Latest Essity News in the UK and ROI

A report which surveyed 1,000 UK adults found many experience toilets or urinals that are unclean, have a lack of hand soap or toilet roll, or unpleasant spills or smells.;

But only 17 per cent of washrooms always deliver on basic expectations and 23 per cent of Brits have spent less time at cultural or entertainment venues because of the state of the toilets.

Essity will open its new £30m+ state-of-the-art recycled paper facility at its largest UK manufacturing site in Prudhoe, Northumberland, on 9 April 2026.

Social media platforms are more likely to suppress women’s health content over men’s, according to the nation’s young adults.

A study of 4,000 people found while three quarters of those aged 18-34 are turning to social media to educate themselves about male and female health, many struggle to find what they need.