Average single now spends £120 per date – over £1,304 each year Dating’s contribution to UK economy tops £4 billion for first time Brits’ spending on dating increases by 20 per cent between 2013-2014 £175 million was spent on gifts … Read the full press release
WALLDORF, 9-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced the launch of the inaugural Africa Code Week (ACW), to take place in October 2015. The initiative will enable an estimated 20,000 children across the continent ranging from eight to 24 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Management, Society, Technology
Tagged Pfungwa Serima, SAP, software coding workshops, World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa
SURREY, 3-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Samaritans’ volunteers responded to 5.3 million calls for help last year, an increase of more than 100,000 compared with 2013. Figures released today, to coincide with the start of Volunteers’ Week, show that 21,007 volunteers … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Jenni McCartney, Mary Noble, Samaritans
OXFORD, 3-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2014, leading public and regulated services provider Amey and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) began a pioneering partnership to support 12,735 DofE centres across the UK – strengthening the 13 year relationship between … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Amey, DofE, future job prospects in the UK, Mel Ewell, Peter Cheese
Also, one in six will retire in 2015 with expected income below the minimum income standard for a single pensioner A retired couple reliant on the State Pension alone will get by just above the ‘poverty line’ The State Pension … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Insurance, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged no pension savings, Prudential, retire, retirees, State Pension, Vince Smith-Hughes
We need to adapt how we live and work better with nature to solve the world’s ecological crisis – according to Dr Mick Collins from the University of East Anglia. NORFOLK, UK, 20-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — He will discuss his … Read the full press release
New research from the University of East Anglia shows that an evolutionary force known as ‘sexual selection’ can explain the persistence of sex as a dominant mechanism for reproducing offspring. NORFOLK, UK, 19-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Biologists have long puzzled … Read the full press release
Fathers who want to be more involved with their newborn children feel held back by lack of support from health staff, government and society, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown. The team also identified other issues such as … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Anna Machin, first time fathers, newborn children, Oxford University
A new Emmy Noether Research Group at LMU focuses on how we learn to pronounce the unfamiliar sounds in a foreign language, and why it is often difficult for us to avoid errors in pronunciation that we pounce on when … Read the full press release
Leicester criminologist to speak at hate crime event on 21 May LEICESTER, 18-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Nearly eight years after her daughter was kicked to death for being a Goth, Sylvia Lancaster OBE is still campaigning to stamp out prejudice … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Media, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Black Roses, Criminologist, hate crime event, Police and Crime Commissioner, Sophie Lancaster, Sylvia Lancaster
BRIGHTON, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Attempts by successive governments to boost entrepreneurship in areas with low rates of self-employment have largely failed, according to a new study by economists at the universities of Sussex and Sheffield. In a review of … Read the full press release
New strains of the human pathogen responsible for African sleeping sickness can arise by swapping genes between human and animal variants of the parasite, new research from the University of Bristol has found. BRISTOL, 14-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — African sleeping … Read the full press release
A researcher at Umeå University has carried out a project to identify messages required for the community in Sierra Leone to stop the spread of Ebola. A report has recently been presented to the country’s government with the results. Umeå, … Read the full press release
ABERDEEN, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Nine lucky groups have been awarded cash donations as part of the first round of Aberdeen International Airport’s Community Fund. The donations, ranging from £300 to £1250, have been awarded to various organisations in the … Read the full press release
DUBLIN, 12-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The feminist activist who brought about the end to men-only juries in Ireland was among speakers at a legal seminar on women’s rights and legal change held in the Swift Theatre, Trinity College Dublin on … Read the full press release
SURREY, 11-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Samaritans has appointed a new Chief Executive, Ruth Sutherland, who is due to take the helm on Monday 3rd August 2015. Ruth is currently CEO of Relate, a post she has held for three years … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Catherine Johnstone, Jenni McCartney, mental health, public health roles, Ruth Sutherland, Samaritans
LONDON, 29-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Audiences world-wide can now view Henri Gaudier-Brzeska’s unpublished sketchbooks as the second wave of items for the Archives and Access project is made available on Tate’s website. The project draws on the world’s largest archive of British Art … Read the full press release
The demand for organs far outstrips what is available, leading to illegal trafficking in organs all over the world. With Europeans travelling to other countries to receive one of these illegally harvested organs, it also forms a challenge for the … Read the full press release
KYIV, 23-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), will deliver a public lecture, to be followed by a panel discussion, at the launch event for an ODIHR project … Read the full press release
• Close to two thirds feel guilty when they do something that is not environmentally friendly. • The same number claims to only buy products and services that appeal to their beliefs, values or ideals. Nuremberg, 22-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Germany, Marketing, Society
Tagged environmentally responsible, GfK
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