Mailing

Domino targets Mailmark users with inkjet trade-in

Mailing houses that need to invest in new inkjet technology to meet Royal Mail's Mailmark programme requirements will be able to get up to £20,000 off a K600i or BitJet+ imprinting system from Domino...

No retrospective VAT bill for DM single sourcing

Printers who have incorrectly treated the postal element of ad mailings as VAT zero-rated are unlikely to be hit with a retrospective bill but could face charges from 1 October, according to the...

Q&A: Darren Lyall, mailing operations manager, GI Solutions

Hats off to Darren who has become the first student to complete the BPIF’s graduate management programme. Apart from a six-week stint doing something dull in another industry, Darren has been in print...

Royal Mail sets aside £18m for French antitrust fine

Royal Mail has set aside £18m in respect of legal costs and any potential fine arising from the French antitrust investigation into its European parcels subsidiary GLS (Global Logistic Systems).

Government launches postal competition inquiry

The government has announced an inquiry into competition in the UK postal sector, including downstream access and end-to-end delivery, as well as the impact of parcel delivery services on the...

Business inspection: A mail house in tune with clients’ needs

A vibrant printing and mailing business has now added an innovative B2C offering.

Imail launches personalised greetings card app

UK Mail's hybrid mailing service, imail, has launched a new personalised greetings card app SWALK (Sealed With a Loving Kiss).

TCT increases card production capacity by 50% with new investments

Card manufacturer and mailing operation Thames Card Technology (TCT) has invested in an Atlantic Zeiser Cardline Versa and a Kurz C7000 High-Speed Hologram and Foil Blocking System to meet the demand...

Don’t write off DM yet, it’s getting smarter, not just smaller

On the face of it, last month’s annual Ofcom Communications Market Report would have made pretty grim reading for the print industry: volumes are down, direct mail spend is down and the CWU is issuing...

DMA warning on ad mail 'VAT timebomb'

Direct mail suppliers to charities and financial services businesses could face crippling backdated VAT bills according to the DMA, which has warned that many printers could be sitting on a "VAT...