(IN BRIEF) A study presented at ESC Congress 2025 has found that a standard piston-based chest compression device is the only method able to achieve effective CPR depth in microgravity conditions, outperforming NASA’s current “handstand method” and other tested devices. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Science, Spain, Technology
Tagged Air Zero G, automated chest compression, cardiac arrest in space, CHRU de Nancy, CNES, CPR in space, emergency medical kit, ESC Congress 2025, European Society of Cardiology, handstand method, international resuscitation guidelines, mechanical piston device, microgravity, Novespace, parabolic flight, resuscitation research, space medicine, space tourism, Université de Lorraine, Université de Paris
(IN BRIEF) Research presented at ESC Congress 2025 has shown that low fitness and older age independently increase the risk of arrhythmias in otherwise healthy adults. The study of 1,151 participants aged 40–65 revealed that reduced aerobic capacity was strongly … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Government, Healthcare, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Science, Spain, Technology
Tagged aerobic fitness, aging, arrhythmias, atrial arrhythmias, cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular risk, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Dr Amit Moses, Early Detection, ECG monitoring, ESC Congress 2025, European Society of Cardiology, exercise and heart health, heart rhythm, irregular heartbeat, preventive cardiology, screening over 50s, ventricular arrhythmias
(IN BRIEF) Deka Immobilien has completed its first logistics property acquisition in Switzerland with the purchase of the GXO Sant’Antonino distribution centre in Ticino for the WestInvest InterSelect fund. Built in 2013, the 50,000 m² property is fully leased to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Real Estate, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged commercial property, Deka Group, Deka Immobilien, Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, distribution centre, Germany–Basel–Milan corridor, GXO Logistics Inc, GXO Logistics Switzerland S.A.G.L., GXO Sant’Antonino, LEED Platinum, logistics investment, partnership, Photovoltaic Systems, real estate acquisition, sustainable logistics, Switzerland, Ticino, WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH, WestInvest InterSelect
(IN BRIEF) SGS has introduced a full-service package to help small and medium-sized enterprises implement the Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for Non-Listed SMEs (VSME). Developed by EFRAG as a simplified option to the CSRD, the VSME is gaining importance with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged advisory, assurance, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, CSRD, EFRAG, ESG, ESG disclosure, EU Omnibus Directive, EU Regulations, IMPACT NOW, non-listed SMEs, partnership, SGS, SMEs, sustainability, sustainability leadership, sustainability reporting, Sustainable Finance, training, verification, Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for Non-Listed SMEs, VSME
(IN BRIEF) Siemens Mobility has secured a contract from RATP to deliver its CBTC GoA4 driverless automation system for Paris Metro Line 13, one of the city’s busiest routes. The project, backed by Île-de-France Mobilités, will include a new operations … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, France, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged automation, CBTC GoA4, Châtillon, decarbonization, driverless trains, energy efficiency, Île-de-France Mobilités, Les Courtilles, Marc Ludwig, Montparnasse-Bienvenüe, Operations Control Center, Paris Metro Line 13, partnership, public transport, RATP, Saint-Denis-Université, Saint-Lazare, Siemens Mobility, smart mobility, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has signed a €250 million financing framework with Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP) to support a €514 million investment plan modernising water and wastewater services for more than four million Attica residents. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Greece, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Athens, Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company, Attica, climate change adaptation, drought resilience, EIB, EU Cohesion Policy, EU Green Deal, European Investment Bank, EYDAP, Giorgos Stergiou, Greece, Haris Sachinis, infrastructure investment, InvestEU Advisory Hub, partnership, smart meters, Stavros Papastavrou, sustainability, wastewater, water supply, Yannis Tsakiris
(IN BRIEF) Skanska has divested an elderly care home project in Falun, Sweden, to Northern Horizon for about SEK 330M. Developed for Falu Municipality, the facility in Haraldsbo will provide 80 senior units with a focus on dementia care, alongside … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged biodiversity, dementia care, district heating, elderly care home, Energy Class B, Falu Municipality, Falun, Haraldsbo, LEED Gold, Northern Horizon, partnership, property divestment, SÄBO, SEK 330M, Skanska, social infrastructure, solar panels, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Gasum and Viking Line have partnered to expand FuelEU Maritime pooling by running Viking Glory and Viking Grace on bio-LNG, significantly boosting the supply of compliance credits. Operating between Turku and Stockholm, the vessels now use 50% bio-LNG, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Baltic Sea, Bio-LNG, compliance credits, DNV, EU regulation, FEUM pooling, FuelEU Maritime, Gasum, Jacob Granqvist, Jan Hanses, liquefied biomethane, maritime decarbonisation, partnership, renewable fuel, Stockholm, sustainability, sustainable shipping, Turku, Viking Glory, Viking Grace, Viking Line
(IN BRIEF) Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) has acquired 80% of Moldasig following a successful public auction, making it the market leader in Moldova with around 30% share. The Share Purchase Agreement with the Moldovan state finalises VIG’s acquisition plan announced … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, Marketing, Moldova, News, Technology
Tagged acquisition, competition authority, Donaris, European integration, financial services, insurance market, Market leader, Moldasig, non-life insurance, partnership, Peter Höfinger, Republic of Moldova, Vienna Insurance Group, VIG
(IN BRIEF) Capgemini has signed an agreement to acquire Cloud4C, a global provider of hyper-automated, AI-ready cloud managed services. With 1,600 specialists and operations in 29 countries, Cloud4C is known for its expertise in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, sovereign cloud solutions, … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, France, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged acquisitions, AI-ready platforms, Aiman Ezzat, Capgemini, cloud managed services, cloud migration, Cloud4C, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, digital transformation, generative AI, hybrid cloud, hyper-automation, IDC, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Sovereign Cloud, Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Syniti
(IN BRIEF) KNL, a Telenor subsidiary in Finland, has signed contracts worth €15 million with the Finnish and Swedish Armed Forces for the supply of advanced HF radios. These systems provide secure, encrypted communication even in areas without satellites or … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, News, Norway, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Dan Ouchterlony, Defence Contracts, encrypted communication, Finnish Armed Forces, HF radios, KNL, military communications, national security, NATO, NORDEFCO, Nordic cooperation, resilient connectivity, secure defence technology, Swedish Armed Forces, Telenor, Toni Lindén
(IN BRIEF) Laura Montenbruck, Assistant Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, has been awarded the IIPF Young Economists Award for her study on tax compliance in Sierra Leone. Her research, published under the title “Fiscal Exchange and Tax Compliance: Strengthening … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Financial, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged fiscal exchange, Freetown, IIPF Young Economists Award, Innovative Research, International Institute of Public Finance, Laura Montenbruck, Nairobi, property taxes, public economics, public services, Sierra Leone, Social Contract, Stockholm University, tax compliance
(IN BRIEF) Wood has provided a further update on its potential takeover discussions with Sidara. While Sidara had originally indicated a possible cash offer of 35 pence per share in April 2025, it has now stated, following completion of its … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, audited accounts, cash offer, Dar Al-Handasah Consultants Shair and Partners Holdings, due diligence, John Habgood, partnership, reduced possible offer, refinancing, Rule 2.7, Rule 2.8, shareholders, Sidara, Takeover, Takeover Panel, Wood
IN BRIEF) Lenzing Group has expanded its photovoltaic capacity at its Austrian headquarters with the commissioning of a new 1.3 MWp plant in partnership with VERBUND, raising the site’s total PV output to 8.3 MWp. This move strengthens the company’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Austria, Biomass, Christian Skilich, climate protection, Energy Independence, energy transition, hydropower, Lenzing Group, Martin Wagner, net zero target, Paris Agreement, partnership, photovoltaic expansion, renewable energy, SBTi, Science Based Targets initiative, solar energy, sustainability, VERBUND, wind energy
(IN BRIEF) ISS has entered into a global partnership with Social Value Portal to introduce the first worldwide framework for measuring social sustainability impact across its 60 markets. Using the Global TOM System and its unique International Dollar metric, ISS … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Australia, Denmark, facility services, Global TOM System, Guy Battle, International Dollar, ISS, Margot Slattery, Netherlands, Norway, partnership, responsible business, social sustainability, social value measurement, Social Value Portal, Spain, sustainability, sustainable business practices, workplace experience
(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool is relaunching its unique master’s degree in The Beatles, Heritage and Culture as an online programme, beginning in September 2026. The part-time course will examine the continuing influence of the Beatles on Liverpool’s cultural, … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Beatles Legacy Group, Beatles studies, creative industries, cultural legacy, heritage, Holly Tessler, Liverpool City Region, Liverpool University Press, MA The Beatles Heritage and Culture, The Journal of Beatles Studies, TOURISM, University of Liverpool, urban regeneration
(IN BRIEF) The Helsinki Proteomics Center, a joint effort between HiLIFE’s Institute of Biotechnology and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Helsinki, is enhancing Finland’s proteomics research capacity with the installation of three Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Astral and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged biobanks, Biocenter Finland, Faculty of Medicine, Finland life sciences, Helsinki Proteomics Center, HiLIFE, Institute of Biotechnology, Markku Varjosalo, Orbitrap Astral, Orbitrap Astral Zoom, partnership, patient registries, personalized medicine, protein interactions, proteomics, Research Council of Finland, structural biology, Thermo Scientific, translational medicine, University of Helsinki, XL-MS
(IN BRIEF) The University of Glasgow, working alongside leading African and European research institutes, has launched VectorGrid-Africa, the first coordinated observatory network dedicated to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases across Africa. Backed by €6.1 million from the EU’s HORIZON/EDCTP programme, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Cambridge Institute of Public Health, climate change, disease forecasting, Dr Ally Olotu, EDCTP programme, EU Horizon, genomic research, Ifakara Health Institute, insecticide resistance, Kenya, Madagascar, mosquito surveillance, Mosquito-Borne Diseases, Mozambique, partnership, Professor Fredros Okumu, South Africa, sustainability, Tanzania, University of Glasgow, vector control, VectorGrid-Africa, World Health Organization
(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies, Equinor and Shell have officially started operations at Northern Lights, the world’s first merchant CO₂ transport and storage project. The first volumes of CO₂ were shipped from Heidelberg Materials’ cement factory in Brevik to the Øygarden terminal … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Arnaud Le Foll, Brevik cement plant, carbon capture and storage, CCS, Climate Strategy, CO₂ storage, CO₂ transport, Equinor, European decarbonization, Hafslund Celsio, Heidelberg Materials, North Sea, northern lights, Norway, partnership, Shell, Stockholm Exergi, sustainability, TotalEnergies, Yara, Ørsted, Øygarden terminal
(IN BRIEF) Northern Lights, the world’s first open-access CO₂ transport and storage network, has officially started operations by injecting the first CO₂ volumes into the Aurora reservoir 2,600 meters beneath the North Sea. Owned by Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Anders Opedal, Aurora reservoir, Brevik cement plant, carbon capture and storage, CCS, CO₂ storage, CO₂ transport, energy transition, Equinor, EU CEF Energy, European decarbonization, Heidelberg Materials, Irene Rummelhoff, Longship project, North Sea, northern lights, Norway, partnership, Shell, sustainability, TotalEnergies, Øygarden
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