Legal & Political

Fabric and wallpaper printer Ivo Textiles has been ordered to pay £71,000 in damages for dumping chemicals and textiles down its drains for four years.

Keir Starmer’s Labour Party will form the next government after winning a majority of around 170 seats – the largest majority since Tony Blair’s 1997 victory.

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election for 4 July, surprising many pundits with an earlier-than-forecast polling date.

Employees at Amcor Packaging’s Workington site have voted for strike action in late May and Early June after declining a 6% pay rise.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget has failed to excite the print and packaging industry, with leaders labelling it “underwhelming” and “unexciting”, despite several concessions that may make life...

Cannabis plants worth millions of pounds have been found growing in an abandoned printing works.

A new law will ban the sale of disposable vapes, and restrict the flavours, packaging, and display options available to reusable vapes, disrupting a profitable market for some printers.

The Communication Warkers’ Union (CWU) has sharply criticised Ofcom after the media regulator’s recommendation to axe Saturday post was leaked to the press.

Industry figures have responded to chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s claims that UK businesses need to invest more in capital to boost productivity.

Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement has been cautiously welcomed by print groups, with several of the chancellor’s 110 announced measures attracting particular praise.