Homes near Beaconsfield High School in Buckinghamshire have the largest premium of £483,031 (154%) compared to the average house price in neighbouring areas. To live close to one of the top 30 state schools in England, parents pay an average … Read the full press release
Three in five mid-sized firms do not currently export Less than one in ten plan to start exporting in the next five years Lack of understanding and suitable contacts are the main barriers to overseas trade LONDON, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — UK … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Lloyds Bank, Tim Hinton, Trevor Williams, UK mid-sized businesses
LIVERPOOL, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A study from the University of Liverpool has recommended investing in dog owner education and facilities as a strategy to target physical inactivity and problems such as obesity in both people and their pets. In a review … Read the full press release
LIVERPOOL, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The first comprehensive study of captive black rhino reproduction in Europe highlights how hormone analysis could improve the success of breeding programmes. Researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, in partnership with Chester Zoo, carried out … Read the full press release
LIVERPOOL, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists from the University of Liverpool have demonstrated the effectiveness of a fibre-based dietary ingredient that makes people feel less hungry and consume less food. Hunger is a major barrier to successful weight control and consumers need … Read the full press release
OSLO, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Yara International ASA has today purchased 60,000 own shares in the market at an average price of NOK 309.4025. The transaction is part of a buy-back program, authorized by the Annual General meeting held 5 May 2014. … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Financial, Investment, Management, Norway
Tagged Thor Giæver, Yara, Yara International ASA
OSLO, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Yara Prize 2014 is being awarded to Professor Tekalign Mamo Assefa. Currently state minister and adviser to the Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture, Professor Mamo has long been a key contributor to the country’s food security, … Read the full press release
Zurich/Basel, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — UBS’s Basel III Pillar 3 First Half 2014 Report includes disclosures on capital, risk and securitization for the Group as of 30 June 2014. It should be read in conjunction with UBS’s financial reports for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, Switzerland
HOUSTON, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wood Group has appointed Nina Schofield to the position of Group head of health, safety, security and environment (HSSE), with responsibility for developing and implementing HSSE strategies across Wood Group’s global operations. Since beginning her career … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Bobbie Ireland, Carolyn Smith, Nina Schofield, Wood Group
Less and less petroleum required for plastics production / Climate gas can be used to make additional types of plastic LEVERKUSEN, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Bayer MaterialScience’s research into carbon dioxide as a new raw material for making plastics is delivering further … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Bayer MaterialScience, carbon dioxide as new raw material for making plastics, CAT Catalytic Center, Dream Polymers, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology, the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Researchers from UCL have demonstrated how an interplay between nutrition, metabolism and immunity is involved in the process of ageing. LONDON, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The two new studies, supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), could help … Read the full press release
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