The judges of the first UK Mail Awards have risen to the challenge of narrowing down the award entries to produce the shortlist of organisations that have made it through to the final judging stage.

The independent judges will meet prior to the Awards ceremony to make their final deliberations and decide a winner for each of the 5 awards. The Gala Dinner, on 2 November, will take place in the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, providing a relaxing environment in which delegates can network in between the two-day UK Mail Show Conference at Olympia. BBC Breakfast TV’s very own Business Presenter, Declan Curry, will present the awards, along with a senior executive from each of the sponsoring companies: Deutsche Post Global Mail UK, Royal Mail, TNT Mail UK and UK Mail.

This year’s categories and shortlists are:

DATABASE MANAGEMENT
(Sponsored by Royal Mail)

• DPS Direct Mail Ltd for its Cygnus software
• Experian Ltd for its database-based solution created for LEGO Company Ltd
• The ReaD Group Plc for its Data Domination!

DOMESTIC MARKETING CAMPAIGN
(Sponsored by Deutsche Post Global Mail UK)

• Arc Worldwide for its launch campaign: Fiat Panda – A new breed of Panda
• Palletways for its integrated marketing campaign
• Tullo Marshall Warren for its Guiness® St. Patrick’s Day Pack 2004
• WDMP for its TalkTalk Re-Launch

INNOVATION (Sponsored by TNT Mail UK)

• DPS Direct Mail Ltd for its Cygnus software
• Express Dairies for its Dairy Delivery scheme
• Regional Mail Services for its private regional postal service for Northern Ireland

TECHNOLOGY (Sponsored by Triangle Management Services)

• Education Direct for its Spirit Technology software
• Moving Technologies for Iammoving.com
• Optecon for its O42 Product
• Pitney Bowes for its track and trace solution: PBMS Arrival

The remaining award, Mail Centre of the Year (sponsored by UK Mail), is judged using different criteria and the shortlist will be announced in the next few days.

You can book your table at the UK Mail Awards Gala Dinner via the website at www.mailawards.com/ukma or by calling the events team at Triangle on 0870 950 7900. For information on sponsoring an award next year, please contact Nigel Ashton at NigelA@triangle.eu.com

Notes for Editors:

• This is the 1st UK Mail Awards and will be an annual programme held in London every November
• Next year’s ceremony will be on 1st November 2005
• The UK Mail Show Conference is now in its 5th year and will be on 2-3 November at Olympia Conference Centre in London
• The events are organised by Triangle Management Services Ltd, based in the UK
• Triangle also organises the UK Express Delivery Conference held every June in the Midlands. The next event will be on 28-29 June 2005 in Birmingham.
• Press delegates are welcome to attend the Awards Ceremony

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 are focussed primarily on the mail and express industry sectors.