Daily Archives: 8, August 2014

Komerční banka reports consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of CZK 6.4 billion for the first six months of 2014, up 1.2% YoY

Prague, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Komerční banka reported today consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of CZK 6.4 billion for the first six months of 2014, up 1.2% year on year. The number of the Bank’s clients rose by 22,000 to 1,609,000, while … Read the full press release

Netia SA announces changes to its management board

WARSAW, Poland, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Netia SA (“Netia” or “Company”) (WSE: NET), Poland’s largest alternative provider of fixed-line telecommunications services, announced today that: 1.  Mr. Tomasz Szopa, Residential Market General Manager and member of the Management Board, resigned on July 31, … Read the full press release

Netia S.A. subsidiary company Telefonia Dialog purchased securities issued by Netia

WARSAW, Poland, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Management Board of Netia S.A. (hereinafter referred to as “Netia”, the “Issuer”) informs that on 6th August 2014 its subsidiary company Telefonia Dialog Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością with its seat in Wrocław (hereinafter referred to … Read the full press release

Visa Europe: Contactless cards payments continued to gain monthly momentum in the UK

London, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The use of contactless cards to make payments has continued to gain monthly momentum in the UK, according to figures released by Visa Europe today. Consumers made almost 20 million (19.7 million) contactless transactions across the UK in … Read the full press release

Otto Group: Leading home furnishings retailer Crate and Barrel announces change in its top leadership

Northbrook, IL, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (August 6, 2014), leading home furnishings retailer Crate and Barrel announces a change in its top leadership. Following the recent resignation of CEO Sascha Bopp, the company’s COO and CFO Adrian Mitchell has assumed … Read the full press release

BMT WBM wins bid to provide Comprehensive Hydraulic Assessment as part of the Brisbane River Catchment Flood Study for the Queensland Government

Teddington, UK, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BMT WBM (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, is delighted to announce that it has won the bid to provide a Comprehensive Hydraulic Assessment as part of the Brisbane River Catchment Flood Study (BRCFS) for … Read the full press release

NORMA Group SE announces its first half of 2014 with record sales and earnings

NORMA Group SE finished the first half of 2014 with record sales and earnings. Group sales in the first six months of the year grew by 9.4% year on year to EUR 353.0 million (H1/2013: EUR 322.8 million). Maintal, Germany, 8-8-2014 … Read the full press release

Halifax opens third branch in Edinburgh’s Princes Street

Halifax is continuing to demonstrate its commitment to customers in Scotland with the opening of a third branch in Edinburgh’s Princes Street. EDINBURGH, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The new branch will provide local customers with Halifax’s full service offering and give … Read the full press release

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) to finance Norwegian energy company Eidsiva Energi’s new biofuelled district heating plant

NIB has signed a 13-year-maturity loan with the Norwegian energy company Eidsiva Energi AS to finance a new biofuelled district heating plant and to upgrade an existing network. Helsinki, Finland, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The loan totals EUR 27 million (NOK 226.5 … Read the full press release

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) to finance AB Litgrid’s construction of electricity transmission line between Lithuania and Poland

NIB has signed a 10-year-maturity, EUR 50 million loan agreement with AB Litgrid for the construction of an electricity transmission line between Lithuania and Poland. The LitPol Link will be the first interconnection between the Lithuanian power system and the … Read the full press release