St Ives has cut all ties with its printing past and has now been completely rebranded with a new name: Kin + Carta.

Efforts are underway to sell Sunline Direct Mail as a going concern after the firm’s owner filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.

Public perception of direct mail is improving, with almost half of consumers seeing it as good business communication, according to a recent survey.

Global Graphics has changed its overall group name to Hybrid Software to better reflect the nature of its business.

Research from TNT Post has shown that marketers consider direct mail the most important form of direct marketing and expect stable or rising volumes over the next year.

Fresh Media Group has brought group companies Colour Systems, Fresh Vision and BigKid all under the same banner and relaunched itself as FMG.

Independent gaming company Gala is continuing its major direct mail push with its first digitally printed campaign.

Royal Mail has posted a big drop in profitability after what was described as a “challenging” first half of the year.

Inc Direct has beefed up its executive board with a former Williams Lea boss joining as managing director as the marcomms specialist sets its sights on organic growth and eyes potential acquisitions.

Wyndeham Press Group's pre-media arm, Wyndeham Pre-Press, has lost its contract with Telegraph Media Group (TMG), it has emerged.