Business

It's been another hugely busy month on packagingnews.co.uk, as the UK Packaging Awards stole the show at the start of the month, while materials prices and the future of one of the sector's biggest firms dominated the second half of the month.

Vital statistics
After October’s record-breaking figurs, we had another massive month for visits to the site, with more than 37,000 unique users across the globe logging on to the site and more than 149,000 page views.

Most-read stories
The month’s best-read stories reflected a number of readers’ concerns: first, the future of Chesapeake; second, the effect of the collapse in value of recovered materials; and finally, the winners of the UK Packaging Awards.

Here are the ten most-read stories from November:

1. Benson Group scoops packaging world’s top prize
2. Chesapeake considers Chapter 11 among ‘many options’
3. Recycled steel market collapses as Corus values material at zero 
4. Edelmann puts Chesapeake investment decisions on hold 
5. Plummeting material costs becomes national news
6. PN hits gossip columns as Girls Aloud gatecrash UK Packaging Awards 
7. Chesapeake wins more time to put finances in order
8. Upton Packaging in administration
9. Converter caution as polymer prices fall
10. Demand for recovered paper and board falls 

New features
The two new features we launched in October, Client Newswrap and Packaging on YouTube, are going strong and proving a hit with our readers.

Click here for the latest Client Newswrap
Click here for the latest Packaging on YouTube

Future developments
We're always looking at how we can improve packagingnews.co.uk so that it gives you, our readers, the information you need. We've got plenty of ideas of our own, but if you have any suggestions or comments on the website we'd love to hear them.

To get in touch, email editor Josh Brooks at josh.brooks@haymarket.com or online content editor Liz Wills at liz.wells@haymarket.com.