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		<title>Latest report shows event budgets suffering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Bellwether report from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) shows that event budgets suffered in the last quarter of 2011, despite an increase in marketing budgets. The sector analysis of marketing budgets revealed that &#8216;other spend&#8217; &#8211; which includes events and PR &#8211; saw a drop of 7% in the final three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/01/24/latest-report-shows-event-budgets-suffering/</link>
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		<title>Printed Bags remain top promotional product in a recovering market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent report on the promotional merchandise market in the UK and Ireland over the past five years &#8211; produced by Sourcing City, a leading provider of information services to the trade &#8211; shows the effects of the global recession but indicates that the market is slowly recovering, with printed carrier bags fairing better than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/01/23/printed-bags-remain-top-promotional-product-in-a-recovering-market/</link>
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		<title>EC bag consultation shows depth of feeling &#8211; and depth of ignorance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the European Commission having published the results of its consultation on the use of plastic bags, the plastics industry is awash with comment and debate. Many pundits feel that the report reveals an alarming level of ignorance among the European public about the effects of plastic on the environment.
A staggering 97 percent of responses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/01/12/ec-bag-consultation-shows-depth-of-feeling-and-depth-of-ignorance/</link>
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		<title>Plastic bag ban boosts sales of bin liners Down Under</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The efficacy of the plastic bag ban recently introduced in Canberra, Australia, is being called into question after a leading supermarket revealed that bin liner sales have rocketed since the new law came into effect.
Grocery giant Coles said that bin liner sales have increased by a whopping 29 per cent since the law &#8211; which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/01/11/plastic-bag-ban-boosts-sales-of-bin-liners-down-under/</link>
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		<title>How to make QR codes work for your business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[QR (Quick Response) codes are the becoming a popular marketing tool for B2C and even B2B brands. The early adopters of this technology included the USA and Japan but the UK is now among the world&#8217;s top 10 largest users of QR codes.
When scanned with a smartphone, these patterns can be used to redirect customers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/01/10/how-to-make-qr-codes-work-for-your-business/</link>
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		<title>Plans for &#8216;compostable&#8217; plastics at London Olympics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amid claims that the London 2012 Olympics will be the greenest in the event&#8217;s history, an environmental organisation is hoping that plastic packaging used at the event that is not recyclable will be made from compostable materials.
The NNFCC, the UK&#8217;s National Centre for Biorenewable Energy, Fuels and Materials, has agreed to act as an advisor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/01/04/plans-for-compostable-plastics-at-london-olympics/</link>
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		<title>Event tourism gets government backing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following its launch in the autumn, momentum continues to gather for this year&#8217;s Britain for Events campaign. Prime Minister, David Cameron, and Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media &#038; Sport, Jeremy Hunt, have both officially endorsed the campaign. Speaking at the recent World Travel Market event, Mr Hunt revealed the government&#8217;s latest initiative, under [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2011/12/21/event-tourism-gets-government-backing/</link>
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		<title>London set to lose corporate events in busy 2012 summer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent research has indicated that London may lose some of its lucrative corporate events business next summer, as events managers avoid the capital in what will undoubtedly be a busy period. With both the Olympic Games and the Queen&#8217;s Diamond Jubilee, London is set to be overrun with British as well as foreign tourists.
In research [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2011/12/20/london-set-to-lose-corporate-events-in-busy-2012-summer/</link>
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		<title>Outlook for the events industry in 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With rising fears concerning the state of the economy and the Euro zone crisis, alongside high hopes surrounding the Olympics, the outlook for 2012 in the UK exhibitions and events sector really is a mixed bag.
What is not in doubt is the fact that there is a lot at stake here. In a recent article [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2011/12/20/outlook-for-the-events-industry-in-2012/</link>
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		<title>CBI says government and business should work together to save resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), government and business interests need to work together to overcome the barriers that prevent the use of fewer resources and achieve greater efficiencies.
At the launch of its report entitled &#8216;Made to last: Creating a resource efficient economy&#8217; earlier this week, the CBI said that businesses are increasingly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2011/12/15/cbi-says-government-and-business-should-work-together-to-save-resources/</link>
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