Pete Howells is Technical Director at Positive ID Labels. Since joining in 2008, he has led the company's digital printing operations, in-house automation, and ISO 9001 quality management. A UMIST graduate with prior experience in civil aviation service delivery, Pete writes on labelling compliance, print technology, and the realities of running a UK label manufacturer.
We’ve Updated Our Terms and Conditions — Here’s What’s Changed and Why Published: April 2026 Good news rarely leads a terms and conditions announcement. We’re going to try anyway. Our Terms and Conditions of Sale were updated in December 2025 for the first time in several years. The changes were driven by two things: a…
Nutridata Training Videos Watch these videos to learn how to operate your Nutridata account. The Nutridata system is compatible with any database enabled label design and print software that can...
Net Quantity Labelling Guide for UK Food Products Shoppers use weight and volume information every day - to compare products, check value for money, and portion correctly. Net quantity labelling...
Food Name Labelling Guide: Legal, Customary, and Descriptive Names Explained What's in a name? On a food label, quite a lot. The wrong product name - or a brand name...
Ingredients Labelling Guide: Complete UK Compliance Guide Getting ingredients labelling wrong is one of the easiest ways to fall foul of Trading Standards. A missing additive, an undeclared compound ingredient,...
NHS Barcode Labels: GS1, Scan4Safety and What Suppliers Need to Know Patient safety is the reason NHS barcode labels matter - not process compliance for its own sake. When a...
Warehouse Barcode Labels: Materials, Formats and Getting It Right A label failure in a warehouse is not just an inconvenience. When a racking label peels, fades or fails to scan,...
Barcode Labels for Retail: What UK Suppliers and Manufacturers Need to Know If your retail barcode labels are refused at a supermarket distribution centre, it is a painful lesson. The...
EAN-13 Barcodes & GS1 Barcodes UK: What Every Business Needs to Know Pick up almost any product sold in a UK shop and you will find a row of black...
2D Barcodes Explained: QR Codes, Data Matrix, PDF417 and More Pull out your phone, open the camera, and point it at a product. Chances are, there's now a square code...
1D Barcodes Explained: Types, Uses, and How to Choose They're on every tin, bottle, and box in your kitchen cupboard. They're on the carton that arrived from your last online...
A Plain English Guide to Barcode Symbologies More than 30 different barcode symbologies are in active use today. Most people recognise the striped barcode on a supermarket tin or the...