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
Quicklink TX, a broadcast quality solution for Skype, has been tested and approved under Inmarsat’s Certified Application Partner programme LONDON, 27-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat is pleased to announce that, in collaboration with Quicklink, the Quicklink TX solution has been … Read the full press release
LONDON, 27-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) today announced the successful transition of key voice and broadband data services for the EMEA region from Inmarsat-4 F2 (I-4 F2) to Alphasat, Europe’s largest and most sophisticated telecommunications satellite. The services transitioned … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Alphasat, BGAN, Classic Aero, Inmarsat, Inmarsat-4 F2 (I-4 F2), Ruy Pinto, Stephane Lascar, SwiftBroadband, telecommunications satellite, transition of key voice and broadband data services for the EMEA region
LONDON, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Tate is pleased to announce that Plus Tate, the contemporary visual arts network, is to expand by sixteen institutions. They join the original cohort of eighteen partners, plus the four Tate galleries, to virtually double … Read the full press release
24 March – 18 October 2015 Tate Britain, Duveen Galleries Free Admission. Open daily 10.00 – 18.00 For public information call +44 (0)20 7887 8888, visit tate.org.uk, follow @tate #Christinamackie LONDON, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Tate Britain today unveils the … Read the full press release
LONDON, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — HSBC has confirmed today that the head office of its UK ring-fenced bank, serving HSBC UK’s personal and business customers, will be located in Birmingham. As a result, around 1,000 head office roles will move … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged Antonio Simoes, first direct, HSBC, Midland Bank
LONDON, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Bank of England today published the results of an independent review by Deloitte of the disruption to the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system on 20 October 2014. The Bank also published its response, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Deloitte, Governor Mark Carney, Minouche Shafik, Real Time Gross Settlement, The Bank of England
45% of enterprises already take a hybrid approach to their IT infrastructure strategies Workloads in the cloud could more than double with the introduction of direct connect services to the market LONDON, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Hybrid IT strategies are the … Read the full press release
A new app created by academics at Loughborough University enables you to track the nation’s mood about the General Election through Twitter. Leicestershire, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — VoteBee uses the ground-breaking Emotive Engine to search for tweets about the key political parties, … Read the full press release
Somerset young science enthusiasts win with novel idea on how to keep hydrated LONDON, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — BP, the international oil and gas company, today announced that four students from Wells Cathedral Senior School in Somerset have won the … Read the full press release
LONDON, 24-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Fast-expanding Ogilvie Fleet is to accelerate its expansion plans after agreeing a major funding facility with HSBC that will enable it to fund almost £100 million pounds worth of vehicles. Ranked as one of the … Read the full press release
LONDON, 24-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Small businesses in the UK are embracing renminbi (RMB) to settle cross-border trade faster than other countries in Europe and North America, a survey from HSBC has indicated. Small businesses in the UK are embracing … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Chinese currency, cross-border trade, HSBC, Mark Emmerson, SMEs in UK
Stockholm, Sweden, 24-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Blueair, the world’s leading mobile indoor air purifying technologies company, Monday warned that indoor air in homes and offices can be many times more polluted than the air outside. Commenting on the recent severe smog … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, France, Healthcare, News, Sweden, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 180 micrograms per cubic meter, air pollution, air pollution in London, air pollution in Paris, airborne pollutants, allergens, asthma, asthma triggers, bacteria, Bengt Rittri, blueair, blueair air purifiers, choking smog pollution, contaminants, David Noble, fine dust, indoor air, indoor air cleaning, indoor air purification, indoor air purifiers, indoor contaminants, mobile indoor air purifying, PM10 airborne particulates, PM2.5, smog, temporary traffic bans, viruses, volatile organic chemicals
LONDON, 24-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce has extended its service capability in South Korea by partnering with Busan-based ship repairer Sunjin Entech. The new service agreement means that Rolls-Royce can now provide customers with a bespoke one-stop service solution at … Read the full press release
LONDON, 24-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Ten businesses aiming to shape the future of financial services will begin their journey on the thirteen-week Accelerator programme in London today. The Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars, is an intensive startup programme of networking, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Small Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Accelerator programme, Barclays Accelerator, Basestone, Blocktrace, Derek White, Godesic, Greg Rogers, LiquidLandscape, London Escalator, Origin, PQ Solutions, Ravelin, Safello, start-ups, Stockfuse, Techstars
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