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		<title>Marks &amp; Spencer profits fall for first time in three years</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 09:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Gyekye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail giant Marks &#038; Spencer has posted a fall in profits, and scaled back its plans to substantially increase its sales, blaming the "increasingly challenging consumer backdrop"]]></description>
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		<title>Sone Products bolsters offer with design acquisition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Chadwick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plastics specialist Sone Products has completed the acquisition of design and packaging consultancy Product Revolution]]></description>
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		<title>Client newswrap: M&amp;S could suffer profit dip and bid for Birds Eye</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to this week’s Client Newswrap, bringing you the latest from the world of retailers and brands]]></description>
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		<title>HP prepares to axe up to 30,000 jobs: reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Gyekye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard (HP) is considering cutting up to 30,000 jobs, representing roughly 10% of its workforce, in order to turn around its ailing business, according to media reports]]></description>
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		<title>Tamar Labels buys Ireland-based Labelit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Gyekye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Devon-based label manufacturer Tamar Labels has acquired the assets of Irish self-adhesive label converter Labelit]]></description>
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		<title>BPI rides price pressures with improved performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Gyekye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Polythene Industries has said its trading performance since January was similar to the same period last year despite challenges in raw material prices]]></description>
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		<title>Denny Bros acquires Ditac</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Gyekye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labels group Denny Bros has announced that it has purchased Essex-based Ditac]]></description>
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		<title>Cermex expands with Newtec Case Palletizing buy-out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secondary packaging machinery group Cermex has expanded with the acquisition of Newtec Case Palletizing from the Newtec Group]]></description>
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		<title>Chesapeake bolsters French pharma presence with Pharmapost buy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 09:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Chadwick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chesapeake has hit the acquisition trail again with the purchase of French pharmaceutical leaflet manufacturer Pharmapost for an undisclosed sum]]></description>
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		<title>Rigid Containers appoints new financial director</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 06:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Corrugated]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corrugated group Rigid Containers has appointed Lars Maynard as financial director]]></description>
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