Popularity of alternatives to deposit savings increasing LONDON, 3-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Britain’s savings have increased over the past year, with the average savings pot rising to £20,844, up 15 per cent from £17,664 in 2013, according HSBC’s savings map of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Marketing, United Kingdom
Tagged Britain, HSBC, savings, Savings habits
Frankfurt, 2-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Open Innovation forum is Deutsche Boerse’s latest initiative to keep the group at the cutting edge of financial market innovation. Open Innovation will for the first time establish a group-wide and systematic approach to attract external partners … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Management
Tagged Deutsche Boerse, financial market innovation, Open Innovation forum
Leeds, England, 2-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first time in its 25 year history, leading direct bank first direct is taking its brand onto the high street. Twelve first direct branded cash machines will be installed at various railway stations over the next two weeks. In line with … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, United Kingdom
Tagged branded cash machines, Clapham Junction, first direct, Portsmouth, railway stations, Raynes Park, Southampton, Vauxhall
Edinburgh, Scotland, 30-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — RBS today launches £25m of funding specifically aimed at suppliers in the automotive industry. RBS is the first bank to offer bespoke Tooling Finance and has done so in response to the urgent need for funding … Read the full press release
Gross proceeds of approximately EUR 8.5 bn Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio on a fully-loaded CRD4 basis increases from 9.5% as of the end of the first quarter of 2014 to a pro forma 12.0% Frankfurt am Main, 7-6-2014 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany
Tagged Anshu Jain, Deutsche Bank AG, Jürgen Fitschen
2014 sees the 100th “supertall” building of over 300 meters built worldwide. More than half of world’s tallest buildings have been built in last four years, with the total supertall category almost tripling in the last seven years. The high rise … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, Germany, Insurance
Tagged Ahmet Batmaz, Allianz, Clive Trencher, supertall construction boom
Shanghai, 27-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On June 19 2014, Arval, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas and an expert in the full-service leasing of multi-brand vehicles to companies, closed a deal with Shanghai Ba-shi Car Rental Service Co. LTD., a subsidiary of Qiangshen, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Financial, France
Tagged Arval, BNP Paribas, Eric Raynaud, Philippe Bismut, Qiangshen, Shanghai Ba-shi Car Rental Service Co. LTD.
AXA commits to provide at least 20,000 youth with professional experience over the next five years in Europe AXA will help youth in Europe increase their employability PARIS, 27-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — During a public event today in the presence of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Management, Society
Tagged "Alliance for Youth", AXA, European companies, Henri de Castries, Nestlé, youth unemployment in Europe
Brussels, 26-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — New funding to support education in developing countries over the next seven years, through the Global Partnership for Education, (or GPE), was today announced by European Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs. Speaking at the EU-hosted Global Partnership for … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is allocating an additional €500 000 to enhance interventions aimed at curbing the worsening Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This brings the total of Commission aid to €1.9 million. “This … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Financial, Healthcare, Society
Tagged Ebola epidemic, Kristalina Georgieva, The European Commission
LONDON, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — RenewableUK says today’s announcement by the Green Investment Bank (GIB) that it plans to raise £1 billion for a fund to invest in offshore wind projects will help to boost the sector’s rapid growth. The bank … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, United Kingdom
Tagged Green Investment Bank, Jennifer Webber, RenewableUK, Robert Norris
Students at the University of East Anglia (UEA) will have more chances to play sport thanks to almost £300,000 of joint National Lottery funding from Sport England’s University Sport Activation Fund and UEA. Norfolk, UK, 23-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The university is … Read the full press release
Big C, Norfolk’s Cancer Charity, has pledged a contribution of £250,000 to help build the brand new Norwich Medical Research Building on Norwich Research Park. Norfolk, UK, 23-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Centre, which is a joint venture between the University of … Read the full press release
The Lloyds Bank Spending Power Report measure of consumer confidence rises for the fifth consecutive month in May to a new survey high Overall spending growth on essentials remains stable, around 0.5% higher than a year ago Gas and electricity … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Marketing, United Kingdom
Tagged Lloyds Bank, Lloyds Bank Spending Power Report, Patrick Foley, Philip Robinson
Entry deadline for Lloyds Bank Enterprise Awards closes in a month on 23 July 2014. Entrants will be considered in three categories at a regional and national level for Best Start-up, Best Enterprise and Best Digital (a new category for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged 2014 Enterprise Awards, Chris Baker-Brian, Jen Tippin, Lloyds Bank, Tim Campbell
BERNE, 23-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Swisscom has today published the offer prospectus for the public acquisition of PubliGroupe Ltd. The prospectus confirms Swisscom’s purchase price of CHF 214 per PubliGroupe share. The offer period will begin on 8 July 2014 and … Read the full press release
Enschede, Netherlands, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — UT researchers Jan Harmen Wiebenga and Johan Hol have received a valorisation grant of 200,000 euros from technology foundation STW. With this grant, the enterprising pair can further expand upon the work of their spin-off company Innprove Solutions. … Read the full press release
LONDON, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Pulsant, the provider of IT infrastructure services to medium sized businesses in the UK, has been sold by Bridgepoint Development Capital (‘BDC’) to Oak Hill Capital Partners (‘Oak Hill’). The value of the transaction was not disclosed. … Read the full press release
LONDON, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Standard Chartered is launching two pioneering indicators to help shed light on the business, investment and economic outlook for select African markets. The Bank will publish a Business Sentiment Indicator for Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya and … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 17-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom Corporation’s President and CEO Marco Levi has started in his new position today, on June 16, 2014. The Board of Directors of Ahlstrom has on June 15, 2014 decided to grant Marco Levi a total of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Management
Tagged Ahlstrom, Marco Levi, Pertti Korhonen
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