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...
We are proud to announce that six of our SMP Board members’ companies they represent have been named in PrintWeek’s Top 500 list for 2018. St Ives, Communisis, Williams Lea Tag, Paragon Customer Communications, YM Group and Adare SEC have all been named in the publication’s...
On 21 December 2017, we were pleased to inform you of the imminent introduction of a 48-way sortation option for machinable letter services. It was the result of an industry-led initiative to deliver improved operational efficiencies that industry suppliers told us could benefit the whole mail supply chain....
SMP Chair, Judith Donovan CBE, discusses JICMail following its official launch at the turn of the year. Speaking to PrintWeek, our Chair offered her expertise on JICMail, a new currency for measuring direct mail engagement. To read her thoughts on the newly-launched organisation, see her interview HERE The SMP's...
Royal Mail are pleased to announce the launch of a new Publishing Volume Commitment Incentive on 2nd January 2018. Additionally, to benefit the publishing industry, we are extending the scope of our existing Business and Advertising Mail Testing and Innovation Incentives so that customers can...
On 21 December 2017, we were pleased to inform you of the imminent introduction of a 48-way sortation option for machinable letter services. It was the result of an industry-led initiative to deliver improved operational efficiencies that industry suppliers told us could benefit the whole mail supply chain....