Daily Archives: 6, June 2014

BT report: Companies looking to expand overseas select UK as Europe’s most desirable country

World business leaders select UK as the second most desirable country in the world for businesses to expand into – narrowly behind US  London, 6-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The UK has been selected as Europe’s most desirable country, and second in the … Read the full press release

BT signed US $37m six-year contract to provide wide range of IT services across 70 De Beers Group sites

BT’s global network will help the world’s leading diamond company connect generations of people with the Earth’s natural treasures  London, 6-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BT has won a significant new contract with The De Beers Group of Companies. The six-year agreement, worth … Read the full press release

BT customers now with option to have two YouView+ boxes in different rooms in their homes

Customers will be able to enjoy BT TV in a second room  London, 6-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BT is now offering customers the option of having two YouView+ boxes in different rooms in their homes. The Extra Box will automatically include the … Read the full press release

Les Anderson appointed VP of cyber at BT

BT brings on board proven security expert to strengthen protection of BT and its customers  London, 6-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BT today announced that Les Anderson has joined the company as its new vice president of cyber. Les has 27 years’ experience … Read the full press release

BT signed £440 million Power Purchase Agreements with three wind farms in Scotland, Wales and Lancashire

London, 6-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BT has signed long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) worth £440 million with three wind farms in Scotland, Wales and Lancashire. The deals will secure more than 100 Megawatts (MW) of renewable energy to help power its UK … Read the full press release

NOVATEK and SIBUR complete series of projects aimed at creating integrated technological chain from hydrocarbon production to deep processing in Russia

Astrakhan – Purovsk (Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area) – Тobolsk, 6-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — NOVATEK and SIBUR reported to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on completion of a series of projects aimed at creating an integrated technological chain from hydrocarbon production to deep processing in Russia. … Read the full press release

Mads G. Jakobsen to succeed Peter Nyegaard as new Country Senior Executive of Nordea in Denmark

Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm, 6-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Peter Nyegaard, member of Group Executive Management, Chief Operating Officer of Wholesale Banking and Country Senior Executive in Denmark, has decided to leave Nordea. – It has been a privilege to be part … Read the full press release

STRABAG’s Swedish subsidiary Züblin Scandinavia AB part of consortium won € 170M contract for immersed tunnel: Marieholmstunnel in Gothenburg

Contract value of about € 170 million, including mechanical and electrical works and an option to operate and maintain the tunnel for five years Construction time 2014–2020 Gothenburg, Sweden, 6-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Züblin Scandinavia AB, a Swedish subsidiary of the … Read the full press release

Groupe BPCE names Catherine Colonna as independent member of its supervisory board

Paris, France, 6-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Catherine Colonna, a managing partner of the Paris office of Brunswick Group, has been appointed an independent member of the Supervisory Board of Groupe BPCE succeeding Laurence Danon. She is member of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee … Read the full press release