Direct mail

Bradford-based Prospect Mailing Services has been placed in administration six weeks after parent firm Cogent B2B bought rival direct mail business St Ives Direct Bradford for £8m.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has postponed the 24-hour strike planned for Monday 4 November following progress in its talks with Royal Mail.

Postal workers at the Royal Mail have voted in favour of strike action by a ratio of 4:1 in the recent national ballot, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has just announced.

Fulfilment bureau Air Business has signed a contract worth over 10m with publishing and exhibition business UKIP Media and Events to focus on printed marketing material.

Great Northern Envelopes (GNE) is celebrating 25 years in business with new kit purchases and contract wins.

Royal Mail shares began conditional trading this morning at 450p, up more than 36% on their 330p offer price.

Canon group company Océ has expanded its Variostream 7100 series of entry-level monochrome, simplex, continuous feed printers with the addition of a new higher speed model, the Variostream 7170.

Communisis group business development director Gurdev Singh has left the company amid a reshuffle of its senior sales staff.

St Ives has announced the sale of its Bradford-based direct mail business, St Ives Direct Bradford, to Cogent B2B for 8m.

Royal Mail kicked off its initial public offering (IPO) today just as the CWU was sending out ballot papers to postal workers for strike action opposing the privatisation.

Precision Colour Printing is investing for growth with fresh web press capacity and additional bindery kit.

The Dartford-based print firm has installed a further envelope inserting line in response to an uplift in direct mail and door drop work.