Jon Hughes
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Agricultural businesses face uniquely complex financial and operational pressures. From unpredictable harvests and machinery costs to succession planning and sustainability compliance, farms operate under conditions that most traditional accounting models cannot capture. Specialist agricultural accountants are therefore essential for navigating relief schemes, managing diversification, and securing long-term business continuity.
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Ian Chapman, Strategic Manager – Digital Coding, Domino, discusses the role of digitalisation in pharma packaging printing, and the value of a trusted partner to deliver more – more agility, more sustainability, more traceability.
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Sweco has won a new engineering framework with Rijkswaterstaat. The agreement supports long-term infrastructure renewal across the Netherlands, tackling rising sea levels and climate resilience through major upgrades to primary networks.
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London Packaging Week 2025 attracted 5,752 visitors to ExCeL London. Attendance rose 15 percent year-on-year, underlining the event’s growing influence across the packaging, design, and materials industries.
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Sizable Energy has raised $8 million to advance ocean-based pumped hydro. The system uses brine and gravity to store grid-scale energy offshore.
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Airbus, Leonardo and Thales have signed an MoU to merge space operations. The agreement would create a unified European space systems and services company, operational by 2027 subject to regulatory approval.
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Chicopee and Sontara are uniting under parent company Magnera. The move consolidates nearly 275 years of expertise into a single, globally aligned strategy, redefining each brand’s market focus and accelerating product innovation, sustainability, and customer support ahead of their joint debut at Interclean 2026.
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Enedis renews deal with ABB to eliminate MV switchgear SF6. The agreement extends a long-running collaboration focused on decarbonising France’s medium-voltage infrastructure and improving grid resilience under growing electrification demand.
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Derby-based Monarch Security has launched an SIA-accredited training centre. The company, founded in 2020, will deliver Highfield-approved qualifications backed by real operational experience — creating new career pathways and raising professional standards across the UK security industry.
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BCMPA’s new competition draws start-up innovation into co-packing. The Association’s Pitch the Co-Packers initiative has sparked strong interest from entrepreneurs across food, beauty, and household sectors. Finalists will pitch to industry judges at February’s NEC show, with winners gaining funding and expert consultancy to scale their products to market.
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