Category Archives: United Kingdom

Press Releases & News from United Kingdom distributed via EuropaWire

BP Announces Resolution of All Criminal and Securities Claims by U.S. Government Against Company Relating to Deepwater Horizon Accident

Posted on 16, November 2012 by

Resolution of all criminal claims with Department of Justice includes $4 billion paid in installments over a period of five years Resolution of all securities claims with Securities and Exchange Commission includes $525 million paid in installments over a period … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Law, United Kingdom

Statement About Proposed Resolutions of US Federal Government Criminal and SEC Claims Against BP in Connection with the Deepwater Horizon Incident

Posted on 16, November 2012 by

16-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — BP confirms that it is in advanced discussions with the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding proposed resolutions of all US federal government criminal and SEC claims against BP in … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Government, Law, United Kingdom

.eu engages aspiring businesses in London

Posted on 16, November 2012 by

Brussels, 16-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The .eu registry EURid is engaging with small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by exhibiting at London’s Business Start-up Show from 22-23 November 2012. .eu enables companies to express the fact that they are open for business in … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, European Union, Internet & Online, Small Business, United Kingdom

Report offers new guidance on family involvement of child abuse case reviews

Posted on 16, November 2012 by

16-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Child protection professionals are to be offered new guidance on how best to involve families in the case reviews that follow the death or serious injury of a child as a result of abuse or neglect. A report … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Society, United Kingdom

BP and AAR Settle All Outstanding Disputes

Posted on 16, November 2012 by

16-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — BP and AAR, joint shareholders in TNK-BP, today announced that they have reached a comprehensive agreement to settle all outstanding disputes between them, including the current arbitrations brought by each against the other.The agreement includes an immediate waiver … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, United Kingdom

Study will help our genetic understanding of dangerous new viruses

Posted on 16, November 2012 by

16-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Scientists studying the genes and proteins of human cells infected with a common cold virus have identified a new gene identification technique that could increase the genetic information we hold on animals by around 70 to 80 per … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom

Understanding antibiotic resistance using crystallography and computation

Posted on 15, November 2012 by
Two structural 'snapshots' showing the carbapenem antibiotic meropenem bound to the SFC-1 enzyme. Top panel shows intact antibiotic; bottom panel shows an intermediate step in breakdown of the drug. The position of the antibiotic is indicated by the green mesh. Image by Dr Jim Spencer

15-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Scientists at the University of Bristol, together with collaborators at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, have solved the structure of an enzyme that breaks down carbapenems , antibiotics ‘of last resort’ which, until recently, were kept in reserve … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom

Airbus A380 wins prestigious UK award

Posted on 15, November 2012 by

Noise Abatement Society award recognises Airbus A380 for reduced noise. Blagnac,  14-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The UK’s national noise reduction charity, the Noise Abatement Society, presented the Airbus A380 a top award at their annual award ceremony last night recognising the aircraft’s … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Awards, Business, Environment, Technology, United Kingdom

A new way of making glass

Posted on 14, November 2012 by
Making glass by changing the structure of a liquid. Left: normal liquid alloy of nickel (silver) and phosphorous (orange) atoms. Encouraging atoms to form bicapped square antiprisms (inset) turned the liquid into a solid glass (right) where the nickel (turquoise) and phosphorous (green) atoms in antiprisms are drawn larger

A new way to make glass has been discovered by a collaboration of researchers at the Universities of Düsseldorf and Bristol using a method that controls how the atoms within a substance are arranged around each other. The research is … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Metals and Minerals, Science, Technology, United Kingdom

Young geographers from across Bristol team up with scientists to lobby Prime Minister

Posted on 13, November 2012 by

13-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Aspiring geographers from across Bristol will be joined by some of the country’s leading scientists to learn about one of the most important and pressing challenges of our time — climate change. The Great Environment Debate 2012, hosted … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Environment, Government, Science, Society, United Kingdom

Sanofi and Regeneron Announce Patient Enrollment in Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial with Antibody to PCSK9 for Hypercholesterolemia

Posted on 13, November 2012 by

18,000 patient Phase 3 outcomes study will evaluate the impact of antibody to PCSK9 on cardiovascular events Paris, France and Tarrytown, N.Y., 13-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that the ODYSSEY … Read the full press release →

Posted in France, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom

When colour came to Britain

Posted on 12, November 2012 by
Professor Street's latest book is the first study to trace the history of colour films, their styles and technologies in Britain during a half-century when colour films were far from the norm

New book explores arrival of colour in British films 12-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Professor Sarah Street of the Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television will give a talk on her new book Colour Films in Britain: The Negotiation of Innovation, 1900-55 at the BFI … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Education, Entertainment, Media, Technology, United Kingdom

Investing for a job-rich recovery in Europe

Posted on 12, November 2012 by

László ANDOR — European Commissioner responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion University of Edinburgh / Edinburgh, 12-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the invitation to the Edinburgh University. I am very pleased to have been given the opportunity to … Read the full press release →

Posted in Economy, Education, European Union, Government, Politics, Society, United Kingdom

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University of Bristol International intern scholarships awarded

Posted on 12, November 2012 by
Scholarship winners (l-r): Samuel Lai, Ngoc Minh Nguyen, Professor Andy Nix (Head of Electrical & Electronic Engineering), Pengchuan Wang, Professor Nishan Canagarajah (Dean of Engineering), Dr Adam Crewe (Head of Civil Engineering), Sheik Abdul Malik, Lionel Goh and Ashutosh Rai.

Nine international students who have undertaken internships of outstanding significance to their academic study and career development have been awarded scholarships by Professor Nishan Canagarajah, Dean of Engineering. 12-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The students who have received the award are: Lionel Goh … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Financial, Science, Society, United Kingdom

BP Awards First Contracts for Project 20K™

Posted on 12, November 2012 by

12-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — BP announced today it has awarded the first contracts for Project 20K™, a multi-year initiative to develop next-generation systems and tools to help unlock the next frontier of deepwater oil and gas resources, currently beyond the reach of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Technology, United Kingdom

BP Donates $800,000 in Humanitarian Supplies to New York and New Jersey Salvation Army

Posted on 10, November 2012 by

10-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — In support of Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts and in response to the storm that hit the U.S. Northeast this week, BP has donated a large stockpile of humanitarian assistance supplies from past hurricane recovery efforts along the Gulf … Read the full press release →

Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom

College of Life Sciences opens its doors

Posted on 10, November 2012 by

Photo/Interview Opportunities – 10am to 4pm Saturday 10th November 10-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The University of Dundee’s ‘citadel of science’ will open its doors to the public this weekend, giving an insight into the internationally renowned research being conducted in the city. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Science, Society, Technology, United Kingdom

BP Foundation to Donate $500,000 to American Red Cross

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The BP Foundation announced today that it will donate $500,000 to the American Red Cross in support of Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.The $500,000 donation is in addition to donations made by the BP Foundation Employee Matching Program and … Read the full press release →

Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom

Public to reach for the lasers at open lab session at the University of Dundee

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Members of the public will be able to play with optical tweezers and vortex cannons, make a cloud in a bottle and attempt to skewer a balloon without bursting it at an open laboratory session at the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom

SPDC completes 8th Nigerian Oil Mining Lease sale

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), has completed the assignment of its 30% interest in Oil Mining Lease 30 (OML30) in the Niger Delta to Shoreline Natural Resources Limited … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, United Kingdom