Northbrook, IL, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (August 6, 2014), leading home furnishings retailer Crate and Barrel announces a change in its top leadership. Following the recent resignation of CEO Sascha Bopp, the company’s COO and CFO Adrian Mitchell has assumed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Management, Retail
Tagged Adrian Mitchell, Crate and Barrel, Hans-Otto Schrader, Leading home furnishings retailer, Otto Group, Sascha Bopp
Teddington, UK, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BMT WBM (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, is delighted to announce that it has won the bid to provide a Comprehensive Hydraulic Assessment as part of the Brisbane River Catchment Flood Study (BRCFS) for … Read the full press release
NORMA Group SE finished the first half of 2014 with record sales and earnings. Group sales in the first six months of the year grew by 9.4% year on year to EUR 353.0 million (H1/2013: EUR 322.8 million). Maintal, Germany, 8-8-2014 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Management
Tagged NORMA Group SE, Werner Deggim
Halifax is continuing to demonstrate its commitment to customers in Scotland with the opening of a third branch in Edinburgh’s Princes Street. EDINBURGH, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The new branch will provide local customers with Halifax’s full service offering and give … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, United Kingdom
NIB has signed a 13-year-maturity loan with the Norwegian energy company Eidsiva Energi AS to finance a new biofuelled district heating plant and to upgrade an existing network. Helsinki, Finland, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The loan totals EUR 27 million (NOK 226.5 … Read the full press release
NIB has signed a 10-year-maturity, EUR 50 million loan agreement with AB Litgrid for the construction of an electricity transmission line between Lithuania and Poland. The LitPol Link will be the first interconnection between the Lithuanian power system and the … Read the full press release
Inmarsat on track for 2014, sees start of Global Xpress, announces EU aviation services London, UK, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — 5 August 2014. Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today provided the following information … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Chris McLaughlin, Inmarsat plc, Rupert Pearce, Simon Ailes
BEIJING, CHINA, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today marks another important milestone in China with the opening of its first office in the capital city of Beijing. Located at the Kong Gang Industrial … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Beijing, CHINA, Inmarsat, Mr Andy Sukawaty, Mr Lv Junli, Mr Rupert Pearce
Beijing, China, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia Networks has recently been ranked a leader in China Mobile’s quality assessment of its commercial TD-LTE network. The operator has developed a rigorous evaluation program* of its vendor deployments in all the major cities and … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Finland, Internet & Online, Management, Technology, Telecom
Tagged China Mobile’s quality assessment, Nokia Networks, TD-LTE network, Xue Rui
New public safety ‘solution on wheels’ enables 4G/LTE coverage and capacity in one hour or less for first responders in disaster areas or rural emergency situations New Orleans, Louisiana, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today at APCO International, Nokia Networks and its public … Read the full press release
MANCHESTER, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Kris Nayak has been promoted to the role of Head of Location and Portfolio Planning within The Co-operative Estates. Kris, who joined the business in March as Head of Business Acquisitions and Strategy, will be responsible … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Real Estate, United Kingdom
MANCHESTER, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-operative Group (“The Co-operative”) today announces the sale of its Farms business to the Wellcome Trust* (“the Trust”). The sale reflects The Co-operative’s decision to focus on its core Retail and Consumer Services divisions, including Food, Funeralcare, General … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Food & Beverage, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Danny Truell, Richard Pennycook, The Co-operative Group, Wellcome Trust
MANCHESTER, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-operative Group has been the UK’s most ethical company over the past 25 years, according to a survey by Ethical Consumer magazine. The Co-op topped the poll in a readers’ survey to mark the 25th … Read the full press release
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurex Group introduced connectivity of Trade Capture Platforms (TCPs) via the enhanced Multilateral Trade Registration (MTR) Service as of yesterday. The first TCPs are BrokerHub and Vectalis; ITG RFQ-hub intends to connect on 11 August. … Read the full press release
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Supervisory Board of Eurex Clearing AG appointed Matthias Graulich (40) as member of the Executive Board of the company, effective 1 August 2014. As board member, he continues to be Chief Client Officer, managing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management
Tagged Eric Tim Müller, Eurex Clearing AG, Heike Eckert, Matthias Graulich, Thomas Book, Thomas Laux
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services and the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a market data cooperation between the two exchanges. Some key areas on which … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Investment
Tagged Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services, Hauke Stars, Inc., the Philippine Stock Exchange
Revenue growth increases; bookings momentum continues AMSTERDAM, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Interxion Holding NV (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of cloud and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced its results for the three months ended 30 June 2014. Financial Highlights Revenue … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Management, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged David Ruberg, Interxion Holding NV, Jim Huseby
AMSTERDAM, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of cloud and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase the SFR Netcenter data centre facilities in Marseille, France. When … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Internet & Online, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged France, Interxion, Jim Huseby, Marseille, SFR Netcenter data centre
Brussels, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) today announced that Rainer Riess has been appointed as Interim Director General as of 1st of August 2014. Rainer Riess has been a senior executive in the exchange industry … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Investment, Management
Tagged Christian Katz, FESE, Rainer Riess, The Federation of European Securities Exchanges
GRAHAM Construction has been awarded the Investors in People (IIP) Gold standard following a reaccreditation process. Derby, United Kingdom, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Only 1% of recognised IIP organisations are successful in attaining this level of excellence. It is therefore a significant … Read the full press release
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