Map Marketing in pre-pack; Christmas post dates change; Mail engagement increases; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Monday 05 December 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient]( [Today's top stories] [Map Marketing in pre-pack]( [Map Marketing in pre-pack]( Map Marketing’s directors have bought out the company’s assets for £140,000 in a pre-pack sale, just two years after buying out the rest of the company’s management. [Royal Mail acts on Christmas post]( [Royal Mail acts on Christmas post]( Industrial action has forced Royal Mail to bring forward its Christmas last posting dates by as much as six days compared with last year, as the stand-off between the group and CWU members continues – with a massive rally planned for the end of this week. [Significant increases in mail engagement and effectiveness in Q3]( [Significant increases in mail engagement and effectiveness in Q3]( JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q3 2022, which found there has been a significant increase in the amount of mail UK consumers are reading and looking at and putting on display in the home. [Boxer Froch to open new Wilkins factory]( Four-time world champion boxer Carl Froch will open the third phase of the multimillion-pound factory later this week for packaging firm the Wilkins Group. [De La Rue chair gains shareholder support]( A majority of De La Rue shareholders has backed chairman Kevin Loosemore at a general meeting held at the end of last week. [Sponsored content] ["We’re Europe’s most cost-effective high-volume printer"]( ["We’re Europe’s most cost-effective high-volume printer"]( Craig Hall, who heads Em De Jong’s UK office, details how the high-volume printer offers the biggest range of formats, produced on the most up-to-date printing presses in the market. [Yesterday's most read] [Labour frontbencher calls for Royal Mail inquiry; strike impact laid bare]( [HH sales top £1.5bn]( [Premier expands with specialist packaging buy]( [Blogs] [Printer's devil: it's in the detail]( Contributing editor Jo Francis muses on the latest goings on in the print industry. [In this issue] [As usual your latest Printweek is crammed full of news roundups and thought-provoking features, with the second part in our MBO series taking centre stage in the October & November ‘Trade Secrets’ issue, where we look at deals from the buyer's perspective...]( [Forward to a friend](mailto:?subject=Print%20industry%20news%20...&body=I%20thought%20you%20might%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20newsletter%20from%20Printweek:%20%20 [Got some news? Email the PrintWeek newsdesk here](mailto:printweek.newsdesk@markallengroup.com) [PrintWeek jobs] [Estimator]( [Head of Print Management]( [Paper over Board Production Operative - Days]( [Business Development Manager - B2 / Digital Print]( [Corrugated Packaging Designer]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Buying with diligence]( [Buying with diligence]( In the second part of our focus on MBOs, we look at the buyer’s perspective and assess the advantages and pitfalls of buying the business you are working in. [Defend your dataÂ]( [Defend your data ]( Data held by firms is central to their continued existence and needs protection from those that would wish to abuse it. But while there are countless malevolent external actors, hackers and fraudsters, when looking closer to home not all firms properly protect information from abuse by employees. [Paper landscape taking new shape]( [Paper landscape taking new shape]( Do you know of Aurelius? This is not a quotation from the film Gladiator, it’s a reference to Aurelius Group, the huge investment business that owns a diverse range of businesses from comfy shoes brand Scholl to swishy yacht manufacturer Hanse. [Product portfolio] [Me & my: Daco DF350SR 037 Flex]( When Ian Woodhead, managing director of Sudbury, Suffolk-based Anglia Labels, decided to invest in a new piece of equipment to bring more finishing functions in-house he knew exactly where to turn. [Star product: Scodix Ultra 6000]( This B1 digital packaging embellishment press can deliver a wide range of finishing effects and will fly through in minutes makereadies for complex jobs that would take hours on analogue alternatives. © MA Business Limited 2022. [Contact Us]( [Advertising]( [Subscribe]( If you wish to unsubscribe from Printweek Daily News emails, please click [here](. To understand how we process, use & safeguard your data, please read our [Privacy Policy](. If you would like to update your marketing contact preferences, then please [click here](.