Environment

Recycling is not easy, but it's always possible

When a supplier says a material is 'recyclable', verbally or through this being noted on the product's data sheet, two things will happen. Firstly, if the printer has been keeping abreast of the...

Are your green successes rocking the main stage?

Printers could be forgiven for feeling, of late, a little bit like a small child being reluctantly thrust into the limelight of a school play or circle of expectant relatives.

Eco-packaging is not yesterday's news

When it comes to decisions made in the retail sector, the consumer is king. At the merest whiff of a change in trends, the whole supply chain gears itself to meet the shift.

Improving the outlook for carbon reduction costs

Who wants to save money while also saving the planet? The answer, most would firmly agree, is everyone. And printers are certainly no exception. Which is why signing up to the BPIF's Climate Change...

Environmental glossary

As everyone's favourite long-suffering frog once said: it's not easy being green. And Kermit doesn't even have to contend with the reams of red tape, bamboozling terms and minefield of accreditation...

Budget 2013: Live text

Live updates of the Budget 2013 and the measures that will impact UK print as it happens.

Government commissions pre-pack review

The Insolvency Service has announced an independent review which could see the revival of proposals to give creditors notice ahead of a pre-pack deal.

Osborne expected to push lending scheme

The chancellor George Osborne is expected to revamp the faltering Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) in next week's Budget in a bid to get credit flowing to SMEs.