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Mitigate price changes with a
MailMark™ Franking System
On Thursday 31st March 2016
the price of postage changed
once again as Royal Mail
announced their annual
prices changes. Amongst
other services, the core
products will see an increase
of 1p on First class letters to
64p and second class letters
also increasing by 1p to 55p.
Under the updated Royal Mail
tariff, franking machines will
continue to provide custom-
ers with significant discounts
over the price of stamp
usage, in some cases the
saving can be as much as
18p for a second class letter
and 13p for first class. Large
letters will also offer
savings of 11p and 17p
respectively.
With this level of dis-
count, savings can be
seen for both high and
low quantities users
alike. A company
sending just 20 items
of mail per day can
make immediate
savings of up to £66 per
month.
The good news does not stop
here however. Many
businesses already using
a franking system can also
make additional savings by
upgrading to a MailMark™
compatible machine.
Royal Mail has invested
£70m in the development
and introduction of the new
MailMark™ technology into
the UK postal market in 2013,
replacing the original town
die with a digital 2D barcode
which makes tracking mail
items through the Royal
Mail sorting system more
efficient. This new system has
allowed Royal Mail to pass
cost savings on to its franking
customers.
MailMark is guaranteed to
always be the best value
option for
franking custom-
ers. Royal Mail
has cemented
this promise by
increasing the level of saving
to an additional 3p per item
versus standard franking for a
second class letter increasing
savings up to £79 per month
based on 20 items per day.
In addition to the savings that
can be made against postal
charges, a franking system
can provide
additional benefits your
business including
more efficient mail
processing, a more
profe sional look-
ing mail piece and greater
transparency and
control over mailroom costs.
Add to this automatic tariff
updates, ensuring your
business always has the
latest prices avoiding costly
surcharges and access to all
Royal Mail SMART products
including Prepay Business
Reply.
Frama is the fastest growing
Royal Mail approved franking
machine manufacturer and
service provider in the UK. A
subsidiary of parent
company Frama AG, the
company draws upon 40
years of industry experience.
Customers have access to
an extensive range of Swiss
manufactured products,
produced to exacting quality
standards. We also have a
UK-based team of highly
trained customer service pro-
fessionals who are committed
to delivering the Frama CareS
customer service promise.
Frama mailroom professionals
are always looking to talk
to businesses directly and
discuss the challenges
they encounter within
the mailroom. Frama
will provide a free
audit of current work-
flows, equipment and
consumable usage and
offer advice on how to
improve efficiency and
save both time and money.
Frama have been awarded the
Editor’s Choice award from
Business Info magazine for
their full range of MailMark
ready products as well as the
Pen2Paper award. So if you
are a stamp user looking to
save money and improve ef-
ficiency or a SMART franking
machine user who would like
to save more with MailMark,
contact Frama today and
make the
SMARTER choice!
Lenny Wood,
Marketing Manager Frama UK
T: 01992 451 125
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