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Severn: "strong resilience throughout 2020"

Severn under new ownership

Severn has been acquired in a secondary management buyout and is poised to commission its latest investment in Canon sheetfed inkjet technology.

Christmas stamps for 2020: prices going up in new year

Royal Mail hikes stamp prices as USO losses balloon

Royal Mail has announced an inflation-busting increase of nearly 12% on the price of a 1st Class stamp, citing the need to “ensure the sustainability of the one-price-goes-anywhere Universal Service”.

Daily deliveries could reduce

Ofcom: 'Universal Service could be reduced to five days'

Reducing the Royal Mail’s obligation to deliver post from six days a week to five would “still reflect postal users’ reasonable needs” according to Ofcom, in a new report published just as some DM...

Blundell: company has been transformed during his tenure

Former Capita exec takes over at Communisis

Communisis has recruited an industry outsider to take over from long-standing CEO Andy Blundell.

Parcels boom: Royal Mail launched a new parcels collection service in October

Parcels landmark at Royal Mail

Parcels revenue has overtaken letters for the first time at Royal Mail, which has upped its investment to handle the Christmas ‘peak’ by around £100m this year.

Nevins: "This initiative will rapidly further enhance our digital capabilities"

Adare SEC joins Quadient know-how programme

Integrated communications provider Adare SEC has joined Quadient’s ‘Digital Now’ programme as it looks to accelerate its clients’ digital transformation journeys.

Cooper: started at 16 with an apprenticeship at TLG

End of an era as Cooper prepares to exit TLG

Long-standing Lettershop director Simon Cooper will leave the business at the end of the year.

Savage: "further commitment to the robustness of processes and procedures"

Opus Trust invests in data security

Opus Trust Communications has rounded off a busy period of investment with the installation of a new Data Security Centre.

New Kyocera inkjet: "The quality is exceptional, it’s equivalent to litho"

Document Despatch in Kyocera inkjet first

Document Despatch has brought previously outsourced work in-house and revamped its print setup after installing the UK’s first Kyocera TASKalfa Pro 15000c inkjet press.

New features in iConvert enable "rapid onboarding" of IPDS jobs

Solimar releases new features, readies user event

Solimar Systems has upgraded its iConvert file conversion software with new features to boost productivity.