Austria-based Greiner Packaging has announced plans to invest £2.2m in new equipment at its Dungannon plant in Ireland. By installing In-Mould Labelling (IML) technology, the company hopes to expand demand for its products to take ...
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Apple has been accused of being one of the largest tax avoiders in the US, by a powerful committee of US senators. The company's chief executive, Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and head of tax operations, Philip Bullock, will appear ...
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Amazon is the latest tech firm to have question marks hanging over the extent of its business activities that are carried out in the UK. The e-commerce firm, which also owns TV and film streaming service LoveFilm and cloud platform Amazon ...
Linden Foods plans to invest £5m to expand operations at its meat processing facility in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK, creating 179 new jobs. A majority of the new positions created by the expansion will be in ...
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The UK’s largest poultry processor Moy Park has announced a strong recovery in trading performance for last year, with pre-profits up to 24.4M for 2012 for 2012, compared with 4.8M in 2011. Moy Park delivered a strong performance in ...
Best International Tea, a North American importer of SD Bell products from the UK, has introduced new British chocolate, which will be an addition to its range of gourmet products. SD Bell & Co. has been producing chocolate, tea and ...
Hydro International has launched The Hydro StormTrain Series, a comprehensive toolbox of surface water treatment devices in anticipation of the growing need to remove silts, sediments and other pollutants from stormwater runoff. Through ...
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Indian outsourcing and services company Infosys has teamed up with Queen's University Belfast to conduct joint research into the global cyber security threat. The partnership brings together Queen's University Belfast's Centre for Secure ...
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Northern Ireland has introduced a 5p levy on the sale of all plastic shopping bags in the region in order to stop their usage. The tax, which will apply to all single use bags including plastic, paper and other natural materials, is ...
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The levy on plastic carrier bags means that retailers must charge consumers and the proceeds of the tax will be forwarded to the Department of the Environment. The department is targeting an 80% reduction in the use of carrier bags as a ...
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Mouldable chocolate product Magic Choc has scooped the Creative Services accolade at The Irish Times Inter-Trade-Ireland Innovation Awards. It beat two other finalists to win - vStream Group's 5D video product and a Fire-Blast Protection ...
Officials from Unite the union are meeting Moy Park management today (March 20) in a bid to save 300 jobs at the firm's Wisbech poultry products factory in Cambridgeshire. Union officials and Moy Park management are meeting today to ...
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UK-based supermarket chain Tesco has recalled a line of its own brand frozen meat loaf after tests revealed that the product contained 2% to 5% horsemeat. The frozen meatloaf is labelled as Simply Roast Meatloaf. It was manufactured by ...
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The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) bestowed its Product of the Year Award on Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, for a microwaveable bacon package for Embotits Espina, a ...
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Following the success of its UK winter tour last Christmas, Moshi Monsters Magic Choc is hitting the road with a tour of Smyths Toys Superstores throughout Ireland. Starting Monday, March 25th in Smyths Toys Superstores in Jervis St, ...
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