Direct mail

Mailing house Washington Direct Mail is hoping to continue on its current growth path in early 2018 with ISO 27001 accreditation and a new website.

Direct mail specialist The Mailing People (TMP) has invested £220,000 in a new envelope enclosing line to broaden its range of mailing services.

Letter volumes are continuing to decline for the Royal Mail, in spite of efforts to redress the issue, while parcel volumes remain on the up.

Royal Mail has won an injunction from the High Court halting a 48-hour strike by postal workers planned for next week.

Xerox has initiated the beta user rollout of its new High Fusion Inks (HFI) for its Trivor digital inkjet press.

Taylor Bloxham Group has relocated its direct mail subsidiary FastAnt Direct to a new site in Leicester, in a bid to double direct mail output within two years.

Marketing services and direct mail specialist Pro-Active Business Information has invested in a Ricoh Pro C9100 digital press.

Eclipse 4DM has installed an HP PageWide T230 Web Press at its Kettering site, transferred from its sister operation GI Solutions.

Real Digital International has continued its 2017 re-equip with a brace of HP Indigo 12000s as it looks to target growth in new markets.

The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) is looking forward to a year of expansion with its sights on taking in “every single mailing house” in the country.

Former MarketReach media specialist Lance Hill has joined The Lettershop Group (TLG) as the firm’s new sales director.

Print and direct mail specialist DMP has used parts from its ageing B2 Manroland R300 press to upcycle an identical secondhand machine that it acquired from France.