Sofa giant CSL has completed a wholesale rebrand as it revealed it is on target to reach sales of £100m for the first time. By Christmas all 26 of the firm's stores will be operating as Sofaworks as part of the family-owned retailer's ...
Tags: Sofa, Furniture, Furnishing
Finnish packaging products supplier Huhtamaki has acquired the UK-based corrugated packaging manufacturer BCP Fluted Packaging for a purchase price of about €20m. The transaction is part of Huhtamaki's plans to improve the quality as ...
Tags: Fluted Packaging, Packaging
Further to the announcement made on 7 August 2013, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Lancashire Holdings Limited (“Lancashire” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has completed the ...
Tags: Lancashire, Cathedral Capital
Synseals Global Glass division can now toughen twice the glass at its K2 plant in Blackburn, all faster, to a better quality and save energy thanks to an advanced new furnace there. The Tamglass ProConvection unit is both 40% bigger ...
Tags: glass, .decoraiton glass, glass export, Tamglass
Holland's Pies, a UK-based producer of pies, puddings and pastries, is set to introduce a new range of microwavable frozen snacks, the pre-baked microwavable Steak Slice and Sausage Roll. The new products will be available at Tesco stores ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Pies
Lancashire Holdings’ proposed plan to acquire Cathedral Capital Limited, a privately owned Lloyd's insurer, in an all-cash deal worth £266m, has been approved by its shareholders. The transaction, originally signed on 7 ...
Tags: Lancashire Holdings, insurer
The owners of UK-based biscuit manufacturer Burton's Biscuits are set to commence the sale of the company, which is valued at £350m. Burton's is owned by private equity groups Apollo Global Management and Duke Street Capital, and ...
Tessuti, purveyor of the latest designer fashions for men, women and children, announces its latest store location has just opened in Liverpool's premier shopping district, Liverpool One. On two floors, Tessuti's newest location offers ...
Tags: Vivienne Westwood, DKNY
TRM Packaging, a food and drink packaging manufacturer, has ordered for a new £3.2m, 82t Gopfert Impression seven color printing press. The new press, which is being shipped from the Gopfert manufacturing plant in southern Germany ...
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International specialty insurance and reinsurance products provider Lancashire Holdings has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Cathedral Capital Limited, a privately owned Lloyd's insurer, in a deal worth £266m in cash. ...
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John Lewis outlined its support for UK manufacturing by setting a two-year 15 per cent growth target for all sales of goods in its shops that are made in the UK. Sales of UK-sourced products at John Lewis totalled £480m in 2012, ...
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A HISTORICAL privately owned glass collection has gone on public display for the first time at Broadfield House Glass Museum. The collection was put together in the 1960s by Roger Pilkington, a distant relative of the Pilkington ...
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Holland’s Pies, a UK-based producer of pies, puddings and pastries, has secured listing for its frozen range with the independent online retailer, Ocado. The company will provide its frozen pies and puds including its Potato & Meat ...
Tags: Frozen Pies, Food
Design Museum is collaborating with the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board, to deliver a major new exhibition about the sweeping changes in manufacturing that are transforming our world. New manufacturing ...
Tags: Design Museum, Textile Sector
A massive energy farm planned near a Cumbrian village would be equivalent to the size of 40 football pitches. Fears have already been expressed that the proposed 72-acre solar energy park will be an eyesore that will drive tourists away. ...
Tags: Solar Farm, Solar, Energy