SME fund Enact has made a six-figure investment in flexible packaging company Excelsior which specialises in high quality gravure print for the food, confectionery and medical sectors. Enact's investment is aimed at helping Excelsior to ...
Tags: food, confectionery, medical sectors, Agriculture
Hosted by the BTHA, the sessions will feature discussion from some of the industry's leading inventor relations' experts. Young inventors and toy designers are being welcomed to next year’s Toy Fair with a special seminar hosted by ...
Tags: Toy Fair, Young Inventor, Toys
UK-based Plastics Capital has agreed to acquire packaging manufacturer, Flexipol Packaging, for a maximum consideration of £10.64m. Based in Lancashire, Flexipol produces plastic packaging products like vacuum bags, block bottom ...
Cormar Carpets have been voted Best Carpet Manufacturer 2014 by readers of the furnishing trade magazine Interiors Monthly. Award-winning UK carpet manufacturer, Cormar Carpets has been flying the flag for British-made carpet for over 55 ...
Award-winning UK carpet manufacturer Cormar Carpets' extension at its Ramsbottom-based Holme Mill site is more than half way complete and is set to meet the current July completion deadline. The concrete flooring has now been laid, ...
Tags: Cormar Carpet, Floring, Furniture, Furnishing
Based in Lancashire, UK, Reelvision purchased their first Edale FL-5 Carton printing machine in 2007. A few years on and their growth within the industry resulted in the installation of a second Edale FL-5 this time with an FDC included. ...
The plan to expand revenue is backed by an investment of £8 million to increase the capacity of the company's on-site corrugator and the capability of the plant to complement a £3m investment in a seven colour printer in late ...
TRM Packaging has announced plans to grow the turnover of the business to £50m in the next three years. The ambitious plan to expand revenue by a third is backed by an investment of £8 million to increase the capacity of the ...
Tags: TRM Packaging, Package
Robinsons Brewery, a UK-based regional beer maker, has expanded the distribution of its Hoptimum Prime spring seasonal ale to pubs across the nation. In January 2014, Robinsons announced that it will introduce six new handcrafted ales, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Beer
DCC's business Laleham Health & Beauty, which has production facilities in Alton, Hampshire, will be combined with UPL in Kirkham, Lancashire to create a business with sales of more than £75m and 500 staff. The combination will ...
Authorities are being urged to review road lighting on two stretches of the M65. Following a fatal crash in November near junction 8 - a stretch which is managed by the Highways Agency - the Blackburn Coroner has written to the Agency ...
Tags: M65 Road Lights, LED Lighting
Silentnight has invested in a new fleet of 16 state-of-the-art Scania G-Series vehicles, helping the UK bed specialist continue its commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. The new fleet has been given a personal touch by bringing to ...
Safety concerns about an unlit stretch of the M65 have led to a local campaign to get the motorway's defunct road lights switched back on. Following a fatal crash in November, near junction 8 of the motorway, the local newspaper The ...
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The ongoing exhibit at Lancashire’s Harris Museum is offering an insight into the preservation process that goes behind keeping its sumptuous collection of historical costumes forever new. The ‘Behind the Scenes: The ...
Tags: Costume Preservation, Lancashire
British baking firm Warburtons is set to establish a £20m bakery facility in Lancashire, a move which would create 60 jobs. The facility, which will be built next to the company's existing bakery in Billington Road, Burnley, will ...
Tags: Bakery Facility, Warburtons