Following the High Court granting an injunction on Thursday, October 12th, Royal Mail and the CWU are following the contractual dispute resolution procedures set out in the Agenda for Growth (AFG). Royal Mail and the CWU have now jointly appointed a mediator for talks between the...
The Strategic Mailing Partnership has continued to generate media coverage in trade as well as regional media over the past few months. In an edition of ‘My Passion’, published in the Yorkshire Post on Tuesday 22 August, chairwoman of The SMP, Judith Donovan CBE, explained her...
The ICO has confirmed that it will not be issuing final guidance on key areas such as consent and Legitimate Interests until December at the earliest. Draft guidance on the contracts between Controllers and Processors has been issued. The office has also begun to...
We are excited to bring to your attention a new Royal Mail trial offer for advertisers. We know that Mail and Door Drops (Unaddressed mail) share many capabilities but are often planned in silos. We believe there is an opportunity to combine both mail channels...
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...