Coventry, UK, 22-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A new cancer research unit set up at the University of Warwick will use digital technology to try and find new treatments for the disease. The Unit will also bring together expertise from mathematicians, physicists … Read the full press release
Final chance this year to walk inside a dam – Tuesday 28th October. Learn more about the history of the engineering that made Elan. WALES, 22-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water’s Elan Valley Estate is inviting visitors to … Read the full press release
Posted in Infrastructure & Utilities, United Kingdom
University of Leicester clinical neuropsychologist develops assessment to help sufferers of damage to the brain A video showing Dr Burgess discussing SPANS is available to download and embed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKvWfocqDJc An image of the SPANS equipment available to download at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/89ld40dyypmnpgl/AABliTZ0LnEQxOaxayzfEoFXa?dl=0 New … Read the full press release
NERC invests £23m in Earth observation, supporting science and innovation, big data and space technology at the University of Leicester Leicester, UK, 21-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — NERC is to fund the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) for a further five … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Financial, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged big data and space technology, Earth observation, Greg Clark, National Centre for Earth Observation, NERC, Professor Duncan Wingham, Professor John Remedios, Professor Paul Boyle, supporting science and innovation, University of Leicester
Carrington, England, 21-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Eight members of community group Positive Partington visited Carrington Power Station to get a better idea about how the power station on their doorstep was developing. The guests were given an overview of what … Read the full press release
Sunderland, England, 21-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Arriva Nederland and VDL Bus & Coach have signed a delivery and maintenance contract for 164 new buses worth a total value of more than 67 million Euros. The new environmentally friendly buses will form … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Belgium, Business, Netherlands, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Anne Hettinga, Arriva Nederland, Ruud van Heugten, VDL Bus & Coach
A fly’s sense of smell could be used in new technology to detect drugs and bombs, new University of Sussex research has found. BRIGHTON, 20-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Brain scientist Professor Thomas Nowotny was surprised to find that the ‘nose’ of … Read the full press release
The way we interact with our GPs could be transformed thanks to a new £458,000 project exploring whether consultations could viably be conducted via email, text message, telephone or via the internet. BRISTOL, 20-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A group of … Read the full press release
NEW YORK, NY, 17-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wochit, the revolutionary video creation platform that empowers any storyteller to produce studio-quality video in minutes, announced that Christoph Pleitgen has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Sales and Business Development of … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Asia-Pacific, Cedar Fund, Christoph Pleitgen, cloud based video creation platform, Dror Ginzberg, EMEA, Greycroft Partners, Gutenberg Prize, journalism, Lindsay Rapoport, Marker LLC, Redpoint Ventures., Reuters News Agency, short form video, storyteller, studio-quality video, Thomson Reuters Veteran, Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, video creation platform, Wochit
NOTTINGHAM, 15-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A new full scholarship scheme for exceptional students from five African countries has been announced by The University of Nottingham and the UK government-funded Chevening Scholarship Programme. The Chevening/Nottingham Partnership Award is offering 10 full … Read the full press release
NOTTINGHAM, 15-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — For the second year running, Nottingham University Business School has improved its position in the latest international league table of full-time Master of Business Administration programmes. In The Economist’s 2014 full-time MBA ranking, the award-winning School … Read the full press release
Experian’s SME Reputation Index reveals that the UK’s smallest firms are the most exposed to risk out of the UK business population Nottingham, 15-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — More than half of small and medium businesses are putting themselves at extra and unnecessary … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Security & Safety, Small Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Ade Potts, Experian, Miss Serj Heera, Phil Simpson, UK business population, UK SMEs
More fraud detected than 12 months ago, especially identity frauds, as the rate of detected fraud has risen from 24 to 35 frauds per 10,000 applications* Mortgages saw the highest rate of detected fraudulent applications, more than any other financial … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Security & Safety, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Experian, Nick Mothershaw
MANCHESTER, 15-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Manchester tech firm UKFast is funding the creation of a Raspberry Pi Computer Project to promote IT training and maintain HIV/AIDs support in a South African community. The hosting provider supplied the technology to build … Read the full press release
LONDON, 13-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahead of the season 5 launch on 13th October on FOX, NOW TV has teamed up with celebrity make-up artist and fan of The Walking Dead, Millie Mackintosh, to recreate the gory look of a … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged Gidon Katz, Millie Mackintosh, Nicholas Thompson, NOW TV, The Walking Dead, zombie
Oxford, UK, 13-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Amey, one of the UK’s leading public service providers, has been awarded a £10 million contract to provide Total Facilities Management (TFM) services to Camden Council. The five year contract, which begins in January 2015, will … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Amey, Camden Council, Mel Ewell, TFM services, Total Facilities Management services
The board of Rio Tinto notes the recent press speculation regarding a possible combination of Rio Tinto and Glencore. The Rio Tinto board confirms that no discussions are taking place with Glencore. In July 2014, Glencore contacted Rio Tinto regarding … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged Glencore, Jan du Plessis, Rio Tinto
LONDON, 10-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Rio Tinto has completed the sale of Rio Tinto Coal Mozambique to International Coal Ventures Private Limited following the fulfilment of all conditions precedent and receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals. The sale, announced on … Read the full press release
Speed achieved over a fully-managed core Flexgrid optical network Record spectral efficiency of 5.97bit/s/Hz Equivalent to transmitting around 100 HD movies per second LONDON, 10-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BT and Huawei today announced field trial speeds of up to three … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 3Tbps, BT, Dr Tim Whitley, Huawei, Zha Jun
Expanded reach, enhanced performance in the cloud and new services to address the opportunities of the future LONDON, 10-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BT today announced a new wave of innovative products and services designed to encourage large organisations to use … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged BT, Luis Alvarez, “Art of Connecting” campaign
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