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6th July 2012

History of Direct Mail Part Two

We left that on quite a cliffhanger! We covered the early days of direct mail in our first piece las...Read More

6th July 2012

CMS Keeping busy through summer

July and August are traditionally quiet months for mailing houses. Indeed, it wasn’t unknown in ye...Read More

5th July 2012

Royal Mail Partners in Quality

Central Mailing Services is one of only a very select number of Mailing Houses in the country to be ...Read More

2nd July 2012

Top five mail pieces – June | Monthly Mailings

1) We recently made a blog post talking up how colours are used in marketing materials and what dif...Read More

29th June 2012

History of Direct Mail

Ever wondered where direct mail began? The earliest known direct marketing comes from the year 10...Read More

28th June 2012

Effective Colours for Direct Mail

When you next look at a direct mail piece, why not stop for a second to look at the colour? Most of ...Read More

28th June 2012

Why direct mail is better – scientifically proven

We always talk about the benefits of direct mail, but rather than just talking about it, we decided ...Read More

18th June 2012

Direct Mail Statistics 2012

In 2011, 21.9 million UK adults took action thanks to Direct Mail they received Surprised by that...Read More

15th June 2012

Football and the Mail

Here at Central Mailing Services we are definitely enjoying Euro 2012. The office sweepstake was hot...Read More

15th June 2012

Quick tips for creating and managing data for direct mail

At Central Mailing Services we understand that creating and managing data for postal mailings can b...Read More

1st June 2012

Our top five mail pieces – May

1) An exhibition mailing for an art gallery that comes in C4 and C5 variants. The larger of the two ...Read More

1st June 2012

Request a quote and make your mornings brighter

Studies show that a good number of you like to open your mail alongside a nice cup of tea or coffee ...Read More

31st May 2012

Positive outlook for summer mailings

We’ve enjoyed some lovely sunshine recently – let’s just hope that wasn’t the only bit of su...Read More

24th May 2012

Spaghetti Junction turns 40

Write out a card and light the candles, because the Gravelly Hill Interchange – far better known a...Read More

11th May 2012

Direct Mail Jargon Buster

There are a lot of complicated words used in our industry, so we’re going to make a few of the mor...Read More

11th May 2012

Direct mail piece still bringing in results – two years after dispatch

This week we received a surprise phone call from one of our long-term clients, a catalogue mail orde...Read More

3rd May 2012

Our top five mail pieces – April

1) This non-windowed C5 envelope mailshot contains two enclosed items. The first is a pretty standar...Read More

30th April 2012

Why direct mail is still a power for good

Royal Mail’s price increase announcement at the end of March brought the media spotlight back on t...Read More

20th April 2012

CMS working hand-in-hand with clients

Central Mailing Services’ pro-active approach solves problem for distribution centre. Every mon...Read More

20th April 2012

CMS saves the day

A national northern theatre nearly had its summer programme mailing ruined before it started – unt...Read More