Beyond the letterbox
30 September 2025
Data and metrics are transforming direct mail. Printers should pay attention.
Strategic Mailing Partnership
SMP Award winners announced
26 September 2025
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has named the winners of its 2025 Awards at a ceremony held at The Steel Yard in London. The event…
Shortlist announced for SMP Awards 2025
10 September 2025
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has unveiled the shortlist for its 2025 Mail Performance, Sustainable Campaign, and Bright Futures Awards. The event will take place…
SMP Awards return to celebrate excellence in mail and multichannel marketing
6 August 2025
The Strategic Mail Performance (SMP) Awards are returning for 2025, with entries now open for what promises to be a celebration of results-driven creativity across…
Shortlist revealed for The Strategic Mailing Partnership Awards 2024
11 September 2024
The Strategic Mailing Partnership announces the shortlist for this year’s Mail Performance Awards, celebrating mailing houses, printers, print managers and agencies.
SMP Awards expands with two new categories
10 July 2023
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has called for entries in this year's Strategic Mailing Performance Awards, and has added two new categories
Bowe UK hears from users as German parent buys Solcon
7 July 2023
Bowe UK held its second annual mailing forum to update users on its offerings and gather their feedback, while the parent company, based Augsburg, Germany…
SMP backs Marketreach lifecycle data for mail
28 April 2023
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has welcomed new Marketreach end-to-end life cycle assessment information, enabling the print industry to offer evidence and assurance of mail's…
SMP welcomes trade associations
26 March 2023
The Strategic Mailing Partnership has partnered with BPIF, the Data and Marketing Association (DMA), and the IPIA to launch a new membership scheme for trade…
SMP and Royal Mail in programmatic mail push
5 January 2023
The Strategic Mailing Partnership has announced the launch of a new Royal Mail Wholesale incentive scheme designed to help companies adopt programmatic mail for e-commerce…
SMP Awards 2022 winners revealed
4 October 2022
The winners of the 2022 Strategic Mail Performance Awards, sponsored by Canon, have been revealed.
Speakers announced for Strategic Mail Performance Awards
25 August 2022
With just under a week to go before the deadline for entries for the Strategic Mail Performance Awards 2022, the SMP has announced two of…
Marketreach and SMP launch mail sustainability guide
18 August 2022
Marketreach has teamed up with The Strategic Mailing Partnership to launch a step-by-step guide on how to use mail more sustainably.
Swanston expands on role at Strategic Mailing Partnership
3 May 2022
Lucy Swanston has been appointed chair of the Strategic Mailing Partnership and has spoken to Digital Printer about her aims in the the role.