We are pleased to announce that we are decreasing the minimum volume entry level for the Publishing Volume Commitment incentive from 500,000 mail items to 250,000 mail items with immediate effect. This means that any customer who has sent 250,000 publishing mail items in the...
Postal leaders took to the stage of the Strategic Mailing Partnership’s (SMP) ‘Technical Summit’ event to hail the progress made to ensure mail processes continue to provide a high-quality service for clients and customers. The SMP’s second annual event saw a packed audience of over 70...
After months of preparation, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules came into force on May 25th, 2018, - but how does such legislation effect our industry? SMP Chair, Judith Donovan CBE, was asked exactly that in PrintWeek as she discussed the opportunities GDPR presented. In...
The Strategic Mailing Partnership has welcomed four new faces onto the Board. Chris Hughes, Director of Operations with Adare SEC, Alistair Ezzy, Commercial Director of GI Solutions, Kerry Holden, Mailbird Organisation Ltd’s Managing Director, and Rob Alonso, Acting CEO of Opus Marketing, have all been announced...
We are working closely with customers to improve the barcode read rate performance of Mailmark poly-wrapped large letters. To continue the progress made in resolving this issue we are extending the period of testing poly-wrapped large letters until 30 June 2019. The testing results so far Over...
We are pleased to announce that from 20th August 2018 we are rolling out the Advertising Mail Catalogue service which we have been trialling since January 2016. The Advertising mail Catalogue services gives customers an opportunity to take advantage of five exclusive price points for both...
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has welcomed the introduction of a 48-way sortation option for machinable letter services. The launch followed an industry-led initiative by Royal Mail to deliver improved operational efficiencies to help the whole mail supply chain and reduce the number of sorting selections...
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) is preparing to welcome its members and some of the industry's largest operators to its second 'Technical Summit' event. Experts from Royal Mail, WPN Chameleon, the DSA carriers and MarketReach will all be coming together to discuss a range of topics...
The much-awaited legitimate interests guidance Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), writes Rosemary Smith from Opt-4. An early review of the guidance shows that the ICO has taken a measured approach but mailing houses will be delighted that legitimate interests for post is identified as “likely to be...