London, UK, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Virgin Rail Group (VRG) today (7 October 2013) confirmed details of its management team moving forward as Tony Collins, Chief Executive Officer and Chris Gibb, Chief Operating Officer announced plans to retire after combined service of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Andy Cross, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chris Gibb, Graham Leech, Management, Management Team changes, Martin Griffiths, Patrick McCall, Patrick McGrath, Phil Bearpark, Phil Whittingham, Sir Brian Souter, Sir Richard Branson, Stagecoach Group, Tony Collins, Virgin Group, Virgin Rail Group
London, UK, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A package of investment in the 8 great technologies of the future will accelerate high-tech progress from the lab to the marketplace and help drive UK economic growth, Science and Universities Minister David Willetts announced. In … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Agri-Tech Catalyst, agricultural technologies, climate change, Department for Business Innovation & Skills, Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, energy storage, food production, gene sequencing, Guy’s Hospital, HEFCE, Iain Gray, Lord de Mauley, meteorologists, NERC, NOAA, OSNAP, population growth, Professor Douglas Kell, South Glasgow Hospitals Campus, Technology Strategy Board, The Rt Hon David Willetts MP, UK synthetic biology industry, UKRPIF
London, United Kingdom, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca today announced that on 4 October MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, completed its acquisition of Amplimmune, a privately-held, US-based biologics company focused on developing novel therapeutics in cancer immunology. As previously announced, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, Amplimmune, Anthony Brown, anti-PD-L1 mAb, AstraZeneca, autoimmune disease, Ayesha Bharmal, biologics, Cancer, cancer cells, cancer immunology, co-inhibitory molecules, co-stimulatory molecules, Colleen Proctor, Ed Seage, Esra Erkal-Paler, Gaithersburg, immune system, immune-mediated cancer therapy, IMT-C, infectious disease, Jacob Lund, Jens Lindberg, Karl Hård, MEDI-4736, MedImmune, mOX40 mAb, therapeutics, Tracy Rossin, transplantation, tremelimumab
London, United Kingdom, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca today announced that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) lifted a temporary injunction against the US launch of Hanmi’s 505(b)2 NDA esomeprazole strontium product. AstraZeneca’s CAFC appeal of claim construction … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Government, Healthcare, Law, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged 192, 5, 504, 714, 877, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Anthony Brown, AstraZeneca, CAFC, Colleen Proctor, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Ed Seage, Esra Erkal-Paler, Hanmi, Hanmi Pharmaceutical, Hanmi's 505(b)2 NDA esomeprazole strontium, Jacob Lund, Jens Lindberg, Karl Hård, Michele Meixell, New Jersey, Nexium, patent-infringement damages, Temporary injunction, US launch, Vanessa Rhodes
Rueil-Malmaison, France, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The consortium led by Dodin Campenon Bernard (VINCI Construction) and including GTM Ouest and Botte Fondations, both subsidiaries of VINCI Construction France, as well as Spie Batignolles TPCI, Spie Fondations and Legendre Génie Civil, has been … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged awarded contract, Botte Fondations, consortium, Dodin Campenon Bernard, France, GTM Ouest, Legendre Génie Civil, Line B of the Rennes metro, Maxence Naouri, Spie Batignolles TPCI, Spie Fondations, tunnel, tunnel boring machine, underground works, VINCI Construction, VINCI Construction France
Hamburg, Kiel Frankfurt, Munich, Germany, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Munich-based Railpool GmbH is expanding its management team. The two shareholders of the company, HSH Nordbank and KfW IPEX-Bank, have appointed Torsten Lehnert and Thorsten Priebe to the management team as at … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Management, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged diesel multiple units, Dr Walter Breinl, Electrical Multiple Units, Ellen Stoessinger, Hamburg, HSH Nordbank AG, KfW IPEX-Bank, Kiel Frankfurt, locomotives, Mirko Wollrab, Munich, rail vehicles, Railpool GmbH, railway operators, Rune Hoffmann, Thorsten Priebeappointed, Torsten Lehnert, Wilhelm Wellner
Whitley, Coventry, UK, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Whitley 4th October 2013. Jaguar Land Rover UK is celebrating record September sales with retail figures up 13 per cent year-to-date over the same period last year. Land Rover had its best ever September month of … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Alexina Jackson, Dan Connell, Freelander, Jaguar, Jaguar Land Rover UK, Jeremy Hicks, Kim Palmer, Land Rover, Land Rover Defender, Land Rover Discovery, Lucy Reynolds, Rachel Murray, Range Rover, Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover Sport, record September 2013 sales, retail figures, the all new Range Rover
Whitley, Coventry, UK, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Jaguar Land Rover has appointed John Edwards into the role of Managing Director of the newly created Individual Products Division with immediate effect. The new division will be responsible for designing and creating a portfolio … Read the full press release
London, UK, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — UK’s innovation agency, Technology Strategy Board, commends first-year performance of M&S sustainable learning store Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) Cheshire Oaks store has been highlighted by the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board as a “star project, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Government, Real Estate, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Biomass boiler plant, building insulation, Building Performance Evaluation, Building Performance Evaluation Building Use Surveys, Cheshire Oaks, Christopher Kang, Clem Constantine, CO2 reduction, energy reduction, fewer carbon emissions, Glued laminated timber, Gregory Barker, Ian Meikle, M&S Cheshire Oaks store, Marks & Spencer, post-occupancy evaluation (POE), Rainwater harvesting, rainwater harvesting system, Rod Alexander, Technology Strategy Board, UK’s innovation agency, “star project with core business benefits aplenty”
Stockholm, Sweden, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Hexagon AB, leading global provider of design, measurement and visualization solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire Airborne Hydrography AB (AHAB), a provider of airborne laser survey systems for hydrographic and topographic surveys. Founded in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology
Tagged above-water topographic maps, acquired, acquisition, AHAB, airborne bathymetric LiDAR technology, Airborne Hydrography AB, airborne laser survey systems, geospatial technologies, Hexagon, hydrographic software, hydrographic surveys, hydrographic systems, Jönköping, Kristin Christensen, map coastal zones, map land, map seafloors, Mattias Stenberg, Ola Rollén, Sweden, topographic software, topographic surveys, topographic systems
The Company, which hopes to invest $150 million, expects to file for state approval in the coming months The Company recently approved a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Massachusetts utilities The 75.9 megawatt (MW) project could contribute $1.6 million … Read the full press release
Stockholm, Sweden, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Hexagon AB, leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Devex, a leading player in the field of automation solutions for mining operations. Devex is a Brazilian company with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 3D environments, acquire, acquisition, Brazil, Devex, Hexagon, Kristin Christensen, Mattias Stenberg, measurement technologies, mine activities real-time control, mine activities remote monitoring, mine-management software solutions, mining, Ola Rollén, open-pit mines, optimising mine performance, software, underground mines, visualisation technologies
Pula, Croatia, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On Wednesday 2nd October 2013 on slipway No.1 of Uljanik shipyard the keel for yard 503 was laid. This is the first of four contracted ferries (newbuildings 503 to 506) constructed by ULJANIK Shipyard for the … Read the full press release
Hamburg/Kiel, Germany, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — HSH Nordbank has successfully sold its 25% stake in Northern Diabolo. In 2007, the Bank financed the rail track linking Brussels Airport to the Belgian long-distance railway system – and thus one of the country’s most … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged Belgian long-distance railway system, Belgian rail project, Brussels Airport, Ellen Stoessinger, equity, Hamburg, HSH Nordbank AG, infrastructure, Kiel, loan, Marcus Kleiner, Mirko Wollrab, Paris-Brussels-Antwerp axis, private public partnership, rail track, railway, Rune Hoffmann
Loughborough, United Kingdom, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Kingfisher Future Homes is delighted to announce the official launch of the Kingfisher iQE Alliance Partnership, which took place at Loughborough University on Wednesday 25th September 2013. The launch event also marked three important milestones in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Education, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged B&Q, energy efficiency, energy efficient boilers, home improvement retailer, Howard Kerr, Ian Cheshire, Ian Draisey, iQE, Kingfisher, Kingfisher Future Homes, Kingfisher iQE Alliance Partnership, Leonardo Bianchi, Loughborough University, Professor Dennis Loveday, Professor Kevin Lomas, Screwfix, Suzi Smith, TradePoint
Luxembourg/Sofia, 08-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Municipality of Sofia today signed a new loan agreement of EUR 50 million to support the implementation of the Bulgarian capital city’s master plan. The loan will finance a transport … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Financial, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Bulgaria, construction, Dušan Ondrejička, EIB, loan agreement, Mihai Tanasescu, Municipality, Municipality of Sofia, rehabilitation, Sofia, The European Investment Bank, transport infrastructure projects
France, 08-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On 7 October 1933 at 4pm, Air France was officially inaugurated at La Bourget airport, by the Air Transport Minister Pierre Cot. The new airline was formed from the merger of Air Orient, Air Union, Société Générale de Transports … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 08-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — State Corporation ‘Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)’ and United Company RUSAL entered into a Memorandum of Intent. The Memorandum provides for enhancing cooperation aimed at restructuring RUSAL’s unprofitable plants. The parties intend to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Government, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, Russia
Tagged aluminum, aluminum alloys, Memorandum of Intent, RUSAL, unprofitable plants, Vnesheconombank
Berlin/Frankfurt, Germany, 08-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Gartner, Inc., the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company, recognized DB Schenker Contract Logistics as a ‘Leader’ in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Third-Party Logistics Providers (3PL) report (by Greg Aimi, James Lisica), … Read the full press release
Jakarta, Indonesia, 08-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, more than 1,500 H&M fans lined up for several hours outside Indonesia’s first store at Gandaria City, Jakarta, in anticipation of the Swedish fashion retailer throwing its doors open at 10am. Par Darj, Head of … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Retail, Sweden
Tagged Gandaria City, H&M, Helena Chan, Indonesia, Jakarta, James Suen, Karina Soegarda, Mr. Sanveer Gill, Par Darj, PT Hindo, tephanie Retuya
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