
New ELMA boss to take on digital
Mark Davies, the new president of the European Letterbox Marketing Association (ELMA) plans to promote the effectiveness of door-drop media in the face of increasing digital competition.

Could postal deregulation bring about a two-tier service?
When TNT Post announced in 2009 that it was to undertake a small-scale trial providing an end-to-end (E2E) mailing service delivering directly to households and businesses in Liverpool, more than a...

Choice will bring savings and innovative services
Independent research and the Hooper reports into the postal market commissioned by the government have concluded that competition has already had a positive impact for most postal users. Simply by...

Anton Group in 14m Heidelberg buy
Heidelberg has unveiled the next generation of its flagship XL range, the Speedmaster XL 106, with one of the first machines slated for installation at Anton Group as part of a 14m, three-press deal...

UK print slams RM price hikes
UK print has rounded on the Royal Mail's latest wave of postal service price increases, warning that it is at risk of creating "further incentives" to drive customers to use digital alternatives to...

Xerox wins BA mailing contract
Xerox Managed Print Services has been awarded a five-year enterprise print services contract by British Airways (BA) and tasked with cutting the airline's total print and mailing costs by up to a...

Profile: Clever spends and nose for a new niche guide family firm in decades of success
Ted Stephens reflects on a lifetime in print and the challenges his firm, Optichrome, faces. By <i>Adam Hooker</i>
CFH records busiest billing period following council contracts boost
CFH Total Document Management has announced its most active billing period on record, with more than 2.7m local authority documents printed and mailed during last month (March 2008).
Mailing House fully licensed
Tyneside firm The Mailing House has joined the elite club of mailing firms with a downstream mailing access licence after being granted the award last week.