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GOV.UK: 7,000 farmers paid bridging payments of around 50% of likely Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2015 claim amounts

More than 7,000 farmers have now been paid bridging payments of around 50% of likely Basic Payment Scheme 2015 claim amounts. LONDON, 02-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — More than 7,000 farmers have now been paid bridging payments of around 50% of likely … Read the full press release

Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK pledged £50 million each towards UK’s first ever Dementia Research Institute

A quarter of a billion pounds has been pledged towards the UK’s first ever Dementia Research Institute. £100 million from Britain’s leading charities takes support for the UK’s first ever Dementia Research Institute up to £250 million Alzheimer’s Society and … Read the full press release

VINCI signs share purchase agreement with an investment services provider as part of its share buyback programme

Rueil-Malmaison, 02-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of its share buyback programme, VINCI signed a share purchase agreement with an investment services provider on 29 April 2016. According to the agreement, the investment services provider will sell to VINCI no later … Read the full press release

LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd to announce two senior executive appointments

Daniel Maguire appointed Global Head of Rates & FX Derivatives Paddy Boyle joins as Head of FX Product LONDON, 29-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — LCH, the global clearing house, is pleased to announce two senior executive appointments. Effective 1 May 2016, Daniel … Read the full press release

Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye: It’s been a fantastic start to 2016 and Heathrow is performing strongly on all fronts

LONDON, 28-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — High service standards recognised as Heathrow is named ‘Best airport in Western Europe’ by Skytrax for second consecutive year 16.8 million passengers using Heathrow in first three months, up 2.6%. Garuda Indonesia is the latest … Read the full press release

PwC to offer advisory and taxation services in Bangladesh by opening new office in Dhaka

Eyes growth in Tax, Forensics, Cybersecurity, Government, Digital and Infrastructure Advisory DHAKA, Bangladesh, 26-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — PwC today announced the inauguration of its office in Dhaka, further leveraging the opportunity to partner Bangladesh in its growth journey by offering services … Read the full press release

CNH Industrial to release Q1 2016 financial results on Friday, April 29

LONDON, 26-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announced today that its financial results for the First Quarter of 2016 will be released on Friday, April 29. A live audio webcast of the First Quarter results conference … Read the full press release

Befesa will release Q1 2016 financial results on Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

Ratingen, Deutschland, 25-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Befesa today announced that it will release the financial results for the first quarter of 2016 on Tuesday, May 31st, 2016. The information will be published on Befesa’s website: www.befesa.com Befesa’s senior management team will … Read the full press release

Insurance Europe raises concerns over misunderstanding of Ultimate Forward Rate (UFR)

Any changes to UFR should wait until Solvency II review BRUSSELS, 25-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ —  There seems to be a misunderstanding over how Solvency II liabilities are currently calculated, including the discount rates, according to Insurance Europe, the European insurance … Read the full press release

TomTom started the year with good revenue growth in Sport and B2B activities

AMSTERDAM, 25-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Financial summary Q1 ’16 Group revenue of €217 million (Q1 ’15: €205 million) Gross margin of 57% (Q1 ’15: 54%) EBITDA of €26 million (Q1 ’15: €21 million) Adjusted EPS1 of €0.03 (Q1 ’15: €0.01) … Read the full press release

Kering reports 4% increase of consolidated revenue in Q1-2016

Strong performance in Luxury in an uncertain environment Good momentum confirmed in Sport & Lifestyle Consolidated revenue up 4.0% Luxury activities up 2.6% Sport & Lifestyle activities up 7.0% PARIS, 25-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — – Revenue for the first quarter … Read the full press release

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) hat erfolgreich eine ungedeckte Benchmarkanleihe emittiert

Gesamtvolumen 500 Mio. € Sehr starke Investorennachfrage Zweite Benchmarkemission innerhalb einer Woche München, 22-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) hat am Dienstag erfolgreich eine ungedeckte Benchmarkanleihe emittiert. Für die pbb stellt die Platzierung bereits die zweite erfolgreiche … Read the full press release

Centrica plc remains on track to achieve the targets set out at its Preliminary Results on 18 February 2016

In advance of its 2016 Annual General Meeting to be held at 11am today, Centrica plc is providing an update on its business performance. LONDON, 21-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Company continues to make good progress against its strategic priorities … Read the full press release

Halifax launches an online banking feature to give customers greater insight into available funds

Online feature will give customers greater insight into available funds LONDON, 21-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Halifax is further enhancing the services its current account customers receive with the launch of ‘Balance Extra’, an online banking feature which provides a simple … Read the full press release

VC levels will moderate in 2016 as investors switch to a focus on execution

Companies in the venture capital (VC) pipeline can expect more scrutiny over their ability to execute More activity anticipated in China this year following seven-fold increase over the last five years LONDON, 21-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — 2016 looks set to be … Read the full press release

Co-op: sharp rise in contactless payments

Nearly two thirds of all transactions at the Co-op are still paid for with cash But contactless payments have tripled over the last year MANCHESTER, 20-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-op has reported a sharp rise in contactless payments – up … Read the full press release

Karlsberg Brauerei GmbH’s bond now tradable in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Frankfurt am Main, 20-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Börse Cash Market: A bond issued by Karlsberg Brauerei GmbH (ISIN DE000A2AATX6) is tradable in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as of today. The subscription for the Karlsberg Wertpapier II … Read the full press release

Eurex and Korea Exchange (KRX) to list Mini KOSPI 200 index futures during Eurex trading hours

Frankfurt am Main, 20-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurex, one of the world’s leading derivatives exchanges and part of Deutsche Börse Group, and Korea Exchange (KRX) today signed a contract in KRX’s Seoul Office to extend their cooperation by listing Mini KOSPI … Read the full press release

Deutsche Börse announced unscheduled changes to MDAX

Frankfurt am Main, 20-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Börse: On Monday, Deutsche Börse announced unscheduled changes to MDAX. As a result of the expected acquisition of Wincor Nixdorf AG by the acquirer Diebold, Incorporated, the tendered share line of Wincor Nixdorf … Read the full press release

New db x-trackers ETFs from Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management ETF product family now tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment

Frankfurt am Main, 20-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Börse Cash Market: Two new db x-trackers ETFs from the Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management ETF product family have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Monday. Name: db x-trackers II IBOXX … Read the full press release