Sub-Editor, Author at FMCG CEO

Virtual working versus ‘the new normal’0
- Features
- December 10, 2020
COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on the way we work. Packaging design agencies, like all businesses, have had to adapt to rules and restrictions while trying to maintain meaningful client contact and quality service. Here, we speak with two agency heads, Brett Goldhawk (Ziggurat) and Bic Bicknell (Brown&co) with contrasting views on whether the
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Circular economy at a crossroads 0
- Features
- December 10, 2020
Sustainable business models for a circular economy require collaboration and investment in research, writes Shawn Welch Even before Covid-19 presented an opportunity to establish ‘a new normal’, we were rapidly approaching a tipping point for packaging. While the change in consumers’ environmental consciousness is positive, its urgency means that finding the quickest solution does not
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Hold fast: Better times ahead 0
- Company Profile
- December 8, 2020
Peter Wilson, Group MD of Cory Brothers, discusses the unprecedented challenges currently being faced by the freight sector In times of great adversity, we really learn who we are. Even though we are in Lockdown II, it is still business as usual. The resilience and experience gained from 178 years of trading resonates throughout the
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Making the impossible, possible 0
- Features
- December 8, 2020
Rodney Steel, Chief Executive of the BCMPA, the Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics, reflects on how its members have adapted to overcome the challenges of 2020, and by doing so, made themselves better prepared for the future. “2020 has undoubtedly been a year that has demonstrated the art of the possible,” said
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