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CMS has invested £500,000 in solar panels at its Birmingham site

CMS’ 2028 zero carbon bid accepted for Midlands business pledge

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has been accepted into the West Midlands Net Zero Business Pledge for its bid to cut its scope one and two emissions to zero by 2028.

FCS' new Vantage sorter has allowed it to take on trade sorting work

FCS Laser Mail gets sorted with Vantage install

Print and mail firm FCS Laser Mail has installed a brand-new BlueCrest Vantage MT5 FlexLine sorter at its Birmingham factory, allowing the company to take on trade sortation work.

MBA Group in double Bowe investment

MBA Group has invested in two Bowe Fusion Cross dual channel high speed inserters for its Warrington, Cheshire site.

Royal Mail: USO comes with high fixed costs, exacerbated by high inflation

Mailing fraud kingpin jailed

The architect of a huge £70m-plus fraud against Royal Mail has been jailed.

Chadd worked his way up to the top at Millnet, where he has now been MD for five years

Steve Chadd leads MBO at Millnet as Consilio divests

Data, document and mailing house Millnet has undergone an MBO, with managing director Steve Chadd taking up ownership.

SDG's Prism software manages the processes for accreditations like ISO 27001/2

KPM boss launches Safe Data Governance software start-up

Mailing firm boss Nigel Copp has launched a new software company, Safe Data Governance (SDG), that helps businesses manage their data security accreditation processes.

The Fusion Lite can process 16,000 packs an hour

Civica ups efficiency with second Bowe inserter

Civica Election Services has invested in a second Bowe Fusion mail inserter in a strategic move to further streamline and optimise operations at its North London-based production plant.

Principal Mailing was previously known as Mainstream Direct. Image: Google Maps

Principal Mailing ceases trading

Print and direct mail specialist Principal Mailing Solutions ceased trading in December and business advisory firm FRP Advisory is expected to be appointed shortly to oversee insolvency proceedings.

Revealed: the struggle to sell Communisis

Paragon would have been willing to acquire the entire Communisis business on a solvent basis – including its pension scheme liabilities – for £1 in May 2023, but the deal was rejected and the group...

CWU said Royal Mail was “forcing through unagreed changes"

Ofcom report on future of USO: industry reacts

Industry bosses have until 3 April to respond to Ofcom’s proposals for reform of the Royal Mail’s Universal Service Obligation – while publishers’ association the PPA has already warned about the...