Curtis Fine Papers has won a best environmental practice award for improving business performance through eco-friendly measures. Managing director Keith Chapman, who accepted the prize at the Fife Business Awards, said Curtis had adopted an "environmentally driven" approach.

Renold Chain in Burton on Trent has launched two downloadable catalogues for its range of roller and conveyor chain systems. The 136pp and 144pp manuals contain colour photos, drawings and technical data for engineering designers and maintenance engineers installing or maintaining rollers or conveyors. Visit: www.renold.com

FESPA is launching an e-learning project to help screen printers "bridge the growing skills gap". The interactive educational tool includes graphics, animation and video clips across 40 hours of course work. FESPA general secretary Nigel Steffens said:"It's an undeniable fact the global printing industry faces as kills crisis."

Welsh and Scots MPs are supporting Proskills, the Sector Skills Council for process and manufacturing industries, by appointing national managers. Wales' Andy Bradburn will look at funding, workplace relationships and partnership groups. Paul Coffey, Scotland's national manager, will promote workplace learning. AllanWilson, deputy minister for enterprise and lifelong learning in Scotland, said: "The skills council will have real influence with the government."

OTM in Leicester, part of the Opus Trust Group, is boosting its green credentials thanks to the efforts of Gill Rees. Rees, PA to managing director Kris Prashad, has spent a year working towards an ISO 14001 accreditation for environmental management. She already has a certificate in environmental management from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. In addition, OTM's owner, Peter De Haan, supports several conservation efforts.