Paper prices increasing!

The UK corrugated industry has seen a number of significant costs impact box plants at the same time:

• Rising containerboard (i.e. the paper that we use to make corrugated boxes) prices.
• Higher wages, led by the rise in the National Minimum wage of 6.7% that took effect in April 2025.
• Higher employer’s national insurance contributions, following the £25 billion annual increase that also took effect in April 2025 for UK employers.
• A range of other costs have also risen (e.g. pallets).

The combined effect of the above inflationary inputs requires us to raise prices in June 2025