UK based packaging and label company, Macfarlane Group has agreed to acquire Colton Packaging Teesside for £1.25m. Employing eight people, Colton Packaging Teesside is a unit of Colton Packaging, a Leicester based distributor of ...
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An innovative research project has received a share from UK government’s £38.2m prize to include Formula 1 technology to make family cars lighter, more fuel efficient and help plug-in vehicles to improve mileage. A consortium ...
Tags: F1 Technology, Family cars, Fuel efficient, Plug-in vehicles
Spectra Packaging will be appearing at next month’s Packaging Innovations Show in Birmingham. For the sixth year in succession, Spectra will be exhibiting at the prestigious UK packaging event to premier their very latest innovative ...
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) is calling on the Federal Government to apply heavier taxes to cheap alcohol including wine sold in casks. Although the wine cask was invented in South Australia in the 1960s, the RACP ...
UK based independent plastic pallet and pallet box distributor, Goplasticpallets.com has launched new APB 1210 heavy duty plastic scale pallet, which helps determine the exact weight which the pallet is carrying to avoid risk of ...
Tags: Goplasticpallets.com, APB 1210 Plastic Pallet, Overloading
The move by the Government will see the current minimum wage upped from £6.70 per hour to £7.20 this month. But the news has our indie retail panel calling for a reassessment of 'already squeezed margins'. The livng wage ...
Tags: Touhub, The toy store, Kerrison store, Living wages
The workshop uses K'NEX Education kits to explore the STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) principles behind rollercoasters. K’NEX has kicked off a year-long partnership with Thorpe Park with the launch of its ...
Tags: K'NEX, K'NEX Education, Thorpe park, STEM
The firm, merging mobile gameplay with physical toys, wants to make sure the High Street is "Loved as well",despite its debut product initially being sold exclusively via Amazon. New toy firm Jumo believes that its ...
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The Centre for Process Innovation is looking to position the UK as a world leader in the field of packaging that uses NFC tech. Hasbro has joined the Centre for Process Innovation's three year project to boost the adoption of packaging ...
Tags: Hasbro, smart Packaging
May's Match.com Nights will have a games theme thanks to the partnership. Match, the most successful dating service in the UK, is teaming with Bananagrams to bring a games theme to its popular Match.com Nights in May. The Nights, ...
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With the firm set to celebrate its 60th anniversary this year, consumer research has been the driver behind the company's bold new direction, encompassing staff changes and fresh kits for casual users. As Revell gears up to celebrate its ...
Tags: Revell, Model kits, Junior kits, 60th anniversary
SpeciaLase, which is a partnership between DataLase Ltd., the UK headquartered specialiser of inline digital printing, and SATO Corporation, a provider of Auto-ID solutions, is cementing its future in the Asia-Pacific region with the ...
Tags: SpeciaLase, DataLase Ltd, SATO Corporation, Auto-ID solutions
The retailer is set to take over a unit at Ashford Retail Park in Sevington. Toy store Smyths has revealed it is set to take over a unit at Ashford Retail Park in Sevington. The unit, which is currently home to PC World, will boast a ...
Pabst Brewing Company has announced an expanded partnership with C&C Group plc to promote Pabst brands in the UK and Ireland. Under the terms of the agreement, C&C will become the exclusive distributor of several Pabst brands. In addition ...
Tags: Pabst Brewing Company, Appointment, C&C Group, Pabst brands
Autumn Fair, organised by i2i Events Group, has been shortlisted for Best Trade Show in this year’s Exhibition News (EN) awards. Best Trade Show is the most hotly-contested of all EN Awards and this time around is open to any ...
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