Royal mail

The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) is marking its 10th year of operation as the go-between for mailing houses and Royal Mail.

A sharp drop in volumes of addressed letters has seen revenue at Royal Mail’s UK parcels, international and letters (UKPIL) business decline in a nine-month trading update.

Royal Mail is to appeal a £50m fine imposed by Ofcom for breach of competition law.

Royal Mail has started testing a new mailing technique that will enable acquisition mail to continue following the introduction of the GDPR legislation.

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.

Online mail sortation service MyMailing has upgraded in order to support the Mailmark standard as a pay-as-you-go service for less frequent mail producers.

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

Having halted a planned 48-hour Communication Workers Union (CWU) strike in October, the Royal Mail has issued an update on recommendations for worker pensions and pay.

Letter volumes are continuing to decline for the Royal Mail, in spite of efforts to redress the issue, while parcel volumes remain on the up.

Royal Mail has won an injunction from the High Court halting a 48-hour strike by postal workers planned for next week.

Workers at Royal Mail have voted for strike action as the dispute over its defined benefit pension scheme rumbles on.

The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) is looking forward to a year of expansion with its sights on taking in “every single mailing house” in the country.