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What's driving Anti-pollution in Skincare?

What's driving the anti-pollution skincare trend and how will the Coronavirus impact the trend? Design Plus Health & Beauty explore the trend and our favourite anti-pollution actives.

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DCC Healthcare announces the acquisition of Amerilab Technologies

DCC plc, the leading international sales, marketing and support services group, announces that DCC Health & Beauty Solutions has acquired Amerilab Technologies, Inc ('Amerilab'), a specialist provider of contract manufacturing and related services in effervescent nutritional products, based near Minneapolis, in Plymouth, Minnesota. The acquisition of Amerilab is DCC Health & Beauty Solutions' third acquisition in the US market, following the acquisition of Ion Labs in November 2019 and Elite One Source in February 2018. It is a further significant step in the execution of the strategy to build a business of scale in the world's largest health supplements and nutritional products market.

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Design Plus Health and Beauty Update: COVID‐19

Earlier this week, the UK government, in line with many other countries across Europe and globally, issued strict measures to reduce people’s day-to-day contact with other people, in order to reduce the spread of the infection. Therefore, we would like to update our position.

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Design Plus Supports Local Charities

Each year Design Plus employees nominate a handful of local charities that they’d like to see our annual £1000 donation go to. From the nominations, two local charities are selected to receive a £500 cheque each. We were absolutely delighted to present the donations to Unique Kidz Charity, and The Olive Branch earlier this week.

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Innovation: What to watch out for in 2020

Each quarter our team of expert innovators and scientists pull together to discover what’s new in the health and beauty industry. Looking at present and future trends, each quarter we focus on something new entirely; from consumer behaviour to packaging.

Here’s a quick summary from our January focus: What to watch out for in 2020 and beyond.

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Veganuary - What's driving Vegan Health & Beauty Products

As Veganuary is in full swing, and consumers are glued to their screens watching the likes of ‘The Game Changers’, a popular Netflix documentary – a plant-based diet doesn’t just stop at food. In fact, most would argue it’s a lifestyle. Vegan friendly health and beauty products are emerging EVERYWHERE. Veganism was once considered a niche concept, but as consumers become more concerned about sustainable living, they’re increasingly conscious of the ingredients and methods behind their favourite brands and products.

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