Direct mail

Adspend falls but outlook is improving

The numerous benefits of print as an effective marketing tool hardly need repeating, yet a UK advertising market report published last month revealed that print advertising is continuing its slow...

Romax overhauls MIS with Imprint investment

Romax has invested in a Management Information System (MIS) from Imprint-MIS to boost its efficiency and enable it to capitalise on growth opportunities.

CFH Docmail in hybrid mail European first

Print and mail specialist CFH Docmail is now using its two high-speed insertion lines to enable SME customers to print on inserts and Business Reply Envelopes, in what it said was a European first.

Print advertising standing up to “challenging backdrop”

Latest data for UK advertising shows digital, online and mobile formats have driven record first-half spending, while traditional print remains steady despite decline.

SMP reveals partners for bespoke mail launch

The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) said three of its most prominent members had joined forces to work on its recent relaunch, which aims to raise awareness and drive membership recruitment.

Adare secures multimillion-pound N Brown contract

Adare Secure Essential Communications (SEC) has won a contract to provide mail services for retailer N Brown Group, in what its sales director described as a “multi-year, multimillion-pound win”.

MetroMail donates services to local charity

Mailing house MetroMail has been praised by charity Grace House after it donated printing, enclosing and mailing services thought to be worth around £4,000.

Fundraising plans could benefit DM

Printers that produce charity mailings could see their volumes increase following an imminent overhaul in the ways charities will be allowed to contact members of the public who sign up to a new...

Positive Images UK achieves ISO 27001 and overhauls data processing

Positive Images UK hopes to win new work after achieving ISO 27001:2013 data security accreditation and investing in a Cygnus data cleansing and processing suite.

Fundraising Regulator announces new proposals for charity fundraising

The new Fundraising Regulator, which oversees the ways charities raise money, has released its proposals for a new Fundraising Preference Service (FPS) that will allow consumers to more easily control...