Biscuit International has acquired UK-based gluten and milk-free biscuit manufacturer Northumbrian Fine Foods (NFF) from CriSeren Foods. NFF produces Prewett’s range of branded biscuits and also supplies supermarket own-label ...
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“With 25 years of experience in the gift industry and a passion for art and craft products, Cuckoo is the most natural and perfect fit for Skinny Sketcher,” said founder and director Gillian Logan. Skinny Sketcher has ...
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Graphic Packaging International (GPI) has created new Christmas packaging for Cadbury’s Mini Rolls. The Cracker design is the latest example of GPI's highly creative packaging for Premier Foods, coming hot on the heels of their ...
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Dreams will open its first store in the North-east in Portrack Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, on Friday. The first of six new store openings in the region, including a forthcoming unit in Gateshead, the launch of the Stockton-on-Tees store has ...
Yorkshire-based PFF Packaging has acquired Thermopak which specialises in manufacturing moulded trays and carriers for the food industry for an undisclosed amount. PFF group will now control Thermopak's 65,000 ft2 manufacturing facility ...
British packaging company Benson Group will be exhibiting its premium carton board packaging solutions for the gift trade at Top Drawer in London’s Olympia this January. Benson primarily produces printed folding cartons for the food ...
Barker and Stonehouse, the UK's largest family-owned independent furniture retailer, recorded an increase for year-on-year Boxing Day sales last week. Total sales across eight of the company's nine UK stores (Barker and Stonehouse's ninth ...
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There is something gratifying about building and reconstructing something that was once in shambles. It's almost like giving that item a whole new chance, and that is exactly what Xsite Architecture and Philips Lighting did. Part of a ...
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Sunderland's National Glass Centre will reopen this weekend after work was completed on a £2.3million refit. Bosses today revealed the venue would remain free of charge to visitors and promised a whole host of new exhibitions and ...
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The folding carton manufacturer has bought an Aquaflex 900F plate processor. The site had previously used a mix of its own hand-prepared cut-out blankets and plates provided by an external supplier. Plates are originated by producing a ...
The Tyne and Wear Metro - which opened in 1980 and serves Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland - has had 500 new LED lights installed across its network in a bid to bring its operational costs and ...
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AkzoNobel, the world’s leading global paints and coatings company, is today announcing that it has signed a partnership with The Sage Gateshead. The Sage Gateshead, an international venue for music and musical discovery, uses ...
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The datacentre business of bankrupt 2e2 has been acquired by Oakley Capital Private Equity in an eleventh hour deal. The acquisition will save existing users from either having to pay up to keep the datacentre going or migrating to an ...
The administrators of bankrupt 2e2 have demanded upfront cash payments from 2e2 datacentre customers to keep the facilities open and operating. Users have until 5pm today to pledge funds to the administrators, who are seeking £960,000 ...
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London-based projection artist Ross Ashton, returned to Gateshead's Saltwell Park for the Enchanted Parks 2012 event, with a large format show Glass House celebrating the work of Victorian stained glass artist, William Wailes. The six and ...
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