Adding barcodes improves our operational efficiency, so we can pass the cost savings on to our customers Martin Lewis: What the Autumn Statement means for you – including wages, benefits, pensions, ISAs, national insurance and more

Autumn Statement: State pension confirmed to rise by 8.5% from April 2024 – while some benefits will go up by 6.7% Please note that parcels can be delivered any time between the hours of 7am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday, unfortunately we are unable to offer specific times for deliveries or offer Saturday deliveries. Delivery times detailed below can be affected by national and / or local disruption, seasonal and / or weather conditions as our deliveries are carried out by third party couriers. Martin Lewis: What the Autumn Statement means for you – including wages, benefits, pensions, ISAs, housing, national insurance and more Business Reply envelopes are treated the same way as normal UK post. They have the same delivery time as any other 1st Class or 2nd Class post.Freepost is seen as LESS formal[yet exhibits the same features of a Business Reply licence number and 1st or 2nd class indicia, and are delivered in the same time] and more consumer-focused. Good question! The straight answer is, there is NO difference! NONE whatsover. THEY DO THE SAME THING!Seriously. It's all down to personal choice. Freepost Standardis the least popular of the two types. It allows for larger C4 envelopes (unlike Freepost Plus which doesn't).

However, this method requires you to process every item separately which is highly inefficient. No discount is saved as the prices are the same as stamps. Franking We specialise in printed postage paid envelopes and pre paid envelopes. PPI envelopes are widely used to save time in your mail room as there is no need for stamps as the postage is already pre printed. The most useful application for PPI is return envelopes. Autumn Statement: Workers to pay less in national insurance – but rate cuts don't offset the freezing of personal tax thresholds Adding postage to the machine can occur 24/7 and the price of franking is by far cheaper than any other method. A franking machine can even be used to frank a company logo onto your mail, helping to expand your business name.Both employees and self-employed workers will pay less in National Insurance from next year, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced in today's Autumn Statement. If someone else is printing your envelopes, be sure to pass on your licence number and design to your print supplier. Find out more in our Response Services user guide (pdf, 1.52 MB)

Business Reply is seen as a MORE formal and professionallook. However, again, there is NO difference in the actual serviceor what it actually does. We wish they'd just standardise everything into one product, but there you go.

Sending Business Mail

NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank to close at least 172 branches in 2023/24 – here's the full list, plus alternatives C4 - C4 envelopes hold an A4 sheet unfolded. C4 envelopes are just slightly bigger than an A4 piece of paper or stationery, enabling them to carry a brochure or catalogue. The final method of sending business mail is franking. A franking machine allows you to print a franking impression and this is the stamp alternative. You print the postage yourself and the key difference here is that the franking machine does everything for you. Little human interaction is even needed. Busn. Reply Standardis the least popular of the two types. It allows for larger C4 envelopes (unlike Freepost Plus which doesn't).

Royal Mail sell pre-paid envelopes that do not require a stamp. This should save businesses time and money when sending business mail. Pre-paid envelopes does not give a postage discount but it does remove the time of applying stamps. NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ulster Bank, which are all part of the NatWest Group, will now shut at least 172 of their bank branches in 2023 and 2024.Stamps are the traditional way of sending business mail. Everyone knows what a stamp is. You queue in the Post Office and once brought they are applied to your mail piece. They can be brought easily, however the price is the main problem with using them. DL - DL envelopes hold an A4 sheet folded twice; into 3 parts. Whilst this is the most popular size it does involve folding your stationery in three. If you prefer not to do this, you would be better off with the C4 or C5 sizes. TradePrintingUK can create professional Freepost artwork for you from our Business Reply templates. Plus' envelopes can only weigh up to 100g weight though. They must also be pre-printed with the special 'Plus' artwork and indicia barcode. The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today (Wednesday 22 November) announced a range of tax, benefits and savings measures. We round up the key announcements and what they mean for you.