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THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) maybe tangling with the potential impact of Brexit, but it is doing so while it agrees its next medium-term budget for 2021-2027 – and this includes earmarking billions of Euros for the energy sector.

A key element of this investment will be on research and development, via the Horizon Europe programme, whose 2021-7 budget is projected to be EUR96.5 billion.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) textile and textile finishing sector will be offered research funding from a EUR15 billion budget for industrial, space and digital sector studies from 2021-2027 under the Horizon Europe research programme. This EUR94.1 billion total programme has now been approved in principle by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers, with final authorisations anticipated after the European elections in May.…

SUPERFRUITS offer personal care product brands lots of marketing muscle, delivering an image of exoticism, as well as offering real functional benefits.

As a result, beauty companies have been willing to trawl the world for new super fruit ingredients to give their lines a competitive edge.…

China has witnessed a wave of changes in colour cosmetics sold on this key market to woo young Chinese women aged 20 to 29, or the so-called generation Z, according to the London-based research firm Mintel.

Growing up with dynamic advances in technology advancement, one big difference between Gen Z and earlier generations before is that this smartphone-glued generation is highly receptive to mobile technology-based marketing.…

GROWING consumer and regulatory demand for more sustainability in consumer markets is redefining the packaging sector, and beauty segment is no exception. As a result, airless packaging – while sometimes expensive – offers virtues such as the ability to preserve product freshness, minimal oxidisation, low wastage and efficient dispensing, that can dovetail with greening market trends.…

This year’s edition of Italy’s premier beauty trade fair, Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna (March 15-18) and its packaging “show within the show” Cosmopack have showcased innovations that will help pull the global personal care product sector towards a more sustainable future.

The 52nd edition of the successful B2B platform drew over 265,000 cosmetic beauty professionals, boasting an increase in visitors from abroad by 10% compared to the previous year.…

EAST Asia’s two personal care product industry giants – Japan and South Korea – have long been competing for major slices of the regional and global beauty market. At present, however, Japan’s industry seems to be performing more solidly than its rival, which is struggling with the fall-out of diplomatic problems with Asia’s largest market – China.…

JAPAN’S traditional confectionery market and production is imbued with the visual beauty and attention to detail that runs through so much Japanese culture, and exporters have started to explore their appeal to overseas markets.

These assessments have been partly driven by Japan’s ongoing international tourist boom, with foreign shoppers snapping up tasty treats that have been honed for domestic consumers for centuries.…

IRELAND’S whistleblowing regime is to be strengthened to comply with a new European Union (EU) whistleblowing directive that was approved in April (2019) by the European Parliament. Reforms must be in place by 2021 and will build on Ireland’s Protected Disclosures Act 2014 – itself a step forward legally for Irish whistleblowing, according to Professor Kate Kenny, of the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI).…

THE ACCA-qualified group finance director for the largest conglomerate in Trinidad & Tobago and a key player in the Caribbean region – the ANSA McAL group – has aligned his personal professional ambitions with his company’s goal of sturdy sustained growth.…