After a record level of entries from all parts of the mailing industry, the judges for the 2005 UK Mail Awards have just announced those who have made the shortlist for each category.

This annual awards programme recognises and rewards excellence and achievement across the industry and entries were open to any UK postal operator, service provider or direct mail agency.

The shortlisted entries for the 2005 Awards are as follows:

CUSTOMER SERVICE - sponsored by CMS Network
• DQM Group for its Royal Mail Business Changes File®
• TNT and Royal Bank of Scotland Group for their Hub & Spoke System
• WDMP for its Post-purchase welcome pack for Carphone Warehouse

DATABASE MANAGEMENT - sponsored by Royal Mail
• EuroDirect for its creative database solutions
• helpIT Systems for its matchIT v.5 data cleansing product
• Telewest Broadband for its Door to Door Direction Product
• WWAV Rapp Collins for its Customer segmentation project for Wanadoo UK

DOMESTIC MARKETING CAMPAIGN - sponsored by DHL Global Mail
• Carat for creating a data driven strategy for communications in energy bills
• Telewest Broadband for its "Altogether Better Value" campaign
• WDMP for its Post-purchase welcome pack for Carphone Warehouse

INNOVATION - sponsored by TNT Mail
• ONEPOST for its comprehensive postal management and consultancy service
• Regional Mail Services for its virtual postal network
• Royal Bank of Scotland for its end-to-end downstream access solution

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN - sponsored by AMP Citipost
• Gyro International for its "Turbo Channel Launch" for Sony Europe
• The Marketing Store for its campaign to increase dealer enrolment for Nissan
• The Union Advertising Agency for its campaign to raise awareness of Scottish & Newcastle

TECHNOLOGY - sponsored by Triangle Management Services
• British Forces Post Office for the creation and management of “e-bluey”
• eCourier for its AIBA intelligent despatch system and website
• Francotyp Postalia for its Ultimail DX Multi-Carrier System

The award for the Mail Centre of the Year, sponsored by UK Mail, is judged separately, and the shortlist will be announced for this award at a later date.

The judges will meet at the end of October to select the winning entry in each category, before the UK Mail Awards Gala Dinner on Tuesday 1st November at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington High Street, London. The winners will be announced and trophies presented by the renowned writer and broadcaster Frances Edmonds, recently voted Britain's top female after-dinner speaker.

A small number of places are still available for the Gala Dinner and Awards Presentation, with discounted places on offer for anyone booking for The Mail Show at the same time - more information on reserving a place can be found at www.mailawards.com/ukma or by contacting media@triangle.eu.com.

Notes for Editors:

• This will be the second UK Mail Awards

• Triangle Management Services Ltd also organises The Mail Show (to be held this year at Olympia on 1-2 November) and World Mail & Express events worldwide. Details of these events are at www.triangle.eu.com/conferences

• Press delegates are welcome to attend – please contact Triangle.

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.