Daily Archives: 5, April 2016

Year-to-year climate variability and hazardous weather at key points leave UK wine industry highly sensitive to the elements – University of East Anglia research

The idea of climate change turning the UK into a viable wine-making region may have boosted the industry in recent years. But cold snaps, sharp frosts and downpours threaten productivity – according to University of East Anglia research. Norwich, UK, … Read the full press release

PKP Cargo appoints three members of the Management Board

Gdansk, Poland, 05-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Supervisory Board of PKP Cargo appointed three members of the Management Board: Grzegorz Fingas, Member of the Board for Commercial Issues, Jarosław Klasa, Member of the Board for Operational Issues and Arkadiusz Olewnik, Member of … Read the full press release

Lloyds Banking Group to help reverse UK’s widening trade deficit; pledge to help 25,000 exporters by 2020

Pledge will help 5,000 new exporters in 2016 – and a total of 25,000 by 2020 – supporting the Government’s efforts to help 100,000 businesses export for the first time, as part of its Exporting is GREAT campaign. Commitment is one … Read the full press release

Newcastle University extends its main university campus

NEWCASTLE, 05-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Work has begun on a £2.4m extension to Newcastle University. Workshop and design space The Building Sciences lab, which will provide enhanced workshop and design space for architecture students, is due to open in March 2017. … Read the full press release

Host Broadcast Services selected as production partner for the 2016 Copa America Centenario football event

PARIS, 05-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Host Broadcast Services (HBS), the leading sports production and host broadcasting company, has been selected as a production partner for the 2016 Copa America Centenario, a once-in-a-lifetime football event, which honours 100 years of the Copa … Read the full press release

Daily dose of vitamin D3 improves heart function – University of Leeds research

LEEDS, 05-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Adaily dose of vitamin D3 improves heart function in people with chronic heart failure, a five-year University of Leeds research project has found. Dr Klaus Witte, from the School of Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist at Leeds … Read the full press release

Volvo Group completes the sale of its external IT operation to HCL Technologies

Gothenburg, Sweden, 05-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Volvo Group has completed the final agreement with HCL Technologies for the sale of its external IT operation and related assets and the outsourcing of its IT infrastructure. As announced earlier the transaction was … Read the full press release

Coemac, S.A. BoD to propose corporate reorganization at the Shareholders’ Meeting next May

With this decision, the company strengthens its equity base MADRID, 05-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — At its meeting today the Board of Directors of Coemac, S.A. has formulated the accounts for 2015, confirming 2015 results and the restructuring and provisions already … Read the full press release

CDP group’s SACE honored as the best export credit agency in Europe and the Middle East by Trade Finance Magazine

ROME, 05-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — SACE, the insurance-financial company of the CDP group, has been honored as the best export credit agency in Europe and the Middle East as part of the Awards for Excellence promoted by Trade Finance Magazine. Based … Read the full press release

Wood Group extends its service provision for TAQA in the North Sea

ABERDEEN, 05-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Wood Group has been awarded a two year contract extending its service provision for TAQA in the North Sea. Under the contract, which has the option of three, one year extensions, Wood Group PSN will continue … Read the full press release