Dstl is working to tackle the threat of cyber-attack against the UK. LONDON, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is playing a key role in mitigating the risk of cyber-attacks against the UK. The risk … Read the full press release
LONDON, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Herschel finds that winds from a giant black hole are sweeping away its host galaxy’s reservoir of raw star-building material. Using Europe’s Herschel space observatory, astronauts have found that the winds blowing from a huge … Read the full press release
LONDON, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The ‘Consular Marriage and Marriages under Foreign Law Order 2014’ comes into force on 3 June and means that same sex marriages will be able to take place at British Consulates in the following countries: … Read the full press release
Posted in Government, Law, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged British Consulates, Same sex marriages
Diageo brands claim the top spot for both retail value and volume lists: Johnnie Walker remains the world’s number one spirit by value while Smirnoff continues to be the world’s number one premium spirit by volume i LONDON, 1-4-2015 — … Read the full press release
Coventry, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s leading manufacturer of premium luxury vehicles, is to transition its global strategic and creative account for the Land Rover brand to Spark44, the joint venture agency owned 50:50 by Spark44 management … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Management, Marketing, United Kingdom
Tagged Anthony Bradbury, Jaguar Land Rover, marketing communications, Spark44, Steve Woolford
Whitley, UK, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Jaguar Land Rover has announced that Dr Wolfgang Ziebart will stand down from the role of Engineering Director with effect from April 2015. Nick Rogers will succeed Dr Ziebart and assume board-level responsibilities for Jaguar Land … Read the full press release
LONDON, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — BBSRC’s Animal Health Research Club (ARC) has announced over £6M of funding for research to improve the health of livestock. Eight studies will take place at institutions around England and Scotland in farmed fish, poultry, … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Financial, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Animal Health, Animal Health Research Club, Animal Welfare, BBSRC, Dr Jun Zou, Dr Mark Mooney, farming, food livestock, improve the health of livestock, Professor Chris Secombes, Professor Gordon Allan, Professor James Bron, Professor Randolph Richards, Professor Sandra Adams, Queen's University of Belfast, Scottish Government, The Roslin Institute, The University of Warwick, University of Aberdeen, University of Stirling
Watford, UK, 31-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Axis Communications, the global market leader in network video, and partners PG Security and Milestone, have delivered a state-of-the-art surveillance solution to Somerset based Wyke Farms. Wyke Farms has been producing the finest English … Read the full press release
LONDON, 31-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ‘Chipping in’ together saw Colchester’s St Helena School scoop an award for teamwork at National Grid’s robotics competition. The youngsters collected the honour after a tough battle of skills which saw them pit their hand-built … Read the full press release
The iCASS (Immersive Close Air Support Simulator) will boost the training of UK MoD forward air controllers iCASS is a high-fidelity, immersive training environment The system provides value-for-money training support to bolster instruction with live air assets LUTON, 31-3-2015 — … Read the full press release
600 bankers and investors gather in London for 6th PwC annual bank restructuring and loan portfolio conference. Five more years of loan-dealing for banks to fully deal with non-core and non-performing loans. CEE and Italy are emerging markets for non-performing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Italy, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged CEE, European banks, Italy emerging markets, non-performing loan transactions, PwC, Richard Thompson, unwanted loans
New Delhi, 30-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The global partnership between RB and Save the Children today launched a unique and ground-breaking programme to help eradicate child deaths from diarrhoea. The partnership unveiled two innovative new hygiene and sanitation products by RB … Read the full press release
The team behind the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm are celebrating the successful installation of the final turbine at the 210MW project. Fredericia, Denmark, 30-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The last of the 35 turbines was lifted into position by the specialist … Read the full press release
An official ceremony in the capital city of Santiago saw President Michelle Bachelet and the Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Peñailillo, take part in the vehicle hand over to 40 fire brigades, represented by over 500 firefighters. This shipment pertains … Read the full press release
EDINBURGH, 27-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The latest Business Monitor from Bank of Scotland shows the Scottish economy slowing sharply in the three months ending February 2015. However, expectations for the next six months remain elevated at levels slightly below 2007 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, United Kingdom
£250 million of bond proceeds allocated to eligible borrowers within six months 1,468 qualifying loans to Small and Medium sized businesses, agriculture and healthcare businesses with a high social and environmental impact 96 per cent of loans made to borrowers … Read the full press release
The 2015 Lloyds Bank UK Business Digital Index tracks digital adoption among small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) and charities. Latest report shows overall improvement for SMEs but over a million (23%) still lack basic digital skills. This is even … Read the full press release
Home affordability in UK cities deteriorates to 2009 levels • Affordability 15% better than in 2008 • Oxford is the UK’s least affordable city; Stirling is the most affordable • Aberdeen records highest house price growth since 2005; London since … Read the full press release
LONDON, 27-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Higher Education Funding Council for England has allocated £85 million of public funding from the Research Partnership Investment Fund to Russell Group universities. This funding will be matched by universities and matched again by … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Advanced Steel Research Hub – University of Warwick, Building a New Biology – University of Edinburgh, Centre for Tissue Repair – University of Edinburgh, Chemistry of Health – University of Cambridge, Dr Wendy Piatt, Neurological and Psychiatric Imaging Research and Therapeutics Hub - King’s College London, Research Foundation in Compound Semiconductor Technology – Cardiff University, Russell Group universities, The Higher Education Funding Council for England a
LONDON, 27-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Global IPO activity got off to a slow start this year compared with 2014 with 252 IPOs raising US$38.2b in the first quarter, a 4% decrease in volume and 19% drop in proceeds compared to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged EY, EY Global IPO Trends: 2015 Q1, Global IPO activity, Maria Pinelli
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