UK Mail Awards 2007 - Award Winners

2007 UK Mail Awards Ceremony
Winners

The Awards Categories for 2007 were:

Digital Print, Marketing Campaign, Corporate Social Responsibility, Database Management, , Downstream Access Supplier, Innovation, Mail Centre of the Year, and Technology

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has risen quickly up the business and political agenda and has become one of the benchmarks of an organisation's success. The spotlight shone on an entity's overall impact whether that be on its staff, local community or the environment has never been brighter and the UK mail industry certainly has a role to play. The new award will therefore reward the organisation that, in the opinion of the judges, has done the most to implement meaningful CSR initiatives. Examples of the type of programme expected to be covered by this award could be; a staff welfare plan; charitable projects; or an environmental campaign that has produced greater efficiency with less waste.

WINNER: CitySprint for its Environmental Programme

CSR Winner - CitySprint

Database Management

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The quality of databases is not only the key to economy but also is the difference between success or failure for the international or domestic mailer. Judges want to see a company or system that has added value either through a greater use of databases, an integration of data, the use or creation of unique datasets or a proven methodology that improves the effectiveness and accuracy of the final delivery.

WINNER: Datalytics for its Consumer Media (ECM) Subscription Retention

Database Management Winner - Datalytics

(Collected on behalf of Datalytics by Triangle)

Digital Print

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The object of the award is to highlight those mail users or producers who can show how the innovative or creative use of digital print or the digital print process is able to add real value to the mail piece. Judges will be looking for a return on investment and how digital print was able to add additional value. Specific attention will be given to print innovation through convergence. Applications must have been used in the UK but can have a much wider setting.

WINNER: WDMP for its Thomson Holidays - Anniversary Mailing

Digital Print Winner - WDMP

(Collected on behalf of WDMP by Triangle)

Downstream Access Supplier
(Not open to public applications)

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This award is open to all DSA contract holders, who are also third party operators. The award will identify the contract holder who, over the previous six months, has achieved the best overall quality at the mail handover interface with Royal Mail.

The criteria used to measure this award are based on activities that are measured as part of the contract between the suppliers and Royal Mail, including reliability, operational effectiveness and health & safety. This data will be reviewed by an independent panel of judges who have extensive experience in the mail industry, and who will agree the various elements of data in advance of the final judging process.

WINNER: UK Mail

Downstream Access Winner - UK Mail

Innovation

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This category is for businesses that have developed new ideas and initiatives that have been successfully implemented and delivered proven and measurable benefits to mail users. Innovations leading to internal cost reduction can be included, provided it can be demonstrated that those reductions have been shared in a meaningful fashion with mail users.

WINNER: Royal Mail for its Personalised Integrated Media powered by Sony DADC

Innovation Winner - Royal Mail

Marketing Campaign

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The objective of this award is to highlight a company that, in the previous twelve months, has used mail services in an innovative and challenging manner. Judges will be looking for evidence of success and an approach that could be copied by others to encourage the increasing use of direct mail campaigns.

WINNER: Royal Mail for its Stoplateness Campaign

Marketing Campaign Winner - Royal Mail

Mail Centre of the Year

(Not open to public applications)

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This award is to encourage best practice at key Royal Mail operation centres.

Satiation of mail is the most complex part of the mail process but quality of sorting centres varies. The idea behind this award is to encourage and identify not necessarily the best mail centre but the one which has either improved the most in the previous twelve months or introduced best practices that have had an identifiable impact on service.

Analysis will initially be undertaken using the Royal Mail first class delivery statistics audited by Postwatch. Mail centres which handle mail from the top ten most improved postcode areas will then be invited to apply for the award.

WINNER: Bradford Mail Centre

Mail Centre of the Year Winner - Bradford

Technology

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This all-embracing category is designed to identify new and proven technology products or systems that have provided either substantial cost savings or an improved service to the customer. Judges will be looking for applicants who offer an improved product or service to the widest possible audience.

WINNER: BFPO for its e-bluey

Technology Winner - BFPO

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Triangle would like to congratulate the award winners, and to thank all those who applied, sponsored, judged and attended this year’s UK Mail Awards. Our particular thanks go to Monty Halls for his excellent performance in hosting the presentation evening.