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Ofcom has given Royal Mail a slap on the wrist for jumping the gun on potential changes to the Universal Service Obligation.

In the first quarter of the year brands displayed renewed confidence in the mail channel, according to the latest results from JICMail.

The Encore Group has cemented its position as the UK’s biggest envelopes business with the acquisition of rival Heritage Envelopes.

Citipost International rebranded as Citipost Global earlier this year, while separately launching Velociti, its new milestone-tracked international letter service.

Marketreach has launched the latest iteration of its B2B advertising campaign, Totally Mailed It.

Document Despatch has upgraded its digital, just-in-time on-demand production offering with a new Konica Minolta AccurioPress C14000e.

Royal Mail has a new rival with Evri set to handle business letters for the first time following a mega-merger with DHL eCommerce UK.

UK ad spend showed strong growth in 2024, rising 10.4% to a total of £42.6bn. Growth of 6.3% is predicted in 2025, and 5.6% in 2026, with forecasts downgraded slightly thanks to the destabilising...

The takeover deal for Royal Mail parent International Distribution Services has been declared unconditional, with more than 80% of shareholders accepting the offer and the postal operator set to...

While the 2025 Printweek Awards winners were the undisputed headliners of the issue, taking equal billing is our preview of what visitors can expect from Fespa in May.