The 2006 UK Mail Awards will be presented on Tuesday 31 October at the industry's annual Gala Dinner in London. The UK Mail Awards are now in their third year and firmly established as the UK postal industry's most prestigious recognition of excellence. This year's honours will be given out by BBC Business presenter Declan Curry at the end of the evening's entertainment in the Champagne Suite of the Novotel London West in Hammersmith.

This awards programme recognises and rewards winners from all sections of the industry for their achievements and best practice across a range of categories – these will include:
• Customer Service
• Database Management
• Domestic Marketing Campaign of the Year
• Downstream Access (not open to public nominations)
• Innovation
• International Marketing Campaign of the Year
• Mail Centre of the Year (not open to public nominations)

Entry or nomination to the above categories is open to anyone in the postal industry (including operators, suppliers, mailers or agencies), and specific information on the entry dates and criteria will appear soon on the Awards website www.mailawards.com/ukma. A panel of independent experts from the industry will judge each award, initially producing shortlists in early October before meeting to decide the winners just before the ceremony. The victors will celebrate their success in front of an audience of over 300 of their peers and colleagues in the UK mailing industry.

The 2006 ceremony will take place on the middle evening of The Mail Show, also being held at this conference centre which has recently undergone a £23m refit to become the ultimate in hospitality venues for the international business community in London.

This year's UK Mail Awards will be sponsored by some of the biggest names in the industry, including Citipost, DHL Global Mail, Royal Mail, TNT Post and UK Mail. Further opportunities for sponsorship of these awards still remain – for details, please contact nigel.ashton@triangle.eu.com or call him on 0870 950 7900.

Anyone requiring more information on the UK Mail Awards, including previous winners and pictures from last year's ceremony, see www.mailawards.com and follow the link to the UK Mail Awards. Alternatively, please contact the organiser Triangle Management Services on 0870 950 7900 or email paul.trott@triangle.eu.com.

Notes for Editors:

• Triangle Management Services Ltd also organises The Mail Show and World Mail & Express events worldwide. Details of these events are at www.triangle.eu.com/conferences

• Press delegates are welcome to attend

• Further enquiries can be addressed to the Marketing Dept at Triangle by email to paul.trott@triangle.eu.com

Triangle Management Services Ltd, founded in 1984, is today the pre-eminent independent specialist management services company within the global mail, express and logistics sectors. Triangle offers the following services to clients: Recruitment, Market Research, Consultancy, Conferences and Mergers and Acquisitions - all of which focus primarily on the mail and express industry sectors.