SURREY, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Samaritans, Network Rail, British Transport Police and the Rail Industry Suicide Stakeholder Group have won the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award in last night’s prestigious Charity Times Awards. Their suicide prevention programme has been chosen as the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Management, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged British Transport Police, Charity Times Awards, CSR Project of the Year, Ian Stevens, John Newland, Mark Smith, Network Rail, Ola Rzepczynska, rail industry, Samaritans, suicide prevention programme, the Rail Industry Suicide Stakeholder Group
OXFORD, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading consultancy firm, Amey, will be working with Arup to design a Smart Motorway solution for the M4 in New South Wales, Australia – the first project of its kind in the region. The M4 Smart … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Amey, Arup, Australia, M4, New South Wales, Smart Motorway solution
OXFORD, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — To mark this year’s National Inclusion Week, leading public services provider Amey announced today that it has signed the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transport Charter for Diversity & Inclusion. The Charter requires its signatories to … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — There are currently 258 graduates and 259 apprentices with leading public and regulated services provider Amey, following the latest intake who joined at the start of September. Gaining key industry experience while receiving support from senior … Read the full press release
Manching, Germany, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Since beginning of September the development of a common European drone has entered a new phase. The contract for the Definition Study of the European MALE RPAS (Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) … Read the full press release
New Delhi, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a jointly supervised IIT Delhi-CNRS PhD fellowship programme. The MoU was signed in the presence of His … Read the full press release
MADRID, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) awarded TALGO, Inc., on September 22, a project to overhaul critical systems and subsystems to 74 vehicles assigned to the Red Line that will be operated in a married … Read the full press release
LAUSANNE, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In collaboration with the German energy services provider GETEC, Alpiq is establishing a European platform for energy market and customer service processes. To this end, on 29 September 2016, the two companies founded a joint-venture company, … Read the full press release
ZEIST, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Achmea has appointed Michel Lamie (50) to Achmea’s Executive Board with effect from 1 January 2017. He will succeed Huub Arendse as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in April 2017 following the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Insurance, Management, Netherlands
Tagged Aad Veenman, Achmea, Huub Arendse, Michel Lamie, Van Lanschot Chabot, Willem van Duin
PARIS, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, at its 299th meeting held in Paris, the Administrative Council of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) approved five new loans worth € 423 million. This brings the total amount approved for projects so … Read the full press release
LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Equistone Partners Europe (“Equistone”), one of Europe’s leading investors in mid-market buyouts, has acquired a majority stake in D3T Distribution, the holding company of Motoblouz and Access-Moto (together “Motoblouz” or “the Company”) from Inspirational Stores for … Read the full press release
GENEVA, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The World Economic Forum launched its Global Competitiveness Report 2016 on 28 September. The report finds that declining openness is threatening growth and prosperity. Monetary stimulus measures, such as quantitative easing are not enough to sustain … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Management, Switzerland
Tagged Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, The World Economic Forum
Malmö, Sweden, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, is delighted to announce that Tim Hansen from Denmark has won the World Crane Championships (WCC) held on 24 and 25 September in connection to the IAA exhibition in Hannover, Germany. Among … Read the full press release
LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GSK today announced that Brian McNamara, is appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GSK’s Consumer Healthcare division effective immediately. He succeeds Emma Walmsley who was last week appointed GSK CEO Designate succeeding Sir Andrew Witty as … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Further to the announcement by GlaxoSmithKline on 28 September 2016, GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to the sale of 28.2 million ordinary shares in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd (“Aspen”) at a price of ZAR 300 per share (the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Investment, Management, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline, Simon Dingemans
LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GlaxoSmithKline announces that it intends to sell its remaining stake in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd (“Aspen”). The disposal will be through a placing of ordinary shares in Aspen to institutional investors (the “Offering”). The Offering is … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Investment, Management, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
PARIS, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Euler Hermes (ELE:PA), the world leader in trade-credit insurance, today announced a collaboration with Moody’s Investors Service for new, tailored credit rating services that Euler Hermes Rating will provide to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps. … Read the full press release
BERLIN, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On the occasion of the “Year of Germany in Mexico 2016/2017”, the 14th Morelia International Film Festival (October 21-30, 2016), with the support of the Goethe-Institut, is dedicating an entire programme to the Berlin International Film … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Henrik Erämetsä, Head of Aviation Regulation at Neste has been appointed Co-Chair of the EU initiative ‘the European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath’ as a representative of the biofuels industry. Mr. Erämetsä will co-chair together with Ruben Alblas … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Finland
Tagged 'the European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath', Air France, Biochemtex, biofuel, British Airways, EU initiative, Henrik Erämetsä, Honeywell UOP, KLM, Lufthansa, Neste, Paris Climate Agreement, Swedish Biofuels, Total
HELSINKI, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste and the spoken word artist Prince Ea have unveiled the latest collaboration in their forward-looking Pre-order the Future project, this time with a film that focuses on the future of learning. The new film aims … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Finland, Management, Marketing, Society
Tagged EduCycle, future of learning, Neste, Pre-order the Future, Prince Ea, spoken word artist
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