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Members

Membership is currently restricted to Trade Associations that have a specific interest in postal matters.

Current Members

British Office Supplies & Services Federation (BOSS)

The BOSS (British Office Supplies and Services) Federation is the authoritative body for the UK office products industry. BOSS represents all businesses along the distribution chain in the office products industry, covering stationery, office machines and supplies, office furniture, office systems and related product areas.

Go to BOSS website

Direct Marketing Association (DMA) UK Ltd

The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) UK Ltd is the largest trade association in the communications sector in Europe, representing both users and suppliers of Direct Marketing services. Our members are major users of all types of postal services and range from advertisers themselves through to the supply side of postal services such as mailing houses, agencies and data bureaux. Our membership also includes the main licensed postal operators such as Royal Mail, TNT,UK Mail and DHL.

Go to DMA website

Envelope Manufacturers & Suppliers Association (EMSA)

The aim of EMSA is to meet needs and to concentrate efforts and activities in those areas that are of most benefit or concern to members at any point in time.

Provide members with information, statistics, standards and knowledge.

Develop and maintain effective communications in the Postal sector.
Develop and maintain effective communications with other industry associations, particularly EMA, FEPE, and major UK trade associations.

Go to EMSA website

Intellect UK

Intellect is the UK trade association for the technology industry. Its members account for over 80% of these markets ranging from blue-chip multinationals to early stage technology companies. These industries together generate around 10% of UK GDP and 15% of UK trade. From sorting to franking and address interpretation, technology companies are at the heart of the issues facing the postal market today. Intellect’s Postal Services Group includes senior personnel from across a range of different companies who work with postal industries, both in the UK and abroad.

Go to Intellect UK website

IBSA

ISBA (the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers) is known as the voice of British advertising. We represent nearly 450 members, whose combined spend on marketing communications exceeds £10 billion annually. We represent 22 of the top 25 advertisers.

We deliver substantial and tangible commercial benefits to our members, as well as providing shared expertise and training to enhance advertising effectiveness.
We fight the advertiser’s corner with regulators and politicians, as well as offering a broad range of member and consultancy services, updates on industry developments, a free legal helpline and best practice guidance.

Go to ISBA website

The Mail Competition Forum (MCF)

The Mail Competition Forum (MCF) was established in December 2004 to represent the interests of the licensed competitors to Royal Mail.

The MCF's objective is to facilitate customer choice through fair, vibrant and sustainable competition within a stable and undistorted UK postal market, and its role is to develop and promote the interests of new market entrants.

Go to MCF Website

Mail Users' Association

MUA is the UK’s only independent association of business users concerned wholly with commercially related postal matters. Its members are drawn from a wide range of business interests including direct mail, banking and finance, communications and the Utilities, publishing and postal related industries. Collectively, it is estimated MUA members generate more than 15% of annual postal traffic in the UK.
MUA’s primary objective is to secure a healthy and cost effective set of postal services for all business users and their customers. Members continue to believe that this will be achieved in a mixed market, offering users a real choice between the obligatory USO services of Royal Mail that exist at present, and a set of competing value added options - particularly for the business mailers.

Go to MUA Website

Periodical Publishers Association

PPA is the association for publishers and providers of consumer, customer and business media in the UK. PPA's role is to promote and protect the interests of the industry in general, and member companies in particular.

Go to PPA website