The Chief Executive of Royal Mail has tried to explain why postmen are forced to deliver leaflets to households with a 'No Junk Mail' sign on the door. Sticker schemes apparently are uncontrollable and potentially open to abuse.

Royal Mail is still making a profit. Last year, the company delivered less addressed mail but this decline was more than compensated for by an increase in parcel volumes. Unaddressed mail volumes are also on the up.

Which? wants regulators to start clamping down on unsolicited calls and texts. If they don't the consumer group will ask government to step in.

The Direct Marketing Association has conceded that it can't substantiate its claim that unsolicited mail generates over £25 billion of postal sales per year. The lobby group now thinks junk mail is worth millions to the UK economy.

A private members bill aimed at tackling postal scams has been binned. Rather than using a sledgehammer to crack a nut the problem can be solved by raising awareness.

Government has launched a consultation on its proposal to repeal the Pedlars Act 1871 and 1881. The Local Government Association warns that scrapping the Act may encourage cold callers.

Royal Mail is making a healthy profit again. Thanks to higher stamp prices and an increase in parcel deliveries the company earned £144m in the six months to September 2012. Junk mail volumes have increased only slightly.

Yell has been renamed 'Hibu'. Meanwhile, the Office of Fair Trading has concluded that the Yellow Pages directory no longer has a monopoly on 'classified directory advertising'.

The Direct Marketing Association has made another attempt to quantify how much direct marketing contributes to the UK economy. The lobby group got more than what it bargained for.

After years of ducking the question Government has finally made a decision about the future of the edited electoral register. The roll will not be abolished.