Direct mail

Royal Mail highlights cost improvements as competition hits parcel revenues

Royal Mail blamed increased competition for "lower than anticipated UK parcel revenue" in its results for the year to 29 March 2015.

Q&A: Danny Narey Operations director, Adare

Danny has worked in print and mail for some 25 years. He rides a Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide for leisure (like the one Jax rides in Sons of Anarchy, it says here). He has a grown-up daughter and...

Star product: Screen Truepress Jet520HD

The latest addition to the Truepress Jet520 range, the Jet520HD is designed for high-quality colour direct mail, brochure and book printing.

Whistl suspension hits market evolution

The decision by the UK’s second biggest postal services provider Whistl to suspend final-mile delivery services last week, putting 2,000 jobs at risk, has put back the evolution of a market economy...

Election 2015: Whoever wins, print’s role is crucial

Things are getting heated in the Thanet South constituency, where UKIP leader Nigel Farage is making a make- or-break stand in his attempt to become an MP.

Creating your own mailing super site

Setting up an entirely new factory, effectively from the starting point of a blank sheet of paper, is a luxury afforded to few print bosses and one that would be a dream for many.

Star product: Xerox Rialto 900

A quick and compact device for churning out A4 documents.

Premier Paper acquires Paperlinx reels business

Premier Paper is taking on at least 30 former Paperlinx employees after agreeing a deal to acquire its reel paper operations.

Government awards £11.5bn postal goods and services framework

Print businesses including Banner Managed Communication, Capita Business Services and Critiqom (formerly Document Outsourcing) are among 37 suppliers to a mammoth new pan-government postal goods and...

RNB adds litho firepower and security accreditation

RNB Group has bought its first litho press and gained ISO 27001 accreditation as it continues to expand.