(IN BRIEF) The EIB has extended a €150 million loan to Alfasigma to fund its R&D efforts from 2025 to 2027, targeting new drugs in gastroenterology, hepatology, vascular medicine, rheumatology, and rare diseases. The financing, endorsed by EIB Vice-President Gelsomina … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged Alfasigma, biopharmaceutical innovation, EIB, European competitiveness, European Investment Bank, gastroenterology, Gelsomina Vigliotti, hepatology, job creation, partnership, patient-centred therapies, R&D financing, rare diseases, rheumatology, specialty care, Tatiana Simonelli, Vascular Medicine
(IN BRIEF) Morrisons has launched Club 60, an exclusive café offer for customers aged 60 and over, across its 344 in-store cafés. Club 60 members can enjoy a Small Breakfast with a refillable hot drink for £6 or an Afternoon … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged affordable dining, Afternoon Meal Deal, Chris Strong, Club 60, community hubs, financial support, fish & chips, Heinz Baked Beanz, Morrisons, Morrisons Cafés, over-60s, Small Breakfast, UK supermarkets
(IN BRIEF) PwC’s latest Protecting People & Prosperity report finds that 32 percent of semiconductor output will rely on copper sources exposed to severe drought by 2035, rising to 58 percent by 2050 without emissions cuts. As semiconductors underpin digital … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, chip manufacturing, circular economy, climate adaptation, climate disruption, copper supply, desalination, drought risk, ESG, Glenn Burm, global trade, Lynne Baber, material innovation, Protecting People & Prosperity, PwC, renewable energy, Semiconductor industry, supplier diversification, supply chain resilience, sustainability, water recycling
(IN BRIEF) Zalando and ZEOS have launched an AR app that transports users through every phase of Zalando’s fulfilment process—from receiving and stowing to picking, sorting, packing, and handling returns. Powered by ZalOS software, AI routing, and TORU robots, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Berlin, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AI routing, AR tour, augmented reality, bag sorter, cardboard recycling, dynamic storage, ergonomic workstations, fashion logistics, fulfilment centre, logistics, Machine Learning, packaging optimization, pick tower, returns refurbishment, sustainability, TORU robot, Zalando, ZalOS, ZEOS
(IN BRIEF) Wealth Minerals and Voith have entered an MoU to co-develop the Pabellón Lithium Project in northern Chile alongside the CIQO and other partners. Voith will hold 5 percent of Wealth’s 7,600 ha license portfolio and assist in applying … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged battery-grade lithium, CEOL, Cerro Pabellón, Chilean Ministry of Mining, CIQO, Direct Lithium Extraction, DLE, exploration licenses, Hendrik van Alphen, Jan Lüder, lithium brine, Los Cóndores hydropower, Pabellón Lithium Project, partnership, pumped storage, Quechua Indigenous Community of Ollagüe, Region II Chile, renewable energy transition, Special Lithium Operation Contract, sustainability, sustainable energy storage, Voith Hydro, Wealth Minerals Ltd.
(IN BRIEF) Thales’s eSIM solution has achieved the GSMA’s eSIM Security Assurance certification, confirming its adherence to rigorous security and functional standards across hardware, firmware, OS, and cryptographic components. As industries brace for nearly 6 billion IoT cellular connections by … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged automotive connectivity, chip-to-cloud security, cryptographic libraries, Cybersecurity, data privacy, device manufacturers, embedded SIM, eSA certification, eSIM, eSIM Security Assurance, EU Cyber Resilience Act, Eva Rudin, GSMA, healthcare IoT, IoT, large-scale deployment, mass remote provisioning, mobile network operators, secure connectivity, SGP.32 specification, smart metering, Thales, trusted partner
IN BRIEF) Citycon Oyj has named Henna Tuominen as its new Director, Corporate Communications. Reporting to CEO Oleg Zaslavsky from Espoo, she will lead all facets of communications, brand management, and media relations. Tuominen brings over 20 years of experience … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Real Estate, Retail, Technology
Tagged Aktia, appointment, Baltics, brand management, Caruna, Citycon Oyj, Corporate Communications, ESG, Henna Tuominen, Media Relations, Nordics, Oleg Zaslavsky, organizational transformation, stakeholder engagement, Stockmann, strategy renewal, sustainable urban development, University of Oulu
(IN BRIEF) Diergaarde Blijdorp’s Oceanium has opened “Living with Wind Parks,” an interactive exhibit developed with Ecowende to demonstrate how offshore wind infrastructure can support North Sea ecosystems. Featuring aquaria that simulate turbine bases as artificial reefs and tree-reef nurseries … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged artificial reefs, bird and bat protection, conservation education, Diergaarde Blijdorp, Ecowende, habitat restoration, IJmuiden, interactive radar game, Kids Panel, Living with Wind Parks, marine biodiversity, North Sea, Oceanium, offshore wind energy, partnership, renewable energy, sustainability, sustainable North Sea, tree reefs
(IN BRIEF) University of Bristol researchers and partners have created the first international Core Information Set (CIS) for innovative surgical procedures, published in the British Journal of Surgery. Arising from the 2018 “First Do No Harm” review, the CIS comprises … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Angus McNair, British Journal of Surgery, clinical governance, Core Information Set, First Do No Harm review, informed consent, innovative surgery, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, partnership, patient empowerment, patient safety, pelvic mesh, regulatory standards, shared decision-making, surgical ethics, University of Bristol
(IN BRIEF) Telenor has agreed to purchase GlobalConnect’s Norwegian consumer fibre business for NOK 6.0 billion, adding about 140,000 subscribers and boosting its market share from 22 percent to 29 percent. The acquisition will extend Telenor’s network reach, offer GlobalConnect’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer, consumer business, digital security, entertainment services, fibre broadband, GlobalConnect, home networks, integration capex, Martin Lippert, NKOM, Norwegian Competition Authority, partnership, synergies, telecom market expansion, Telenor ASA
(IN BRIEF) The 2023 KfW Climate Barometer special analysis shows that German SMEs now finance 22 percent of their climate investments through public promotional funds—up three points since 2021—while promotional support makes up only 13 percent of overall SME investment. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Climate Barometer, climate investments, climate-tech start-ups, decarbonisation, energy-efficient construction, financing gap, Germany, green transition, KfW, large-scale projects, low-interest loans, private capital mobilization, promotional funds, SMEs, state investment grants, Stefan Wintels, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool has been awarded £1.46 million by UKRI to lead SCHOUSE, a collaboration with the University of Cambridge and local partners. The project will explore why social-housing residents in Liverpool have poorer diets—examining income, employment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged Alchemic Kitchen, Alexandra Rose Charity, Charlotte Hardman, dietary inequality, epidemiology, Feeding Liverpool, food vouchers, health economics, Health Equalities Group, health geography, interactive food-access mapping, Liverpool, Liverpool City Council, mobile greengrocer, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, Nutrition, Onward Homes, partnership, public health, Rachel Loopstra, Riverside Group, SCHOUSE, social housing, Supporting Communities in social Housing and Optimising Urban food System interventions for Equity, Torus Foundation, UKRI, University of Cambridge, University of Liverpool
(IN BRIEF) University of Helsinki researchers, with domestic and Russian partners, used genome-wide SNPs and mitochondrial DNA to chart genetic diversity in the Siberian flying squirrel. They found minimal variation in Finland and maximal, deeply divergent diversity in Russia’s Sikhote-Alin, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged boreal taiga, conservation genetics, Finland, Finnish Museum of Natural History, genetic diversity, genome-wide SNPs, habitat fragmentation, Jaana Kekkonen, mitochondrial DNA, partnership, Pteromys volans, Siberian flying squirrel, Sikhote-Alin, Stefan Prost, subspecies, sustainability, taxonomic reassessment, umbrella species, University of Helsinki, University of Oulu
(IN BRIEF) voestalpine and VERBUND are expanding the H2FUTURE PEM electrolysis pilot plant in Linz with a new compression and purification unit and five hydrogen storage tanks, at a cost of €16.4 million. The follow-up project continues their research into … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged compression, electric arc furnace, GREEN HYDROGEN, greentec steel, grid-frequency balancing, H2FUTURE, H2FUTURE Follow-Up, Herbert Eibensteiner, industrial research collaboration, Linz Austria, Michael Strugl, net-zero CO₂ emissions by 2050, partnership, PEM electrolysis, project timeline, purification, renewable energy, storage tanks, sustainability, VERBUND AG, Vienna Stock Exchange, voestalpine AG
(IN BRIEF) Basilea Pharmaceutica has secured an extra USD 39 million from BARDA under its Other Transaction Agreement, bringing potential non-dilutive funding to USD 268 million over 12 years. This new tranche will finance the ongoing phase 3 trial of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Allschwil, antibacterial, antifungal, ASPR, BAL2062, BARDA, Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd, Cresemba®, fosmanogepix, HHS, invasive candidiasis, invasive mold infections, multidrug-resistant Candida auris, orphan drug, Other Transaction Agreement, partnership, QIDP, Switzerland, Zevtera®
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has been awarded a turnkey contract by KNRN to build a sewage sludge mono-incineration plant at Hildesheim’s port, with the undisclosed order value booked in Q3 2025. The facility will process 33,500 t of dry sludge annually … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged AbfKlärV regulation, Andritz, Benjamin Klammer, BFB boiler, circular economy, district heating, Dr. Jens Manthey, EcoFluid bubbling fluidized bed, flue gas cleaning, KNRN, Kommunale Nährstoffrückgewinnung Niedersachsen GmbH, Lower Saxony, partnership, phosphorus recovery, Port of Hildesheim, sewage sludge mono-incineration, sludge drying, steam turbine, sustainability, vapor condensation
(IN BRIEF) Boehringer Ingelheim has initiated the THULITE Phase II trial (NCT06962839) to assess BI 1815368, a novel oral agent for diabetic macular edema (DME). Affecting more than 21 million people globally, DME is typically managed by frequent eye injections, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged at-home treatment, BI 1815368, BI 764524, biopharmaceutical research, Boehringer Ingelheim, Charles C. Wykoff, clinical trial NCT06962839, CRIMSON trial, Dario Madani, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinal disease, DME, intravitreal injections, macular edema, oral therapy, Patrick Bussfeld, PRO RETINA, retinal vascular hyperpermeability, Sema3A antibody, THULITE Phase II, vision loss
(IN BRIEF) The University of Glasgow has launched a city-wide Children’s Choir in collaboration with the National Schools Singing Programme, aiming to provide hundreds of state school pupils with professional-grade vocal training. Directed by choral scholar David Wynn-Evans, the choir … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Anton Muscatelli, Children’s Choir, choral scholarship, civic mission, Community Engagement, CREATE programme, David Wynn-Evans, Douglas Hutchison, Glasgow, grid, higher education access, Living Laboratory, music education, National Schools Singing Programme, NSSP, Roisín Coll, Sir John Rutter, state school pupils, University of Glasgow, vocal tuition, Youth Music Initiative
(IN BRIEF) Eurojust has enabled the return of 66 stolen Spanish artworks through two distinct operations. First, 65 paintings and an altarpiece were repatriated from a German collector’s villa on Lago Maggiore, Italy, after civil litigation and investigations by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Law, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Politics, Security & Safety, Spain, Technology
Tagged 15th century, altarpiece, art repatriation, Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Civil Guard Historical Heritage Section, cross-border cooperation, Cultural Heritage, EIO, Eurojust, European Investigation Orders, Genoa, Investigative Judge Marbella, Investigative Judge Palencia, Italy, Palencia, partnership, Public Prosecutor’s Office Genoa, Saint Luke statue, Santa Eugenia de Astudillo, Spain, stolen paintings, Turin, Verbania
(IN BRIEF) At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome (10–11 July 2025), the EBRD will present a comprehensive €410 million financing package for urban development and sustainable tourism via the Ukraine FIRST Cooperation Fund, co-managed with the EIB. Funds flow … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged affordable housing, Arcano Partners, Buenavista Infrastructure, capital markets, distributed generation, EBRD, energy security, European Investment Bank, geological data digitalisation, graphite development, human capital resilience, IFC, municipal finance, NextGenerationEU, Odile Renaud-Basso, partnership, Regional Resilience Fund, renewables, risk sharing facility, Rome URC, stock exchange MoU, sustainable tourism, tech fund, Ukraine FIRST Cooperation Fund, Ukraine Recovery Conference, urban development, Yuliia Svyrydenko
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