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Royal Mail Group continues to anticipate letter volume declines related to the potential impact of GDPR and its continued effect on business uncertainty in the postal group’s latest trading update.

Print and mail specialist CFH Docmail has been awarded a government Gold Payroll Giving Quality Mark Award following the launch promotion of its new Payroll Giving scheme.

GB Mail has taken on a Konica Minolta bizhub Press 1052 mono production line in order to boost its production capacity.

Whistl has acquired privately held Parcelhub and its sister company Mail Workshop as it continues to target growth in the fulfilment market.

Announcing its full year results, Royal Mail Group has said it anticipates a drop-off in letter volume as the new data protection rules stoke business uncertainty.

The recent local elections have, of course, resulted in some new printing bloopers hitting the headlines.

Whistl Doordrop Media has launched Leafletdrop, a new self-service digital platform aimed at SMEs.

The Joint Industry Committee (JIC) for Mail has launched the first ever “currency” for mail, based on comprehensive readership research for the channel, to help advertisers with their media planning.

Royal Mail has reported a group revenue increase of 2%, driven by a “good performance” over Christmas.

Mail Boxes Etc (MBE) has acquired AlphaGraphics, the US-headquartered print franchise chain that was formerly owned by Pindar.