It's a commodity often overlooked, but the envelope has continued to evolve throughout an ever-changing industry, as PrintWeek reports. When it comes to the history of the envelope too, there's so much it has overcome from the 1840 Post Office reforms to the demand for mass-produced...
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) is celebrating a successful year of activity which has included a positive recruitment drive, a significant inaugural event for key delegates and the strengthening of industry partnerships. We mapped out a ‘Strategic Framework’ of intense activity to raise awareness of the...
Concerns have been raised about how unprepared our members feel ahead of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force next year, our Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) study has revealed. Surveying our members, nearly two thirds said they knew they would be jointly legally liable,...
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has welcomed the launch of a Joint Industry Committee (JIC) to measure the daily readership and usage of mail by UK consumers. The Committee will bring together key organisations from across the industry, including Royal Mail, Whistl, The Direct Marketing Association,...
The UK’s main mail carriers are predicting a positive future for the postal industry with increased collaboration, according to a debate hosted by the SMP. At our ‘Technical Summit’ in London last month, carriers UK Mail, Whistl, Secured Mail and Royal Mail Wholesale, discussed the challenges...
‘Collaboration’ was the overriding theme to arise from our inaugural ‘Technical Summit’, which saw the Royal Mail come together with the UK’s mailing houses and Down Stream Access (DSA) operators for the first time ever. The day-long event, which aimed to share learnings and create discussion...
We are delighted to announce the SMP has partnered with three of its board members to produce its official relaunch marketing collateral to raise awareness and drive member recruitment. Leeds-based print marketing and mailing solution giant The Lettershop Group (TLG) and Leicester-based marketing services experts GI...
The SMP has officially relaunched as Strategic Mailing Partnership: The Mailmakers. The SMP is now sponsored by Royal Mail Wholesale under the leadership of Jenny Ledgar, Director of Network Access at Royal Mail. The SMP is already the largest group in the UK of mail and print...