The two day show will focus on the latest trends and innovations in packaging materials, designs and concepts, with dedicated Ecopack and Contract Pack areas. Alison Church, event director for easyFairs’ UK packaging events, said: ...
Tags: packaging materials, designs, concepts, Packaging
The short term support package announced by the UK Chancellor has been welcomed by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) which said that it will be of enormous help to those struggling to keep their businesses open on the high street. The ...
Tags: rates system, existing system, Apparel
Politicians from the three main political parties had a spirited debate last night on the future of intellectual property policy after the General Election. Panellists from the political parties were Mike Weatherley MP (Conservative), Iain ...
Tags: Political Parties, IP Question, Furniture
A review of the chain of responsibility duties provides an opportunity for the transport industry to have a say in how these laws could be improved and encourage safer behaviour on our roads, says the NTC. The National Transport ...
Tags: transport industry, Heavy Vehicle, Service
With a Labor Government elected in the State of Victoria over the weekend, the major supermarkets may be seeing opportunities to move into new business sectors, if Labor implements some of its election promises. Last week Victorian ...
Tags: supermarkets, medical advice, Agriculture
The BOSS Federation will be holding a one day conference considering the ‘Future of the Office Products Industry’ on 14 January 2015 at the prestigious St Bride Foundation in London. The event is completely free to BOSS members ...
Tags: Office Products, Office Supplies
The first Toy & Game Inventors Workshop took place in September, as budding toy creators grasped the opportunity to pitch their ideas to some of the biggest companies in the industry. Billy Langsworthy reviews the event and explains how it ...
Tags: Toy&Game Inventors, Toys
We all need to eat – and that means we all need food packaging, with most of us handling some form of food pack several times every day. Whether it’s the cereal box at breakfast, the sandwich packet at lunch, perhaps a snack in ...
Tags: food packaging, food pack
Each variation of the jigsaw puzzle will contain 1,000 pieces and the boxes will be colour coded to reflect the different political parties. Jumbo Games' next Wasgij Imagine… puzzle will be based around the possible fictitious ...
Tags: Wasgij Puzzles, General Election Toys, Toys
"Let's just say, the action figures have taken an 'indefinite sabbatical'" said Toys R Us, as counter petition launches. Toys R Us in the US has removed a range of Breaking Bad action figures following an online petition. Florida's ...
A few days ago, I was in Washington, DC for a conference. On the sidelines of the conference, I met some American friends. We had an interesting discussion about China-US relations. It seems to me that a debate is going on in the United ...
Tags: China-US Relationship, Opinion
While the U.S. e-commerce market across the board continues to grow faster than brick-and-mortar retailing, the biggest players in e-commerce are growing at a significantly faster rate than their smaller counterparts as they are able to ...
Tags: e-commerce market, Sporting Goods