Hundreds of Spar stores throughout the UK are converting their fluorescent lighting to LED fittings. The owners and operators of 130 Spar franchises in Northern Ireland and Scotland are installing the Nualight Blaze LED fixtures into ...
"We knew there was basalt in the Norwegian Sea – but we were still surprised when we found 100-metre thick columnar basalt underneath the extrusive basalt which covers large areas in the western Norwegian Sea," says an excited Robert ...
Tags: Oil News, Gas News, Rov Expedition, Norwegian Sea
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Northern Ireland has launched a campaign to keep contaminated milk out of the supply. The agency conveyed 'Protect your milk supply' message to dairy farmers, urging them to keep contaminated milk out of ...
Tags: Contaminated Milk, Food
Arthur J Gallagher, an Illinois-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, has acquired the Giles Group of Companies (Giles) of London, for an undisclosed sum. Giles operates as an independent retail broker with ...
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The FSA is warning dairy farmers not to be tempted to add milk from other sources into their own supply. This is illegal, could potentially introduce contaminants and ultimately comprises the integrity of the milk supply. This comes as an ...
Tags: Illegal Milk, Dairy Farmers
JDO Brand Design & Innovation has joined forces with Diageo Ireland to create new look for its Harp Lager brand. Diageo has developed new look for Harp to restore some of the brand's heritage, and to increase its relevance to a new ...
An increasing level of confidence in the economic outlook across both Europe and the rest of the world is having a positive impact on wool prices, according to British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) Chairman Malcolm Corbett. Speaking at ...
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Anti-tobacco activists in Ireland have condemned as inadequate the latest tobacco duty rise of 10 cents, according to a story in Northern Ireland's Belfast Telegraph. The Irish Cancer Society accused the government of applying a ...
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The units give carton makers the capability to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and safety of their end-of-line packing operations. Boxpak Limited of Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, was the first UK company to install the universal ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Carton Makers
ANTARIS SOLAR, a leading provider of solar technology, has teamed up with Blue Build Energy, the leading renewable energy company in Northern Ireland, in an exclusive partnership agreement. Blue Build Energy will now include ANTARIS SOLAR ...
Over the weekend at the Liberal Democrat party conference, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that England will follow Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland in charging shoppers for bags. Speaking to Packaging News, Incpen ...
The news comes as the government announced that supermarkets and large stores will be imposing a compulsory charge of 5p on carrier bags. The FPA, who represent the UK manufacturers and distributors of foodservice packaging including a ...
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Minister Durkan's department had previously proposed increasing the levy from 5p to 10p from April 2014. However, Durkan said provisional figures showing a large reduction single use bag numbers had convinced him to drop the planned ...
Tags: Plastic Bag, Packaging, Printing
According to reports this morning (Saturday 14 September), Clegg will announce at this weekend's Liberal Democrat party conference that the charge has been adopted as government policy and will be introduced in 2015. Money from the charge ...
Flynns Fine Foods, a Northern Ireland-based food company, has entered into administration as it experienced deterioration in trading, resulting in the loss of 40 jobs. Based in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, Flynns Fine Foods packaged and ...
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