Environment

A UK company has launched an innovative family of certified biodegradable substrates aimed at backlit and window film applications, which it said were unique and comparable in price to conventional...

Lord Young's latest report on boosting UK business calls for the abolition of PQQs on public sector contracts worth less than 200,000 and the removal of the Start-Up Loan scheme's age cap.

Kent-based Swan Mill Paper Company has been fined following an HSE investigation into an incident in which an employee was crushed by a forklift truck.

The packaging sector has questioned the wisdom of Waitrose plans to halve its packaging by 2016 to save nearly 100 tonnes of packaging annually.

Litho printer Park Lane Press has won an environmental award for using green measures inside and outside its base including waterless kit and rainwater harvesting.

Business organisations have given evidence at a parliamentary inquiry into the practice of late payment and its impact on UK SMEs.

The BPIF is to compile a report on a two-year project, backed by the European Commission which aimed to encourage more SMEs to take up the European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).

Firefighters have brought a major fire under control at a midlands paper facility.

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) will be among a raft of business and industry representatives giving evidence at a cross party meeting next week examining the impact of late payment on SMEs.

A consultation into the opportunities for waste reduction in Wales includes the possibility of expanding its carrier bag charge scheme to packaging.