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The new Bowe Fusion Cross inserter can process up to 24,000 letters an hour

Datagraphic buys second Bowe inserter to cope with same-day demand

Mailing specialist Datagraphic invested a six figure sum in a Bowe Systec Fusion Cross (24K) inserter, installed in late December, which can process up to 24,000 letters per hour.

Royal Mail: "our model sets us apart and we want to preserve it"

Royal Mail puts price tag on strike costs

Royal Mail parent International Distributions Services has put a £200m price tag on the cost of last year’s strike action, and said that asset sales will be required to support cashflow at the postal...

Thompson said the instructions on the poster from the whistle-blower "is absolutely not our policy"

MPs heap pressure on Royal Mail boss

Embattled Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson has been recalled to the BEIS committee of MPs over the apparently inaccurate information he gave last week – just as CWU members are re-balloting on further...

David King (L) with Tim Smith: "An ideal partnership"

MetroMail and Lbox form strategic partnership

Mailing house MetroMail and Lbox Communications have entered a strategic production partnership that will see MetroMail be the lead partner for a large proportion of Lbox’s outbound marketing...

Royal Mail is temporarily unable to despatch items to overseas destinations

Cyber incident continues to impact Royal Mail

Royal Mail is continuing to experience severe disruption to its international export services, two days after it was first hit by a cyber incident.

Swanston: "Programmatic Mail is such an exciting new development for marketers"

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...

Back was a controversial figure during his time at the helm

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.

115,000 postal workers have been taking industrial action

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...

Could a First Class stamp end up costing more than a quid?

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.

CVG: new grammages are lighter and give more square metres per tonne

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.