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Virgin Media signs Young Women’s Trust pledge to help more young women into apprenticeships

PRESS RELEASE -- 21, December 2016

LONDON, 21-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Virgin Media has today signed the Young Women’s Trust pledge to help more young women into apprenticeships – making it the first Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) company to do so. Young Women’s Trust, which … Read the full press release

Barclays’ Structural Reform Planning: Barclays Capital Services Limited to become the Group Service Company (“ServCo”)

PRESS RELEASE -- 9, December 2016

LONDON, 09-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Barclays has previously stated that it will establish a Group Service Company (“ServCo”), which will deliver infrastructure services to the businesses within the Barclays Group.  ServCo is intended to meet UK regulatory requirements regarding operational continuity … Read the full press release

LCH SwapAgent: LCH launches new service for the non-cleared derivatives market

PRESS RELEASE -- 3, November 2016

LCH SwapAgent will provide centralised trade processing, valuation, margining, risk calculation and optimisation services for the OTC bilateral rates & FX markets Service is designed to facilitate the standardisation and streamlining of bilateral OTC market infrastructure and end to end … Read the full press release

Vivergo Fuels chosen as one of the Government’s partner to help North of England reach its full potential

PRESS RELEASE -- 2, November 2016

East Yorkshire, UK, 02-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Vivergo Fuels, the UK’s largest producer of bioethanol and high protein animal feed, has been chosen as one of the Government’s new official Northern Powerhouse partners and is the only Humberside-headquartered private business to … Read the full press release

WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016: Prospects for Workplace Gender Equality Slip to 2186

PRESS RELEASE -- 28, October 2016

The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016 finds economic parity between the sexes could take 170 years after a dramatic slowdown in progress Slowdown partly down to chronic imbalances in salaries and labour force participation, despite the fact … Read the full press release

Nationwide Building Society to engage external experts to support the Board IT Committee

PRESS RELEASE -- 26, October 2016

The experts bring additional weight and knowledge as part of the Society’s continued commitment to digital Innovation, Mobile Channel, Payments, Data and Security innovation The Board IT Committee is accountable for technology architecture and transformation, innovation, cyber security and IT … Read the full press release

Barclays: International confidence in UK’s entrepreneurs is high but a lack of innovation could dampen long-term trade prospects

PRESS RELEASE -- 24, October 2016

Fourth fifths of world business leaders think Britain is ‘a good place to start a business’, despite Brexit Three quarters say ‘Made in Britain’ remains great selling point for British products Brits seen as ‘reliable’, ‘smart’ and ‘polite’ but could … Read the full press release

Computer scientists, criminologists and legal academics join forces in Cambridge to combat cybercrime

PRESS RELEASE -- 21, October 2016

As more and more crime moves online, computer scientists, criminologists and legal academics have joined forces in Cambridge to improve our understanding and responses to cybercrime, helping governments, businesses and ordinary users construct better defences. CAMBRIDGE, 21-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — We’ve … Read the full press release

Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Barclays to transform the way people move money between Australia and the UK

PRESS RELEASE -- 13, September 2016

Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Barclays join forces to shake-up, streamline and simplify payments between Australia and the UK Innovative link-up of CBA’s CommBank app and Barclays’ Pingit will allow customers to move money over 10,000 miles – quickly, securely … Read the full press release

London Stock Exchange Group appoints Waqas Samad as CEO of Fixed Income & Multi-Asset Benchmarks, Information Services division

PRESS RELEASE -- 12, September 2016

Waqas Samad appointed CEO of Fixed Income & Multi-Asset Benchmarks Leading FTSE Russell fixed & multi-asset indexes Reporting to FTSE Russell CEO Mark Makepeace LONDON, 12-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) today announces the appointment of Waqas Samad … Read the full press release

Barclays telephone banking service will use technology to identify the caller based solely on their voice

PRESS RELEASE -- 2, August 2016

Barclays is offering voice security technology to all of its customers Passwords will no longer be needed because each voice is as unique as fingerprint LONDON, 02-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Barclays has today announced that it is introducing voice security technology … Read the full press release

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

PRESS RELEASE -- 11, May 2016

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

ArcelorMittal invites holders of the 4.625% Notes due 2017 and 4.50% Notes due 2018 to submit offers to sell them to the Company for cash

PRESS RELEASE -- 12, April 2016

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, ANY STATE … Read the full press release

ArcelorMittal offers to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 6.125% Notes due 2018

PRESS RELEASE -- 12, April 2016

Luxembourg, 12-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ArcelorMittal (the “Company” or “ArcelorMittal”) announces the launch of its tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 6.125% Notes due 2018 (CUSIP 03938LAF1/ ISIN US03938LAF13; 03938LAD6/US03938LAD64; L0302DAN3/ USL0302DAN32) (the … Read the full press release

Glencore partners with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for the sale of 40% equity interest in Glencore Agricultural Products

PRESS RELEASE -- 11, April 2016

Baar, Switzerland, 11-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Glencore plc (“Glencore”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPPIB”) for the purchase by a wholly owned subsidiary of CPPIB of a 40% … Read the full press release

QIAGEN N.V. to submit conditional voluntary takeover offer to purchase all shares in Exiqon

PRESS RELEASE -- 1, April 2016

Transaction will expand leadership position in RNA technologies Venlo, The Netherlands, 01-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it has decided to submit a conditional voluntary takeover offer to the shareholders of … Read the full press release

Carlo Calabria joins Barclays from CMC Capital

PRESS RELEASE -- 9, March 2016

Barclays announces the appointment in London of Carlo Calabria as a Chairman, M&A EMEA within its Investment Bank LONDON, 09-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Carlo Calabria joins Barclays from CMC Capital where he was a Founding Partner having established this business in … Read the full press release

Barclays Bank PLC signs agreement with JP Morgan to govern the transfer of a sub-set of its legacy Non-Core derivatives portfolio

PRESS RELEASE -- 4, February 2016

LONDON, 04-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”), acting through Barclays Non-Core, has signed a framework agreement with JP Morgan to govern the transfer of a sub-set of its legacy Non-Core derivatives portfolio. The execution of this deal is targeted … Read the full press release