SMP backs Royal Mail service improvement plan
12 May 2026
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has reaffirmed its commitment to working with the Royal Mail to improve service performance, restore confidence in the mail channel…
Lucy Swanston
Beyond the letterbox
30 September 2025
Data and metrics are transforming direct mail. Printers should pay attention.
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…
Transforming children’s lives through literacy with Topic Heroes
15 October 2024
Topic Heroes, the children’s literacy charity, is on a mission to inspire creativity and ignite a love for reading and writing by providing a learning…
The 2024 Strategic Mailing Partnership Awards Winners Announced
1 October 2024
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has revealed the winners of its 2024 Awards, recognising the outstanding performances of the UK’s leading mailing houses, printers, print…
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.
New group aims to tackle print sector’s ageing workforce
14 February 2024
Several UK print industry personalities have joined together to create a new group aiming to attract young people to the printing industry.
BPIF publishes book awards winners
29 January 2024
The BPIF revealed the winners of the 2023 British Book Design and Production Awards at a ceremony in London held on 24 January 2024
Industry involvement grows as second year’s SMP Awards are unveiled
29 September 2023
The second SMP Awards demonstrated increasing awareness of and engagement in the direct mail sector, with winners across multiple disciplines
IPIA rises to the challenge with autumn conference
1 September 2023
The IPIA’s annual conference and networking event addressed the theme ‘rising to the challenge – finding opportunities to grow and thrive'
IPIA announces autumn conference schedule
9 August 2023
The IPIA has revealed the theme of and speakers for its 2023 Autumn Conference on 31 August at The Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry.
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
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…