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Autumn Budget 2025 offers mixed signals for packaging sector

The UK Autumn Budget 2025 has drawn cautious responses from stakeholders in the packaging and recycling sectors.

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Fifty-five organisations sign on to new UK packaging pact

Fifty-five founding organisations have signed up to the UK Packaging Pact, a voluntary agreement aimed at overhauling how packaging is designed, used and recovered nationwide.

Valmet to rebuild Wuzhou Special Paper’s recycled board machine

The investment will convert Wuzhou Special Paper’s recently relocated machine to recycled fluting and liner grades.

Lego moves majority of packing lines from plastic to paper bags 

56% of its packing lines for Lego bricks have swapped single-use plastic bags for paper-based ones. 

Small brands, big packaging compliance burden

Small brands face the same packaging rules as global players—but with fewer people, tighter budgets and no compliance department.

Ardagh Group loss deepens in Q3 2025 despite growth in revenue  

The company generated revenues of $2.5bn for the quarter ended 30 September 2025, up from $2.39bn in the same period of 2024. 

Palm Group picks 50% stake in Czech company Power Packaging 

The investment broadens Palm's packaging division’s capabilities in tailored corrugated solutions.