The Canadian government has launched public consultations on plain packaging requirements for tobacco products, in an effort to protect Canadians against the dangers of tobacco use. The ruling will regulate the size and shape of tobacco ...
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UK retail footfall in February was 1.1% down on a year ago – lower than the 1.2% rise seen in January and the three-month average rate of -0.8% – according to the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor. ...
Tags: BRC, Retail football, Goverment support
The family business behind one of Australia’s top selling exported wine brands, Yellow Tail, is establishing UK branch to market its wine across Europe. Casella Family Brands is a wine company based at Yenda in the NSW Riverina. ...
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Fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), in partnership with foodservice packaging specialist International Paper Foodservice Europe, has developed a plastic-free paperboard food bucket in the UK and Ireland. Designed to replaces ...
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Lara Singer joins the company new soft lines division, where she will cover bags, umbrellas and hats. As Sambro begins its new growth plans, the company has revealed it will be introducing a new soft lines division, with a new appointment ...
Tags: Sambro, Appointments, Lara Singer, Head of softlines
House prices in the UK will see an average increase of 6% over the course of next year, according to the RICS housing forecast for 2016. With house prices predicted to rise across the whole of the UK in 2016, East Anglia is continuing the ...
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Finland-based consumer and specialty packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki is expanding manufacturing capacity at its molded fiber packaging plant in Lurgan, Northern Ireland to better serve the growing egg market in the UK and Ireland. Work ...
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The UK waste management companies are calling for minimization of Christmas waste through recycling and re-use methods, after the UK government disclosed alarming figures on Britain’s wrapping paper wastage amounting to 227,000 miles. ...
On October 21, witnessed by President Xi Jinping and the Prime Minister Cameron, Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng signed with the British Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Sajid Javid and the British Secretary ...
Tags: Trade and Investment Cooperation, Development Cooperation, Memorandum
Brazilian meat producer JBS has completed the acquisition of European poultry company Moy Park for $1.5bn from Marfrig Global foods, following an approval from the European Union. The deal, which was announced in June, required certain ...
Lakeland Dairies has opened a €10m logistics facility at its foodservice dairy processing complex in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. The new centre features advanced technology, robotic systems, 14,000 individual pallet ...
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Cromwell Polythene has launched a new packaging division, and announced changes in its sales force in the UK. The packaging arm of Cromwell will supply general purpose bags, including food grade polythene bags and liners, and a range of ...
UK-based establishment McColgan's Quality Foods is planning to invest in new equipment and a packing and dispatch facility in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The £7.3m investment is expected to increase the company's export sales ...
Funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Invest Northern Ireland (InvestNI) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) government agencies through the US-Ireland R&D Partnership program, over €1m has been awarded for the project ...
Northern Ireland's Poultry giant Moy Park has invested in its 18,500ft2 poultry development house in Colorado to bring together best farming practices, leading technology and science under one roof. As reported in The Poultry Site, Moy ...