LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GSK today announced that Brian McNamara, is appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GSK’s Consumer Healthcare division effective immediately. He succeeds Emma Walmsley who was last week appointed GSK CEO Designate succeeding Sir Andrew Witty as … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Further to the announcement by GlaxoSmithKline on 28 September 2016, GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to the sale of 28.2 million ordinary shares in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd (“Aspen”) at a price of ZAR 300 per share (the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Investment, Management, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline, Simon Dingemans
LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GlaxoSmithKline announces that it intends to sell its remaining stake in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd (“Aspen”). The disposal will be through a placing of ordinary shares in Aspen to institutional investors (the “Offering”). The Offering is … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Investment, Management, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
STOCKHOLM, 27-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — New understanding of how hormone-producing cells in the pancreas decode their genetic instructions is pointing to novel targets for next generation medicines for type 2 diabetes, obesity and other metabolic disorders. A large scale analysis of … Read the full press release
GFS and the ‘Food System Resilience’ programme partners are pleased to announce that Dr John Ingram and his team at the Environmental Change Institute in the University of Oxford have been awarded the programme coordination award. Swindon, UK, 27-Sep-2016 — … Read the full press release
10 entities have increased or commenced activity in the last 6 months ForexClear now has 24 members of the service Over $100bn in notional cleared last week, the largest week since service’s inception in 2012 LONDON, 27-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — LCH, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, United Kingdom
Tagged Citi, Daniel Maguire, ForexClear service, Frederic Boillerau, G10 FX, Geoff Kot, James Bindler, LCH, Markus Schmidt, Paddy Boyle
LONDON, 26-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — WPP announces that it is making an investment in Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes SAS (“LNEI”), the media group focused on investments in the French and international media sectors. Founded and controlled by Matthieu Pigasse, LNEI was … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Marketing, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged investment, Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes SAS, LNEI, Matthieu Pigasse, WPP
NEW YORK & LONDON, 26-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, today appointed Kelly Clark as Global CEO. Clark most recently served as the CEO of GroupM in North America from 2012 to 2015. Prior to that … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Marketing, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged Dominic Proctor, GroupM, Kelly Clark, WPP
DONG Energy is today announcing plans for a GBP multi-million investment in Grimsby to create the UK’s largest offshore wind operations and maintenance hub. FREDERICIA, Denmark, 23-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Subject to planning approval, the new facility will be developed in … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Brent Cheshire, Dong Energy, UK’s largest offshore wind operations
DONG Energy and SmartWind Technologies have installed an advanced radar system collecting three-dimensional data on the wind flow in the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm off England’s east coast. The project, the first of its kind in the world, represents … Read the full press release
Iveco’s Zero-impact concept truck anticipates the shift to green energy and autonomous driving in long-distance haulage. LONDON, 23-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Iveco, a brand of CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI), presented its world premiere IVECO Z TRUCK at the 2016 … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Marketing, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged 2016 IAA Show, CNH Industrial, Germany, Hannover, Iveco, IVECO Z TRUCK, Z TRUCK
LONDON, 23-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Associated British Ports marked the latest in a series of multi-million pound investments in the port of Southampton by inviting the Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP to open its brand new vessel traffic service (VTS) … Read the full press release
85% of Britons say banks are the most trusted institution in the provision of biometric authentication payment services Britons are twice as likely to trust banks as government agencies to store their biometric information (60% vs 33%) LONDON, 21-Sep-2016 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Government, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged biometric data, Britons, Kevin Jenkins, VISA
Munich/Frankfurt/Warsaw/London, 21-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, Helaba and ING Bank have jointly underwritten an investment facility, totalling € 163.6 million, to refinance Karolinka, Pogoria and Platan Shopping Centres in Poland. The assets are owned by Rockcastle Global Real Estate … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Poland, Real Estate, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged Charles Balch, Helaba, ING Bank, loan, Michael Kröger, Nick Matulovich, pbb, Rockcastle, shopping centres in Poland, Włodek Skonieczny
TEDDINGTON, 21-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — BMT Ship & Coastal Dynamics, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has today announced that its marine navigation and manoeuvring simulator, REMBRANDT has been certified by BAW (Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau), on behalf of the Federal Waterways and … Read the full press release
TEDDINGTON, 21-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — BMT WBM, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has announced its latest development of the PULSETerraMetrixRS (PTMRS) system for managing the machine health, production and payload measurement on large rope shovels. Productivity improvements of 8-15% have … Read the full press release
40% of consumers report decreased dependence on their bank The average bank relevance score stands at 75.1 out of a possible 100 Trust in banks lags behind digital-only banks, FinTechs and supermarkets offering banking services LONDON, 21-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Forty … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Management, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged banking relevance, David Ebstein, EY, EY 2016 Global Consumer Banking Survey, Retail banks
MANCHESTER, 21-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-op has demonstrated its commitment to championing best practice in the fresh produce sector by signing up to the National Farmers Union’s Fruit and Vegetable Pledge. The community retailer made the announcement at its inaugural … Read the full press release
MANCHESTER, 21-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-op today (Saturday, 17 September 2016) extended its commitment to back UK farmers by switching all of its fresh bacon and lamb to 100% British. The new sourcing initiative will make the Co-op the only … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Food & Beverage, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged 100% British beef, Alexia Robinson, Andrea Leadsom, Steve Murrells, The Co-op, UK farmers, Zoe Davies
Leicestershire, UK, 20-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A new drive to raise awareness of Type 2 diabetes in ethnic minority communities in Leicestershire has been launched. A six-month programme of activities, including dancing sessions and healthy eating workshops, has started in a … Read the full press release
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