MARKET REPORT: Online shopping boom drives sharp rise in paper prices and delivers ‘remarkable’ first quarter for packaging giant Smurfit Kappa By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 30 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 30 April 2021 The online shopping boom has driven a sharp rise in paper prices and delivered … Read more
Chairman of Pearson quits after clashing with shareholders over chief exec’s lavish pay packet By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:08 BST, 22 April 2021 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 22 April 2021 Pay row: Pearson’s chairman Sidney Taurel is stepping down Pearson’s chairman is leaving after clashing with shareholders over the lavish pay packet … Read more
Feeling peckish! Shoplifting seagull sneaks through Co-op doors and helps itself to a packet of crisps The devious seagull was loitering outside the Co-op supermarket in Aberdeen A construction worker exited the supermarket allowing the bird to sneak inside The bird inspected several packets of crisps before picking Salt and Vinegar By Darren Boyle for … Read more
DS Smith was in high demand as chatter grew that Mondi is mulling a takeover bid for the box-making behemoth. The City rumour mill has been churning out this speculation for a while – and both companies’ swift ‘no comment’ responses to Bloomberg reports did little to dampen investors’ enthusiasm. Before the pandemic, packaging firms … Read more
It costs a packet! The man who makes protective blankets for homeless people by ironing together 77 used crisp wrappers Miley Porritt is using his ironing business to help the homeless keep warm Porritt, 23, had once been a rough sleeper himself and knows the challenges His crisp packet blankets can be used to line … Read more
Marine biologist finds empty packet of salt and vinegar Golden Wonder crisps dating back to before 1971 decimalisation on Scottish beach Dr Lauren Smith found the snack priced at 4d at Ythan Estuary in Aberdeenshire Dated back to before Britain adopted currency in multiples of 10 and 100 in 1971 She found bottle of Fairy … Read more
Marine biologist finds empty packet of salt and vinegar Golden Wonder crisps dating back to before 1971 decimalisation on Scottish beach Dr Lauren Smith found the snack priced at 4d at Ythan Estuary in Aberdeenshire Dated back to before Britain adopted currency in multiples of 10 and 100 in 1971 She found bottle of Fairy … Read more
He’s not afraid of the big bad wolf! Student nurse finds ‘evil’ Percy Pig with one ear and demonic expression in her packet Student nurse Millie Watkins bought a packet of Percy Pig sweets from M&S Ms Watkins spotted the freak sweet at her home in Worcester, West Midlands She took a photograph of the … Read more
Chocolate that’s 99% carbon free… but costs you £24.95 for 180g! New brand being stocked at Fortnum & Mason claims to be the first with no virtually adverse effect on environment Sailboat Chocolate is said to be 99 per cent free of carbon emissions New brand says it is first to have virtually no adverse … Read more
Boris Johnson’s 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants was based on ‘back of the fag packet calculations’ and not advocated by Sage, Government sources have claimed. Insiders said the tightening of coronavirus restrictions departed from the advice given by the Prime Minister’s top scientists and was not grounded in thorough research. Members of Sage, the … Read more