The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has welcomed a ruling from watchdog Ofcom that a new Royal Mail wholesale economy service should be exempt from VAT. The ruling means SMP members will save money on mailings made through the new D+5 Letters access service, which...
The Strategic Mailing Partnership has welcomed an Ofcom ruling that a new Royal Mail wholesale economy service should be VAT exempt. The move will enable members of the SMP, the industry body that represents UK mailing houses, to save money on mailings made through...
Industry professionals have welcomed a series of free and heavily discounted training courses to enable mailing houses to make the most of the recent resurgence of direct mail. Board members of the Strategic Mailing Partnership say the offer – open to all SMP members...
The Strategic Mailing Partnership has welcomed the latest set of Royal Mail initiatives aimed at inspiring and invigorating direct mail in 2021. Existing incentives are being renewed for a further 12 months, while fixed percentage discounts are being introduced to...
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP), the association that represents mailing in the UK, has praised the Royal Mail for its latest set of initiatives, saying these will help to inspire and invigorate direct mail in 2021 Among the initiatives that will run...
Royal Mail’s new boss has vowed to develop “a razor-sharp focus” on its customers to ensure its services are delivering “exactly what customers need and want” after being handed the top role during what he admits has been a “challenging year”. Simon Thompson, the...
The direct mail industry has thrown its weight behind Royal Mail’s decision to renew Covid-19 initiatives designed to reinvigorate the market following a wipe-out of activity in the first half of last year. The Strategic Mailing Partnership, the industry body that...