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The LEGO Group opens its first dedicated manufacturing innovation centre
The facility will accelerate the speed and quality of innovation while also utilising sustainability measures.
Defra reveals nine out of ten packaging producers use non-sustainable materials
The figures have come to light following BagKraft’s Freedom of Information request.
BASF announces the appointment of Lisa Kelly as its Managing Director
Kelly becomes the first woman to serve as Managing Director of BASF plc and BASF Pharma (Callanish).
Klöckner Pentaplast appoints Michael Zacka as Interim CEO
Zacka succeeds Roberto Villaquiran whilst the Board searches for the next CEO.
Biesterfeld expands cooperation with SAERTEX to Norway
SAERTEX manufactures multiaxial non-crimp fabrics (NCF) and composite reinforcement solutions.

Labour MP Mary Creagh has confirmed she is no longer a Defra minister with responsibility for functions such as the circular economy.

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The Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) has warned that delaying mandatory kerbside collections of flexible plastic packaging from March 2027 to 1 April 2030 risks future investment and growth across the UK, slowing progress and weakening the UK's domestic capacity to meet recycled content obligations.

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London Packaging Week 2026 has been reimagined to help packaging professionals discover practical solutions to today's biggest brand and packaging challenges.

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Polytag, the UK data capture and marketing platform for powering the circular economy, can now offer integration with solutions from Videojet Technologies, a global leader in industrial coding and marking solutions.

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Kite Packaging has marked 25 years of business, having grown into one of the UK’s most prominent packaging suppliers.

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Tourists tell BBC how their holiday turned into race to escape fires
Families visiting France have told the BBC how their holidays have become evacuation missions.
Trump takes swipes at press during White House Correspondents' Dinner
The event celebrated press freedom after the first dinner was cancelled by a shooting in April.
Twenty firefighters taken to hospital after explosion in Essex
Essex's chief fire officer praises crews' courage after a blaze spreads to a fertiliser store.
Letters by pre-Smiths Morrissey set for auction
The letters to a Birmingham pen pal were written by the singer between the ages of 14 and 20.
Police declare 'major incident' over Cairngorms wildfire
Some residents in the village of Nethy Bridge have left their homes over the threat the wildfire spreading.