Results of UK survey. Further studies will survey Netherlands, France, Germany and Italy. Survey objective is to identify which countries have been successful in developing their direct mail markets and why.
P:LIBRARYPostalMail Users Survey Spring 03. Postal Solutionsl.pdf
Direct mail specialist Metromail has taken on an extra 50 staff in the past six months and has just announced a new six-figure contract.
The Peterlee-based company now employs 270 people and aims to take on another 50 soon.
Its new contract has been secured with gardening supplies company Plantiflor, which will mean Metromail sending out an extra 10m mailing packs a year, on top of its current 175m total.
Read MoreNightspeed has won the quarter of a million pound a year contract to deliver OASE UK garden products to garden centres throughout the UK.
Read MoreWork is well under way on Royal Mail’s new distribution hub near Rugby. The GBP 40 million Crick site, at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, will be operational by the autumn and will employ nearly 600 people. The site will be at the centre of Royal Mail’s new transport network which will use roads, rail and air. Mail from all over the country will be processed at the site, which will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Read MoreThe future of nearly 6,800 rural UK post offices was thrown into doubt last night after it emerged that a European Commission decision on a crucial Pounds 450 million aid package has been delayed until the summer. Although the Government has already pledged money to maintain the loss-making rural post office network, it needs Commission approval before the cash can be paid. A decision from commissioners was expected this month but has been delayed.
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