Daily Archives: 11, May 2016

UK: Gap widens between rich and poor in retirement – Experian research

Gap is widening between rich and poor in retirement – North/South divide is evident. Better-off retirees heading for affluent suburbs, market and cathedral towns LONDON, 11-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Britons are living through a hugely varied set of circumstances when they … Read the full press release

UKFast CEO Lawrence Jones to give revealing insight into his business journey at government-backed event in Liverpool

LIVERPOOL, 11-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Digital entrepreneur Lawrence Jones MBE, CEO of fast-growing tech brand UKFast, is set to give revealing insight into his business journey at a government-backed event in Liverpool. The Entrepreneurs Exchange, which takes place at St George’s … Read the full press release

Silchester International Investors LLP now owns less than 3% in Delhaize Group’s voting rights as of May 5, 2016

BRUSSELS, 11-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Pursuant to the Belgian Law of May 2, 2007 relating to the publication of major shareholdings in listed companies, Delhaize Group has received a notification of the threshold of 3% being crossed downwards by Silchester International … Read the full press release

Symrise AG Q1-2016: Group sales increased by 10%

Sales up by 14 % at local currency Satisfactory growth in both segments EBITDAN increase by 6 % to € 158 million Profitability remains strong, with EBITDAN margin of 21.7 % Holzminden, Germany, 11-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The fiscal year 2016 … Read the full press release

Gamesa Q1-2016: strong sales performance; over 3,800 MWe in volume and above €400 million in EBIT

Net profit excluding the impact of Adwen amounted to €80 million (+82%1 vs. 2015, which included a one-off positive impact of €18 million from the joint venture). The company maintains the profitable growth envisaged in its Business Plan 2015-2017 and … Read the full press release

Gamesa inaugurates prototype of its offgrid system combining four sources of power – solar, wind, diesel and batteries

The system combines four sources of power – solar, wind, diesel and batteries – with installed capacity of over 2 MW and enables the provision of cheaper and cleaner power to communities without a grid connection. Gamesa’s entry into the … Read the full press release

Tim Scharwath of Kuehne + Nagel International AG to leave after 24 years with the company

Schindellegi / CH, 11-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Tim Scharwath, since 2011 member of the Management Board of Kuehne + Nagel International AG and responsible for global airfreight, decided to leave the company within the next twelve months in order to take … Read the full press release

European Capital CFO Juan Carlos Morales Cortes: We are very pleased to announce the final close of European Capital Private Debt Fund

LONDON, 11-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — European Capital Fund Management Limited announced today that its European mid-market direct lending fund, European Capital Private Debt, LP (the “Fund”), successfully reached its final close on 15 April 2016, bringing the total commitments of the … Read the full press release

PSA Group and Dongfeng Motors (DFM) to design an electric version of the Common Modular Platform (CMP) jointly developed since April 2015

PARIS, 11-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A new milestone in the strategic partnership between PSA Group and DFM was reached at the presentation of the new “5A+” medium-term plan for Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile (DPCA) At the presentation of the DPCA strategic … Read the full press release

Spectacular delivery of 291 Citroën C3, Berlingo, Jumpy and Jumper vehicles to the major energy and environmental performance player ENGIE Cofely

PARIS, 11-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Under the terms of a sale agreement with ENGIE Cofely, PSA Retail Business Paris made a spectacular delivery of 291 Citroën vehicles on 10 May 2016. The fleet includes C3, Berlingo, Jumpy and Jumper vehicles. A … Read the full press release