Direct mail

Royal Mail defends service as postal votes top ten million

Royal Mail has “no backlog” of postal votes in its network and would welcome a review into future election timetables – with the number of people opting for a postal vote rocketing to more than 10m.

(L-R) Phil Newton, Rob Newton and new managing director Melissa Shackleton

PSE appoints new managing director

Family-run business PSE Agency has appointed Melissa Shackleton in the new role of managing director, marking the team’s first executive shake-up since the company was formed 30 years ago.

Mailbox DM was previously the direct mail operation of Taylor Bloxham Group. Image: Google Maps

Mailbox DM admin report released

The statement of administrator’s proposal for Mailbox DM Ltd has been released and showed that the company – whose business and assets were bought by DMC Encore in a pre-pack sale – had an estimated...

Royal Mail owner faces £878m claim for abusing dominance

Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services has been served with an £878m collective action claim relating to its anti-competitive behaviour in the bulk mail market.

Potts’ compliance was validated in April by British Assessment Bureau

Potts Print (UK) achieves ISO 27001 certification

Potts Print (UK) has achieved ISO 27001 information security certification.

Duo acquire The Mailshop's assets

Web printer Vanacomm and catalogue retailer Direct Response Marketing Group have teamed up to acquire The Mailshop’s assets, which will be relocated to Vanacomm’s Rotherham facility.

6% of mail prompted a purchase in Q1 2024

Mail response and attention continue to climb

JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q1 2024, which found that advertisers who maintained their confidence in the mail channel were rewarded with 43%...

Polling card 'printing error' hits 100,000 in Stockton

Voters in Teesside have been sent polling cards without the official names of polling stations, in a "printing error" that affects around 100,000 residents.

Royal Mail parent accepts foreign buyout deal

Royal Mail parent company International Distributions Services’ (IDS) board has accepted a £3.6bn buyout deal from Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský’s firm, EP Group.

Operations will continue as normal at the Mailbox DM site

Buyer secured as Mailbox DM files NOI

Mailbox DM has found a buyer after the direct mail specialist filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators (NOI) earlier this week.