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Alstom awarded a contract to supply ground-breaking energy recovery system for London Underground

Posted on 6, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Alstom was awarded a contract by UK Power Networks Services to supply its innovative Harmonic and Energy Saving Optimiser (HESOP) energy recovery system for the Victoria Line of the London Underground. The contract, worth about €1 million, … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom

Tagged Alstom, Cloudesley Road substation, CO2 emissions, contract, control tunnel temperatures, energy consumption, energy efficient, energy generated during braking, energy recovery system, Harmonic and Energy Saving Optimiser, HESOP, HESOP control system, K Power Networks Services, London Underground, regenerative braking, Terence Watson, the Tube, trains, unused power, Victoria Line

Media accreditation for G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland open until 6 May

Posted on 3, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will participate in the G8 summit on 17-18 June in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, representing the European Union. The UK, as host of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Government, Media, Politics, United Kingdom

Tagged Belfast, Enniskillen, European Union, G8 Summit, Herman Van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso, journalists, Killyhevlin media centre, London, Lough Erne, media accreditation, Northern Ireland

EBRD, FAO and Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food join forces to support Ukrainian dairy sector

Posted on 1, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Specialised forum to support sector policy dialogue, promote investment 1-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food are … Read the full press release →

Posted in Agriculture, Business, European Union, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, International Trade, Investment, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Tagged Agrarian Policy, dairy, EBRD, FAO, investor, Kiev, promote investment, Ukrainian dairy sector

Alstom & Chela Ltd innovative cleaning method won highly commended award

Posted on 1, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

1-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Alstom, working in partnership with Chela Ltd (one of the UK’s leading manufacturer of innovative industrial cleaning chemicals) has developed an award-winning environmentally considerate way of removing diesel and oil from track ballast and concrete. The solution, BioChela … Read the full press release →

Posted in Awards, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Technology, United Kingdom

Tagged Alstom, asphalt, Award, BioChela ® Digest, biochemical, Chela Ltd, concrete, diesel, grease, industrial cleaning chemicals, Innovation Award for Environmental Technology, National Environment and Energy Awards, oil, remove stains, removing diesel, removing oil, soil, stone, track ballast

EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti: There are still good reasons to engage with and invest in Russia

Posted on 1, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Bank President highlights major investment opportunities 1-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti on Monday urged foreign investors to engage in Russia, despite the challenges in the country and its sometimes uneasy relations with foreign partners. He highlighted the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Russia, United Kingdom

Tagged corruption, Diversifying Russia, EBRD, INVEST, investment, natural resources, oil and gas economy, Russian business climate, Russian economy, Sir Suma Chakrabarti

London’s Great Northern Hotel in King’s Cross returns to its former glory re-opening as a luxury boutique hotel

Posted on 29, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Lewis Cubitt’s restored Victorian railway hotel reveals £40 million renovation in May 2013 29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Great Northern Hotel, one of London great’s Victorian railway hotels, originally designed by Lewis Cubitt in 1854, officially re-opens on Thursday 9th May … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Internet & Online, News, Real Estate, Travel, United Kingdom

Tagged Archer Humphryes Architects, David Archer, Gordon Ramsay, Great Northern Hotel, hotel, Julie Ann Humphryes, King’s Cross building, King’s Cross station, Lewis Cubitt, London, London hotels, londontown, luxury boutique hotel, luxury hotel, Mark Sargeant, renovation, St Pancras International, Victorian railway hotel

Induction programmes for new teachers in the EU are now mandatory in 15 EU Member States

Posted on 29, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Induction programmes designed to offer personalised support and advice for new teachers are now mandatory in 15 EU Member States (Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK) … Read the full press release →

Posted in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Education, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Government, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Politics, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Society, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, Eurydice network, Induction programmes, initial teacher education, International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, interpersonal skills, new teachers, pedagogical knowledge, PISA 2009, pre-primary education, primary education, Programme for International Student Assessment, Rethinking Education strategy, school, school leaders, SCHOOLS, secondary education, TALIS, TALIS 2008, teacher education, teachers, teaching, Teaching and Learning International Survey, teaching time, team working, TIMSS 2011, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

EBRD acquired 5.75 per cent-stake in Poland’s biggest producer of fertilisers and chemicals Grupa Azoty

Posted on 25, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Government reduces state-owned stake in chemical producer 25-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EBRD has acquired a 5.75 per cent-stake in Grupa Azoty, Poland’s biggest producer of fertilisers and chemicals, for PLN 296.4 million (equivalent of €72.1 million). The investment follows the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Government, Investment, Poland, United Kingdom

Tagged acquired, ACQUIRES, block trade, chemical producer, chemicals, EBRD, fertilisers, Grupa Azoty, institutional investors, investment, Lucyna Stanczak, Polish chemical industry, Polish government, privatisation, stake, Warsaw Stock Exchange, Zakłady Azotowe Puławy

EBRD loans EUR 17M to a local retailer in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Posted on 25, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Strengthening of local supply chain and energy efficiency investments The EBRD loan is part of a wider €29.6 million investment programme for 2013 and 2014 alone 25-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EBRD is supporting the expansion of Bingo, a local retailer … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Business, European Union, Financial, Food & Beverage, Investment, Retail, United Kingdom

Tagged Banja Luka, Bingo, EBRD, energy efficiency investments, energy-efficient cooling chambers, expansion, fruit and vegetable supply chain, hypermarkets, loan, local suppliers, Mostar, retailer, Sarajevo, Tuzla

Safran to purchase the Rolls-Royce 50% share of the joint RTM322 helicopter engine programme

Posted on 24, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Paris, 24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Safran (NYSE Euronext Paris: SAF) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Rolls-Royce to acquire Rolls-Royce’s 50% share in their joint RTM322 helicopter engine programme. Upon closing, Turbomeca (Safran’s world leading helicopter engine business) … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Financial, France, Investment, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom

Tagged acquire, AGREEMENT, Apache helicopters, EH101 helicopters, helicopter, helicopter engine, helicopter engine programme, NH90 helicopters, Paris, programme, purchase, Rolls-Royce, RTM322, RTM322 engine, SAF, Safran, Turbomeca

United Kingdom and Ireland decided to join EU Insolvency Rules

Posted on 24, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Both the United Kingdom and Ireland have announced their decision to join the Commission’s proposal to modernise current EU rules on cross border insolvency, which date from 2000. The new rules aim to shift focus away from … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Ireland, Law, Politics, Society, United Kingdom

Tagged bankrupt, bankruptcies, creditors' right, cross border insolvency, cross-border insolvency proceedings, entrepreneurs, EU Insolvency Rules, financial difficulties, insolvencies, insolvency, laws, legal, liquidation, Viviane Reding

Mick Hucknall actuará en el Hammersmith Apollo, informa LondonTown.com

Posted on 23, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Londres, 23-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — El ardiente cantante de soul Mick Hucknall, en su momento líder de Simply Red – uno de los grupos de mayor éxito de Manchester durante la década de los 80 – cerrará su mini gira del 2013 … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Entertainment, Internet & Online, News, Travel, United Kingdom

Tagged Best Western Plus Seraphine Hammersmith Hotel, cantante de soul, hoteles, hoteles en Londres, London, LondonTown.com, Londres, Manchester, Mick Hucknall, Simply Red, Simply Rooms & Suites Hotel, “American Soul”

Road Movies on screen at the King’s Cross Filling Station

Posted on 23, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Film buffs enjoying a 12-day pit-stop of some of the best road movies ever made 23-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The old forecourt canopy of the revamped King’s Cross Filling Station is inviting guests to fill up their tanks with some of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Entertainment, Internet & Online, News, Society, Travel, United Kingdom

Tagged best road movies, Bonnie And Clyde, Cars and Drive, cinema, Easy Rider, Everyman Road Movies, King's Cross Filling Station, KXFS, London, London Outdoor Film Screenings, London Restaurants, londontown, Natural Born Killers, Open Road classics, Road Movies, road trips, The Graduate, Thelma & Louise

European Medicines Agency: Concerns have been raised in the media about certain stem cell therapy treatments

Posted on 23, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

23-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — These sorts of new techniques potentially offer exciting possibilities to patients for the treatment of a range of difficult or previously untreatable conditions. Like all treatments, these techniques also come with benefits and risks. Specific rules were introduced … Read the full press release →

Posted in European Union, Government, Healthcare, Law, Pharma & Biotech, Society, United Kingdom

Tagged EMA, European Medicines Agency, medicines, patients, Stem cell, Stem cell therapy, Stem cell therapy treatments, therapy, traceability of materials, treatment, treatment protocols, untreatable conditions

The European Commission invites comments from interested parties on commitments offered by Penguin (Pearson Group, UK)

Posted on 22, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 22-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission is inviting comments from interested parties on commitments offered by Penguin (Pearson Group, United Kingdom). The proposed commitments aim to alleviate concerns that Penguin may have engaged in an anti-competitive concerted practice affecting the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Marketing, Media, Retail, United Kingdom

Tagged ANTITRUST, Brussels, Competition, competition concerns, e-books, EEA, EU antitrust rules, Hachette, Harper Collins, Holtzbrinck, Most Favoured Nation, Pearson Group, Penguin, publishers, retail prices, Simon & Schuster, The European Commission

RBI präsentiert sich vor Investoren in London

Posted on 18, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Regelmäßiger Event zum Meinungsaustausch RBI ist österreichisches Unternehmen mit stärkster Analysten-Coverage 18-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Die Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) präsentierte sich heute in London vor Analysten und institutionellen Anlegern aus den wichtigsten Finanzzentren der Welt. Die Veranstaltung, die bereits seit … Read the full press release →

Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, United Kingdom

Tagged Analysten, Herbert Stepic, Investoren, London, RBI

The European Commission to investigate the proposed UK video games tax relief

Posted on 18, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 18-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed UK video games tax relief. The objective of the measure is to provide an incentive to video games developers to produce games meeting certain cultural criteria. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Belgium, Business, Entertainment, European Union, Financial, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Technology, United Kingdom

Tagged 25% tax relief, Competition, cultural criteria, games, games with cultural content, Joaquin Almunia, SA.36139, state aid, State Aid Register, subsidies, subsidising, TAX, tax relief, taxpayer, UK video games tax relief, video games, video games developers

Annual passenger complaint levels at Arriva’s UK train operations reduced significantly

Posted on 18, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

18-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Latest independent figures have revealed that annual passenger complaint levels at Arriva’s UK train operations have reduced with one of the group’s businesses achieving a 90 per cent reduction over the past six years. Data published by … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom

Tagged Chiltern Railway, CrossCountry, London Overground, passenger complaint, passengers, rail business, Steve Murphy, train operations, trains, Tyne, Wales, Wear Metro

Cable & Wireless Communications Chief Executive praises BTC for a successful first two years

Posted on 17, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

17-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — BTC has had a highly successful two years, in which it reduced calling rates for customers, introduced mobile data services and a full range of smartphones, and improved their experience, according to its majority shareholder Cable & … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom

Tagged 2G mobile network, 4G mobile network, BlackBerry smartphone, broadband, BTC, Caribbean, CWC, franchisees, Geoff Houston, iPhone, landline network, Mobile, mobile data services, Next Generation fibre network, Next Generation Network, NGN, privatisation, Samsung Galaxy, smartphones, The Bahamas, Tony Rice

The acquisition of UK cable operator Virgin Media by Liberty Global of the US has been cleared by the European Commission

Posted on 15, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 15-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of UK cable operator Virgin Media Inc., registered in the US, by the US-based company Liberty Global, Inc. The transaction, with a value of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, Entertainment, European Union, Financial, Government, Internet & Online, Investment, Ireland, Law, Media, Telecom, United Kingdom

Tagged audio visual content, broadband internet, BSkyB, cable operator, CBS Reality, Chellomedia, competition concerns, entertainment, EU Merger Regulation, European Economic Area, Extreme Sports Channel, Horror Channel, Liberty Global, MERGER, mobile telephony services, Pay TV channels, Pay TV market, Pay TV operator, Pay TV retailers, Pay TV services, Pay TV subscribers, subscribers, Telenet, telephony services, tv, TV channels, TV content, UK cable operator, Unitymedia, UPC, Virgin Media Inc.

Category Archives: United Kingdom

Alstom awarded a contract to supply ground-breaking energy recovery system for London Underground

Media accreditation for G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland open until 6 May

EBRD, FAO and Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food join forces to support Ukrainian dairy sector

Alstom & Chela Ltd innovative cleaning method won highly commended award

EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti: There are still good reasons to engage with and invest in Russia

London’s Great Northern Hotel in King’s Cross returns to its former glory re-opening as a luxury boutique hotel

Induction programmes for new teachers in the EU are now mandatory in 15 EU Member States

EBRD acquired 5.75 per cent-stake in Poland’s biggest producer of fertilisers and chemicals Grupa Azoty

EBRD loans EUR 17M to a local retailer in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Safran to purchase the Rolls-Royce 50% share of the joint RTM322 helicopter engine programme

United Kingdom and Ireland decided to join EU Insolvency Rules

Mick Hucknall actuará en el Hammersmith Apollo, informa LondonTown.com

Road Movies on screen at the King’s Cross Filling Station

European Medicines Agency: Concerns have been raised in the media about certain stem cell therapy treatments

The European Commission invites comments from interested parties on commitments offered by Penguin (Pearson Group, UK)

RBI präsentiert sich vor Investoren in London

The European Commission to investigate the proposed UK video games tax relief

Annual passenger complaint levels at Arriva’s UK train operations reduced significantly

Cable & Wireless Communications Chief Executive praises BTC for a successful first two years

The acquisition of UK cable operator Virgin Media by Liberty Global of the US has been cleared by the European Commission

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