Artisan ice cream and sorbet maker Taywell has invested £200,000 upgrading its manufacturing and storage capacity following a sharp increase in the company’s sales. Taywell’s turnover rose 70% in the last financial year (ending 31 October 2011) and is on course to double in the current year on the back of many new business wins [...]

KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL* has hailed its 2012 Sustainability Week a big success and pledged to continue demonstrating its commitment to environmentally and socially sound business practices. The event was held at theUKheadquarters of KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL* inReigate,Surrey, from 30 April to 4 May.  It was designed to engage employees and encourage them to take ‘small steps’ to [...]

Visitors to this year’s Caffè Culture show will get the chance see first-hand how Tri-Star’s new Union Jack-themed out-of-home food and beverage packaging could help them cash in on a string of high profile national events this summer. The visually striking Great British range has been designed specifically to enable cafés and coffee shops to [...]

As Father’s Day approaches (Sunday 17 June), it seems that here in the UK dads are getting left behind when it comes to receiving greeting cards. New research[1] conducted by online greeting card specialists, Silverstamp, reveals that only 14% of the UK is more likely to send a Father’s Day card than a Mother’s Day [...]

Silverstamp – www.silverstamp.co.uk – the greeting card website that never forgets has launched a new collection of cards using Seattle-based photographer, writer, artist and filmmaker Christopher Boffoli’s famous ‘Big Appetites’ (Disparity) images. From a young age watching films such as Honey I Shrunk the Kids and The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Christopher was interested in size [...]

UK Strategic Alliances create unique partnerships, investing in coffee farming communities, while promoting social advocacy at home. LONDON, England – Coffee Kids offers a unique, direct and powerful programme that allows coffee businesses to invest in their supply chain while helping farmers in Latin America improve their quality of life. A Strategic Alliance Agreement, also [...]

Nationwide wholesaler Costco is to dedicate increased freezer space to Taywell’s luxury ice creams and sorbets after the brand proved a hit with customers. Kent-based Taywell only began trading with Costco at the beginning of this year, but already the cash & carry chain has asked the company for a range of new flavours and [...]

Britain’s office workers are at just as much risk of catching germs from shaking hands as its Olympic athletes are, according to KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL*. The British Olympic Association provoked a flurry of news headlines last week when Team GB’s Chief Medical Officer, Ian McCurdie, advised athletes to avoid shaking hands with rivals at this summer’s games [...]

Tri-Star Packaging is celebrating after winning a brace of accolades at this year’s Foodservice Packaging Association Awards. The company, which has depots in Glasgow, Manchester, Bury St Edmunds and Enfield, scooped the highly coveted FPA National Distributor Award after topping a poll carried out among the FPA’s manufacturer members. Kevin Curran, Managing Director of Tri-Star, [...]

Intelligas, the gas safety and control systems specialist, is launching a fun new campaign designed to make the best use of new media in promoting its products, while offering the chance to its customers to win £500 worth of power tools. It’s part of a long term effort to persuade installers, specifiers and end-users to [...]