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
Moscow, Russian Federation, 17-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — MegaFon (LSE: MFON), a leading Russian mobile operator (“MegaFon” or the “Company”), today announced its shares have been upgraded to the highest quotation list on the Moscow Exchange following the recent listing reform. Inclusion into this list broadens the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Russia, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Dmitry Kononov, MegaFon, Moscow Exchange, Peter Lidov
Kortrijk, Belgium, 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — NV Bekaert SA (“Bekaert” or, the “Company”) announces today the successful placement of 0.75% senior unsecured convertible bonds due June 2018 (the “Bonds”), for a principal amount of € 300 million. Payment for and delivery of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Industrial, Management
Tagged Bruno Humblet, NV Bekaert SA, senior unsecured convertible bonds
Turin, 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Fiat met today and approved the issuance of one or more bonds, for a total amount of up to 4 billion euros – or equivalent amount in other currencies – to be … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Italy, Management
Tagged bond issuances for total amount of up to 4 billion euros, Fiat
NEW YORK, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The overwhelming majority of business-to-business (B2B) organizations are spending more on initiatives to improve their customers’ experience but many are not getting the most return on those investments, according to new research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Ireland, Management
Tagged Accenture, B2B organizations, Robert Wollan
Accenture Recognized as HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year for Software – Enterprise Security NEW YORK, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year for Software – Enterprise Security at HP Discover 2014 in … Read the full press release
New Hong Kong Accelerator Offers Cutting-Edge Financial-Technology Entrepreneurs Access to Leading Institutions in Asia Accenture, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of China (Hong Kong), Barclays, China Construction Bank (Asia), DBS, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Ping An and UBS, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Ireland, Management
Tagged Accenture, Alan Goldstein, Alex Lee, Arthur Wong, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific, Herman Lam Heung-yeung, James Kennedy, Jim McGill, Maria Gotsch, Morgan Stanley, Raymond Cheng, Richard Lee, Samson Chan, Simon Lucocq, Sushil Saluja
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