitable digital overload that has in some cases led to a resurgence for more traditional, tactile mediums.

The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) is looking forward to a year of expansion with its sights on taking in “every single mailing house” in the country.