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EPR reporting under the 2023 legislation will not be enforced until May 2024

Keep track of changing EPR deadlines, printers warned

Deadlines for English packaging converters to submit Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) reports have been changed further, with the government now saying it will not enforce reporting until May...

Administrators at Wessex Labels expect to put the company into liquidation around the start of 2024. Image: Google Maps

Wessex Labels set for liquidation

Food packaging specialist Wessex Labels, which formerly employed around 20 staff, hit trouble during Covid and was placed into administration by its directors in July this year.

Smurfit Kappa Group’s share price fell following the announcement

Smurfit Kappa and WestRock agree to merger

Smurfit Kappa and WestRock have now confirmed that they are going to combine to create Smurfit WestRock, a global packaging giant that is expected to deliver “attractive returns for shareholders of...

Potential deal "represents a unique opportunity to create value"

Smurfit Kappa and WestRock in merger talks

Packaging giants Smurfit Kappa Group and WestRock, based in Ireland and the US respectively, are discussing a “potential combination” that could lead to the creation of Smurfit WestRock.

The combined business has moved into new offices close to Leeds Dock

Leeds firms move in to new site together following acquisition

Leeds-based print, direct and digital marketing agency Telescope has acquired local specialist communications agency Clearsilver Brand Marketing, with the two businesses now moving in together to new...

Labelexpo Europe last took place in 2019

Labelexpo Europe set for return next week

The first edition of Labelexpo Europe since 2019 will open its doors at Brussels Expo on Monday (11 September).

Royal Mail: letter volumes have fallen from a peak of 20bn per year in 2004/5 to 7bn in 2022/3

CWU weighs in on Ofcom review

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called for postal workers to be involved in Ofcom’s fresh review of the universal postal service, which the union claimed was being “deliberately dismantled”.

The Trucard portfolio will introduce three premium grades

PG Paper relaunches Trucard

Paper merchant PG Paper has partnered with Mosaico Specialty Papers to relaunch the long-established Trucard brand back into the UK market.

HSE: a safe system of work was required to keep operatives safe from harm

Finisher fined after laminator incident

Inadequate guarding on a laminating machine resulted in worker’s hand being crushed and a six-figure fine for a specialist trade finisher.

Royal Mail wants USO requirement to be reduced to a Monday-Friday service

Ofcom readies report on future shape of the universal postal service

Ofcom has launched a project to look into how the universal postal service “might need to evolve to more closely meet consumer needs”.