Hive integrates with Amazon Alexa to let you manage your home – simply by speaking to it WINDSOR, 20-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Hive, a leader in smart home technology, has today announced a partnership with Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service, allowing people … Read the full press release
LONDON, 19-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Lloyd’s Register (LR) has introduced a range of class notations for offshore support vessels (OSVs) to reflect their development and changing service features, while retaining established notations. The new notations cover vessels intended to operate in … Read the full press release
Award for Technology Radar research and global communications programme recognised as ‘best in class’ for industry and customer engagement at a time of challenging market economics and low oil prices. LONDON, 19-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Lloyd’s Register has won the … Read the full press release
LR has signed an agreement to work together with MarineCFO to provide comprehensive solutions for compliance with Subchapter M. This follows LR formally announcing to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) its intention to assume Subchapter M third party organization … Read the full press release
Worcestershire, England, 16-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GKN Driveline has developed a complete electric drive system for plug-in hybrid vehicles. The system starts production in 2019 on a global platform from a European vehicle manufacturer. Tighter integration of electric drivelines improves system … Read the full press release
More of us want to speak to someone about our finances (61%) than health (58%) Seven in ten (70%) want to speak to someone face-to-face for money matters Half (50%) wouldn’t use a bank or building society if entirely branchless … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Marketing, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Brits, financial matters, Graeme Hughes, health advice, Nationwide Building Society
New Nationwide Building Society advertising campaign written and performed by poets speaking up for what is important to them. The campaign launches on Facebook on Friday 16 September with TV launching the following day, during The X Factor, with a … Read the full press release
SWINDON, 15-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The first results from the Gaia satellite, which is completing an unprecedented census of more than one billion stars in the Milky Way, are being released today to astronomers and the public. The release marks the … Read the full press release
SWINDON, 15-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On the first anniversary of the detection of gravitational waves a team of engineers from the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory are celebrating sharing an international award for their contribution to the scientific … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 2016 Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award, Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, gravitational waves, gravitational waves breakthrough, Ian Wilmut, Joe O'Dell, Justin Greenhalgh, LIGO, Optical Society of America, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC
One in five homeowners and renters do not know that gas appliances must be checked for safety every year Survey shows nearly a quarter of homeowners have not had a gas safety check in the past year More than a … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 15-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Flock leaders who attempt to give their fellow pigeons incorrect information about their direction of travel can be overruled by the collective wisdom of the group, according to new research from the University of Oxford. Recent … Read the full press release
LONDON, 15-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe, a researcher at the University of Oxford, has been awarded the prestigious Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. The award recognises Professor Lasker’s work, funded through a Wellcome Senior Fellowship, into how human … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Government, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Jeremy Farrar, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Lasker Awards, Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, Professor Gregg Semenza, Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe, Professor William Kaelin, Wellcome
LONDON, 15-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Clare Matterson, Director of Strategy, will be leaving the Wellcome Trust at the end of October, after 18 years of exceptional service and achievement. Clare joined Wellcome in 1999, setting up our policy unit and leading … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Management, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Clare Matterson, Jeremy Farrar, Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust
LONDON, 15-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers have identified two ‘fingerprints’ in DNA damaged by ionising radiation, helping to explain how radiation can cause cancer. The research, led by Dr. Peter Campbell at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, may also help doctors … Read the full press release
John Chantrell will be responsible for the Real Estate strategy and investments across the Asia Pacific region as well as developing the business. LONDON, 15-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Schroder Real Estate has appointed John Chantrell to the newly-created role of Head of Asian … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged asset management, Duncan Owen, John Chantrell, Schroder Real Estate
LONDON, 14-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Inflexion Private Equity is pleased to announce the promotion of Mark Williams from Investment Director to Partner with immediate effect. Mark joined the investment team in 2011 and has been involved in a number of transactions … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Inflexion Private Equity, Mark Williams, Simon Turner
LONDON, 14-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Inflexion is pleased to announce that our exit of SMD has been awarded Deal of the Decade in the North East Dealmakers Awards 2016. Founded in 1971, SMD is one of the world’s leading designer and … Read the full press release
10 megawatt battery will contribute to keeping UK power supplies stable Düsseldorf, Germany, 14-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — E.ON has been awarded a contract with the British transmission system operator National Grid to support the power grid’s stability with an innovative battery … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged E.ON, innovative battery solution, Karsten Wildberger, national grid
Fulton, MD., USA, 14-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Sonatype , the leader in software supply chain automation, today announced the launch of DevOps Express, a one-of-a-kind industry initiative that simplifies access to a set of integrated, battle-tested DevOps solutions aiming to accelerate any … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Internet & Online, Ireland, News, Security & Safety, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Accel Partners, Amy DeMartine, applications, Atlassian, automation, Bay Partners, BlazeMeter, CA Technologies, Chef, CloudBees, complex supply chains, development, DevOps, DevOps Express, DevOps Institute, Diego Lo Giudice, GitHub, Goldman Sachs, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Infostretch, INTERNET, JFrog, known security defect, Kurt Bittner, Morgenthaler Ventures, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), open source, Open source software, Puppet Labs, RESEARCH, Sauce Labs, SECURITY, security defect, SOASTA, software, software innovation, software supply chain automation, Software Supply Chain infographic, software supply chain practices, Software Supply Chain report, software vulnerabilities, SonarSource, Sonatype, supply chain, supply chain automation solutions, technology, Wayne Jackson
LONDON, 14-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — BP today launched PTAirTM, a new low carbon1 and carbon neutral PTA brand with three products that offers a more sustainable solution for the polyester value chain through a combination of world-class technology and carbon management … Read the full press release
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