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		<title>Tesco and Unilever help protect the rainforest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global brands, Tesco and Unilever, have both launched campaigns aimed at protecting the world&#8217;s rainforests and improving the sustainability of supply chains.
Tesco has announced a partnership with the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) entitled &#8216;Together for Trees&#8217;, which is designed to raise more than 1 million for rainforest projects worldwide. Money raised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/02/27/tesco-and-unilever-help-protect-the-rainforest/</link>
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		<title>EU-wide plastic bag ban divides opinion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Experts are warning that proposals for an EU-wide ban on plastic carrier bags should be based on evidence and not simply political pressure. A ban may form part of proposals to be unveiled next month by the European Commission in its green paper on plastic waste. Many in the plastics industry fear that the document [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/02/24/eu-wide-plastic-bag-ban-divides-opinion/</link>
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		<title>Ban or tax for plastic bags?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year, the European Commission&#8217;s public consultation on plastic bag use gathered over 15,500 responses. The results showed that over 70% of respondents were in favour of a ban on the distribution of plastic bags and the Commission is now considering its response.
Debates and votes on plastic bag use are increasingly common around the world. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/02/23/ban-or-tax-for-plastic-bags/</link>
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		<title>Northern Ireland to impose carrier bag tax next year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A tax on single-use plastic carrier bags of 5p is planned in Northern Ireland in 2013. The announcement was made last week by Environment Minister, Alex Attwood, who said that the tax would rise to 10p by April 2014. The proposals now have to go before the Northern Ireland assembly for approval before becoming law. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/02/08/northern-ireland-to-impose-carrier-bag-tax-next-year/</link>
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		<title>MPs meet key event industry figures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Key people from Britain&#8217;s event industry met with members of parliament at a private dinner on 2 February. Part of the Britain for Events campaign, the dinner was co-chaired by Nick de Bois MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Events, and Michael Hirst, Chair of the Business Visits &#38; Events Partnership. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corp-carrier.co.uk/blog/2012/02/07/mps-meet-key-event-industry-figures/</link>
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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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