Direct mail

CitySprint focuses on growth with Imprint-MIS investment
CitySprint Document Solutions is this week booting up a new management information system (MIS) to help streamline digital, mailing and distribution work.

The Mailing People aims for continued growth with double Xerox buy
Direct mail specialist The Mailing People has bought a Xerox Nuvera 144 and Versant 2100 to increase its capacity and enable it to cope with rapid growth.

New year predictions: Malcolm Lane-Ley, Anton Group
As chief executive of the print industry’s largest Employee Ownership Trust, it’s hardly surprising that Malcolm Lane-Ley is looking forward to some splendid isolation at the wheel of his track day...

GI Solutions launches creative and artworking agency
Direct marketing and communications company GI Solutions has further diversified its offering by launching a creative and artworking agency to target multiple sectors.

Royal Mail shares rise after interims
Royal Mail’s revenues from marketing mail grew by 3% in the first half of the year, boosted by an increase in DM spend and in its own data activities.

HMRC deadline looms for DM suppliers
Printers have until the end of the month to register with HMRC if they have inadvertently treated elements of direct marketing projects as zero-rated for VAT in the past, and want to avoid...

Could new charity regulations increase use of direct mail?
There is likely to be change ahead for printers that produce charity mailings after the government agreed to create a new register, the Fundraising Preference Service, to which members of the public...

OOH and direct mail adspend grows as other print sees decline
Advertising spend in printed newspapers and magazines continues to decline but out-of-home (OOH) and direct mail spend has risen, according to industry figures.

Geoff Neal rebrands with new company name, image and website
Geoff Neal Litho has rebranded as Geoff Neal Group to better reflect its service range and emphasise its status as a printer of high quality, creative work.

DES and Austrian Post unveil new UK premises
Direct Entry Solutions (DES) and Austrian Post have officially opened their new premises.