Environment
New ISO standard 'will be increasingly important to print buyers'
A new ISO standard has mapped out a common method for calculating the carbon footprint of printed products.
Privatisation plan raises hackles and hopes in equal measure
There's little doubt that Royal Mail bosses welcome the government's long-awaited pledge to privatise the group, but for some in the print industry, it's a poison pen letter, tainted with the threat...
UK employers need to get clued up on pension obligations
Retiring to the Costa Blanca, becoming a golf pro, turning a small back lawn into a veritable Kew Gardens. All visions that have for most people of late, begun to seem rather distant and ambitious...
Royal visit marks opening of James Cropper pioneering recycling plant
Paper group James Cropper has developed technology capable of recycling millions of disposable coffee cups into the highest-quality papers for luxury brands.
Paperlinx opens Shanghai office and mulls China imports
Paperlinx has opened an office in Shanghai, China to serve as its Asia sales office and also offer a route to expand its European portfolio of products manufactured in Asia.
Late payment inquiry presents recommendations
A cross-party parliamentary inquiry into the impact of late payments on SMEs has published 11 recommendations to government on tackling the issue.
Government's Royal Mail float heightens strike threat
Business secretary Vince Cable finally confirmed yesterday that the government is to privatise the Royal Mail, drawing an angry response from the CWU, which once again raised the spectre of industrial...
Media Print Group claims print management carbon first
West Midlands-based print management company Media Print Group has achieved Carbon Balanced status, which certification partner PaperlinX believes makes it the the first UK print management company to...
Will forest pledge be enough to rehabilitate APP?
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) promised to end to all deforestation across Indonesia in a new Forest Conservation Policy (FCP) published to a surprised, if not sceptical, world on 5 February.
Spending review receives mixed response
Industry heads have called for the government to maintain investment in business, following the Spending Review on Wednesday (26 June).