Environment
Funding for Lending figures show decline in net business lending to SMEs
Net lending to SMEs from the 34 banks that are participating in the one year extension to the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) declined by £1.3bn in Q2-Q4 2013 while net lending to households from the...
Print (on paper) saves the planet
Jo Francis is excited by scientific research that sounds like good news for paper.
Euro MPs approve new tobacco legislation
The European Parliament has formally approved changes to the Tobacco Products Directive paving the way for EU member states to independently introduce further amendments such as plain packaging.
Komori and Technotrans to partner at Ipex
The new Technotrans beta.c.eco circulator will be showcased with Komori’s Lithrone GL 540 press with H-UV curing technology, at the show.
Make sure you spell out your IP protection
Intellectual property, or IP, may not be your most pressing concern right now. But if you are not careful it could soon become so.
Treasury stumps up funds for contaminated print site
The government has confirmed that it will provide £255,000 towards the clean-up costs on the former site of a Victorian printworks.
Packaging industry warns of potential impact of plain tobacco packaging
The head of a packaging lobby group has given evidence warning government that standardising tobacco packaging could increase the illicit tobacco trade in the UK.
The writing is on the wall for unsafe sign installations
It’s a situation so horrendous it hardly bears thinking about. Just over a year ago, a man was killed in Camden by a falling shop front hoarding. Without even taking into account the sizeable fines...
APP marks year anniversary of anti-deforestation commitment
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has published a report marking a year since it announced its intention to end all natural forest clearance in its supply chain through its Forest Conservation Policy (FCP).
Platinum Print poised to install Komori H-UV
Platinum Print has fulfilled its plan to increase production efficiencies by ordering a new Komori Lithrone S429 H-UV press.