22 Dec 2010
| by Ed Owen
Price hikes proposed by the Royal Mail prior to a privatisation next year will hit agencies' direct marketing budgets, according to direct mail specialists Post Switch.
01 Nov 2010
| by Noelle McElhatton
The Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party have topped the list of brands growing their spend on direct mail, according to a new survey by Marketing magazine.
Direct mail could become more expensive in 2011 after Royal Mail applied to the postal regulator to allow it to earn up to an additional £100m by raising prices for large business customers for a year.
12 Jul 2010
| by Graham Cooper
While consumers are increasingly turned off by unsolicited email messages, direct mail is still getting results - for offline and online brands, writes OnePost's Graham Cooper
04 Jun 2010
| by Ben Bold
Direct marketing agency DMS has poached Proximity London managing partner Diana Rhodes and made her joint head of planning.
01 Jun 2010
| by Ben Bold
The Royal Mail has announced a successor to chief executive Adam Crozier, who left the postal group in April.
20 May 2010
| by Mark Banham
LONDON - The Royal Mail will be part-privatised under new government proposals put forward by business secretary Vince Cable, with the nation's 12,000-strong Post Office network set to stay state-owned with only the infrastructure placed out to tender.