In a move to help boost recycled packaging the UK’s four largest supermarkets including Morrisons have announced a new labelling scheme which promotes customers to return any qualifying packaging to their store to be recycled. The new scheme uses a new labelling...
As with most of our labelling products, the unit price drops as the quantity of the order goes up. So, ordering 1,000 labels may cost you 15 pence per label dependant upon on the label size and choice of material. However, if the order quantity is increased to 3,000...
More and more these days drivers are being urged think about the journeys they take and its impact on the environment. In a move to help educate drivers on the benefits of Biofuels, the Department for Transport launched the ‘Know Your Fuel’ campaign. The scheme will...
Belfast City Airport has recently completed work on upgrades to a new luxury departure lounge. The work includes improvements to the main halls including new ergonomic furniture which is commonly seen in workspaces. Hubs have also be installed with digital device...
Nearly 50,000 school children in Glasgow are to get their own iPad to help with lessons. The project will see every pupil from primary school year 6 up to the last year of secondary school given their own device to keep, while all other pupils will have shared access...
Food is usually seen as healthy or unhealthy and good for you or bad. Many companies promote this to their advantage in the style and content of their branding and packaging. Suggesting that their products are healthy, it may be more complicated than that. Food...
The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed into the moon during a failed landing attempt on April 11. In doing so, it may have strewn the lunar surface with thousands of dehydrated tardigrades. The Israeli spacecraft was a robotic lander. Though it didn’t...
A warehouse is such an important function for any trading business, therefore using up to date and reliable products is vital in ensuring efficient logistics. With most warehouses coming under rigorous demand, equipment and products must be able to survive this...
The smartphone repair market has enjoyed dramatic growth in previous years and even though it is not growing as much as it has, the figures continue to improve year on year. Businesses have a huge target market from all ages and genders, with a high demand – this is...
Custom Labels UK is currently producing several equipment tags for Mantech Safety Solutions which is an independent engineering company with a focus on safety systems, including access ladder systems, fall restraint and rescue, barrier systems and walkaways. Due to...
The plant hire firm Selwood has begun testing on a QR code labelling system which will be applied to each item plant equipment. The system will allow the user to scan a unique QR via a smartphone or tablet giving access to a range of supporting documents. These...
The Aerospace and Transport company Bombardier has entered an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to sell the CRJ regional aircraft program for a reported $550 million. Under the agreement, the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will acquire maintenance, support,...
Bizarre new EU food labelling regulations have been approved by the EU parliaments agriculture committee that could see veggie alternative foods rebranded as discs, tubes and slabs in place of the traditional burger, sausage and steak. Vegan campaign groups see this...
Major building work on the passenger terminal at Jersey Airport is on course to begin in early Autumn this year. The work will include a new 30-metre zone which is needed to ensure that the terminal follows other UK airports guidelines, following a terrorist...
The hassle of looking for spare change in stores, petrol stations and many other outlets may be over – a company in Australia called NPP (New Payments Platform) are working closely with banks and merchants to provide a scan-to-pay (via a QR code) service in its...
The SGC 250 a ring-based heavy lift crane boasting a maximum lifting moment of 250,000 tonne/metres was christened ‘Big Carl’ at Sarens’ manufacturing facility in Belgium in November 2018. Once delivery of the crane has been finalised it will undertake heavy-duty...
Technology provider OAL Connected has created a working solution to read the newly implemented inline data barcodes. Tesco supermarkets has recently implemented these data embedded barcodes on all of its meat products in its Jack’s stores, with plans to introduce this...
In a UK first, Sainsbury’s supermarket is trialling new scan, pay and go technology that will allow customers in a London Clapham convenience store to pay for products in-store using their smartphone. The pilot reflects consumers’ desire for convenience, time-saving...
The food ordering company Zomato has introduced a new 100% tamper-proof packaging to add an extra layer of security to their food deliveries. The company has piloted the ‘Zomato Security Sealed’ initiative in Delhi, Mumbai and six other major cities within India....
Metallised labels are labels can be produced from metal or aluminium foil and applied to a product to provide information related to the product. Polypropylene and polyester labels with a Metallised finish are self-adhesive and are also known as Metallised labels....
In August 2017 two HP computers were sent up to the International Space Station, as part of an experiment. Three months after their intended return they have still not came back to Earth, as they were supposed to. The experiment was to test the durability of the...
School security guidance -a guide for preventing crime in schools by Greater Manchester Police, recommends the use of anti-tamper stickers. Anti-tamper stickers can already be found in many UK schools and are also known as tamper-evident stickers or ultra-destruct...
A new labelling system has been developed that is 100% accurate in analysing whether a product is fake. The system assigns individual items with a label, called a tag, that corresponds with a unique fingerprint. Many buyers may purchase a new designer watch or handbag...
Whenever you make your next purchase at a retail outlet, take a close look at the cash till. There’s a good chance is that it has a label on it with an asset number for example Asset #12345678 or something similar. And, if you were able to look at the stores managers...
The kilogram as we’ve known since 1889 has a very simple definition: It’s the mass of a platinum-iridium alloy that’s been kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Sèvres, France. The weight is called the International Prototype Kilogram a.k.a. Big...
The simplest way to ensure cables can be identified as compliant will be with a CPR label. The label became a legal requirement for companies on 1st July 2017. All electrical professionals must understand and be able to quickly identify the legal product requirements...
The quality of health data is essential to providing high standards of support to patients and that quality relies on a company’s hardware assets and the health of the equipment. The NHS lose an estimated £13m every year because of stolen and lost equipment. A...
Viridor, a company that specialises in recycling and resources and energy has put in place a first for industry, a scheme for recycling hard hats. The aim of the scheme is to prevent the many thousands of plastic hard hats going into landfill. Hard hats will change...
As Christmas day looms closer and closer, businesses are out to tempt you to buy your gifts from them. This naturally competitive market has recently seen a large shift towards online buying. This is generally seen as being more hassle free and in most occasions is...
Christmas, with all the gifts you need to buy, wrapping you need to do and food you need to prepare can be one of the most stressful times of year, even more so now we’re down to the final two weeks of last-minute gift buying. To help you through the next stressful...
Based in Somerset UK, Custom Labels is a specialist label printer producing a vast range of self-adhesive labels. Established in 1997, this company has enjoyed continued growth to become a leading specialist in the UK label printing business. New larger premises and...
The MET has reported that the UK’s Heatwaves are lasting twice as long as 50 years ago, common ice days are disappearing, and tropical nights are starting to occur in the North East, according to a Met Office report. This is the first study of climate extremes in the...
With the media’s focus on Pret A Manger during the last month and more widely the catering industry there has never been a greater need for clearer food labelling. Many have called on the government to make changes to the current legislation, with Michael Gove saying...
A recent report has confirmed that the UK film and TV industry generated a massive £7.9 billion in 2016, which is a record figure. This is reported to have generated around 137,000 jobs in 2016 alone. This has been great for the British economy with HM Revenue and...
A new generation of iPhones were announced by Apple at their annual WWDC (World-Wide Developers Conference) on 12th September at the newly built Steve Jobs Theatre. Three new top-of-the-range smartphones were to be released: iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR....
The theft of assets from the UK construction industry estimated to be an estimated £800million per year the industry continues to be easy prey for opportunistic thieves. With the warning of growing crime statistics, construction sites owners and tradesmen leave...
Costa Coffee was bought by Coca Cola last week from Whitbread in a deal worth 3.9bn. Whitbread had plans in place to spin off the chain as a separate entity, but the price received from Coca Cola was deemed to be far higher than if Costa had been demerged into a...
Are you aware that as of 9th February 2019 a new EU directive has been agreed for all pharmaceutical products? There have been huge problems across the EU whereby falsified ingredients and inaccurate dosages have been claimed on many pharmaceutical products. This has...
Trauma Identification Labels Working in collaboration with a leading NHS teaching hospital, Custom Labels Ltd have put together a comprehensive Trauma Team catalogue of self adhesive disposable Trauma Team labels. These labels have been printed in specific colours, in...
In this time of mergers and acquisitions understanding the value of having a complete asset database makes these processes more simple. Company assets come in all forms and Custom Labels Ltd manufacture asset security labels that are suitable for all types of...
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