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24 May Quality quartet bolsters SMP Board to offer key insight into mailing industry

Posted at 13:44h in SMP News

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...

18 May Mailmark poly-wrap large letter testing

Posted at 13:41h in Industry News

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...

30 Apr Advertising Mail Catalogue service

Posted at 14:10h in Industry News

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...

24 Apr SMP backs launch of initiative committed to delivering improved services

Posted at 13:04h in SMP News

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...

06 Apr SMP announces second Technical Summit event

Posted at 10:25h in SMP News

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...

28 Mar ICO unveils GDPR guidance

Posted at 08:15h in Industry Insights

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...

27 Mar Top accolade for SMP board members

Posted at 09:25h in SMP News

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...

19 Feb 48-way sort mech letters option: update

Posted at 14:49h in Industry News

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...

07 Feb Print Week: ‘Currency’ normalises marketing mail

Posted at 14:44h in SMP News

JICMail provides marketers with a long-overdue currency to support media planning. Worth an estimated £1.7bn annually, advertising mail is the third-largest media channel in the UK according to advertising spend, yet it has long been without a “currency” to support media planning. However, last month JICMail, a...

31 Jan Publishing Volume Commitment Incentive

Posted at 09:17h in Industry News

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...