Environment

Vince Cable has announced plans to raise the national minimum wage for apprentices from £2.73 to £3.79 per hour ahead of his speech this afternoon at the Liberal Democrat's annual party conference in...

The government has announced an inquiry into competition in the UK postal sector, including downstream access and end-to-end delivery, as well as the impact of parcel delivery services on the...

In an interim management statement, DS Smith announced that it had made progress in line with its plans. The statement was released prior to the firm's AGM, which was held on 17 September.

A client rings you up and asks whether you can offer them something different, a little twist that will make their latest marketing campaign stand out. You pause briefly, and then you reply: “How...

Hollanders Printing Systems has ramped up production of its Fespa Digital-launched ColorBooster CB250 textile printer after it received an “an unprecedented number of orders” for the entry-level...

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has pulled back on plans to make its proposed Online Claims Platform (OCP) mandatory to all certificate holders and has delayed its launch until early 2015.

Heidelberg has strengthened its UK colour certification team and made it more regionally focused as a reaction to the growing number of ISO 12647-2 certifications and to implement pressroom-wide print...

AB Group Packaging and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) are encouraging brand owners, retailers and consumers to use more paper bags as an alternative to plastic.

Direct mail suppliers to charities and financial services businesses could face crippling backdated VAT bills according to the DMA, which has warned that many printers could be sitting on a "VAT...

The five-figure investment required to secure the EU Ecolabal was a price well worth paying.