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The future of BHETA's proposed merger with the BJGF and its management structure hangs in the balance after voting at this morning's EGM was split down the middle.

Re-usable "bags for life" have helped supermarkets slash the number of environmentally-damaging plastic carrier bags handed out.

BHETA looks to be on course to fail tomorrow in its bid to form a "super federation".

Bakeware, from fluted tart tins to more traditional round cake tins, is on a roll, according to new data from GfK.

HousewaresLive.net has launched its own poll to gauge which way the BHETA merger vote might go at Thursday’s extraordinary general meeting.

Monday saw the opening of Lakeland’s latest store, in Stratford-on-Avon.

Paper-based packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa has developed a new packaging liner that it says offers a host of efficiency, cost and environmental benefits for both manufacturers and retailers.

The Board of BHETA has called on the membership to focus on the issues surrounding its proposed merger into a “super federation”, rather than its row with member Charles Harrison.

Fiskars Brands UK has strengthened its national account management team with the appointment of Howard Scott to the newly-created role of head of sales.

A handful of kitchen items were singled out in yesterday’s Observer magazine in a listing of “The 50 best gadgets and gourmet goodies”.