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Intermarketing Group, the Liaison Print Management parent company, has been acquired by its management team for an undisclosed sum.

Printer and envelope manufacturer Impact Mail & Print has installed a Heidelberg SM-74 as part of a 600,000 investment programme aimed at boosting capacity.

Ofcom's proposal to remove Royal Mail price controls is expected to be "bad news" for the direct mail sector and could result in double-digit price hikes for transaction mail.

Print services company FT Solutions Group has ramped up its digital production and output capacity with a £1m investment in new production printing systems.

St Ives Direct has announced the proposed closure of the award-winning report and accounts and fine art printer St Ives Westerham Press and its Blackburn multimedia print site.

Northampton-based print finisher Print 2 Hand Services (P2H Services) has expanded into direct mail with the launch of sister company P2H Direct Mail.

Converts to the data services doctrine know it can be profitable, but to avoid spending years in the wilderness, you need to keep the faith, says <i>Jon Severs</i>

Transforming direct marketing (DM) into a sustainable industry is a challenging task. Coupled with the consumer's perceptions of 'junk mail' and wasted communication, the direct mail industry has a...