(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 23-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company Unilever has announced its results for the first half of 2020, which show that overall underlying sales declined 0.1%, with developed markets up 2.4% and emerging markets down … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Financial, Investment, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Alan Jope, cashflow, COVID-19, dividend, earnings, resilience, Unilever
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 23-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading global metals and mining corporation Rio Tinto has announced it continued to produce and market its diamonds throughout the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rio Tinto, 100 per cent owner of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Metals and Minerals, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Alan Chirgwin, Argyle, Argyle diamond mine, Australia, CANADA, copper, COVID-19, diamonds, Diavik, Diavik diamond mine, pandemic, Rio Tinto, Sinead Kaufman, stakeholders
(PRESS RELEASE) BILBAO, 22-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Spanish multinational electric utility company Iberdrola has announced its first half of 2020 results including guidance for the entire 2020. Commenting on the results, Ignacio Galán, CEO of Iberdrola, said that the company … Read the full press release
The TABS Suite has added an EU-focused assessment that will more accurately be able to conduct diligence on companies based and operating in the European Union (PRESS RELEASE) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., United States, 20-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — TABS Score™ has … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial, Investment, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged accounting, analytics, COVID-19, DaaS, Diligence-as-a-Service, due diligence, Entrepreneurship, ESG, finance, financing, fintech, Frontline Strategy Funds, internal diligence processes, investor, LPs, Marshall Sterman, Mayflower Ventures, physical meetings, policies, Project Finance, regulatory, seed investors, serial entrepreneurs, startup, Startups, tabs, TABS software, TABS Suite, Tech, VC, venture, venture capital, viability
CUPRA completes construction of the first CUPRA Leon Competición units The new model makes its debut this coming weekend at the 2020 TCR Italy Defending champion Salvatore Tavano will be at the wheel of the CUPRA touring racecar (PRESS RELEASE) … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Italy, Marketing, Media, News, Spain, Sports
Tagged 2020 TCR Italy Championship, aerodynamic efficiency, COVID-19, Cristina Vall-Llosada, CUPRA, CUPRA Leon, CUPRA Leon Competición, CUPRA Racing, CUPRA Racing Factory, CUPRA Simracing, HP’s Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing, Jaime Puig, Jordi Gené, Marc ter Stegen, Mattias Ekström, motorsport, Mugello circuit, pandemic, passenger racecar, Salvatore Tavano, Scuderia del Girasole, Scuderia del Girasole by CUPRA Racing team, Sergio Ripollés, Simone Pellegrinelli, TCR series, touring car competition, touring racecar
(PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 13-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — An international team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, the University of Bern, BRAC University and the National Heart Foundation in Bangladesh have found that strategies for the safe reopening of low … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Education, Healthcare, News, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged BRAC University, COVID-19, Dr Rajiv Chowdhury, Dr Shammi Luhar, epidemic, epidemiologists, European Journal of Epidemiology, LMICs, National Heart Foundation in Bangladesh, pandemic, Professor Oscar Franco, the University of Bern, University of Cambridge
Subscriptions to popular services including streaming services have quadrupled during the UK lockdown New Lloyds Bank feature makes managing subscriptions easier for customers The service is currently being piloted and will be available soon to customers across the UK (PRESS … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Internet & Online, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged app, COVID-19, Lloyds Bank, Minna Technologies, mobile app, mobile banking, Nick Edwards, subscription, VISA
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 9-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LEI: 213800EC7997ZBLZJH69) has announced its trading update on the first half 2020. According to the company’s CEO Warren East the COVID-19 pandemic has created a historic shock in civil aviation … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged aircraft, Aviation, Civil Aerospace, COVID-19, Rolls-Royce, trading update, Warren East
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON/ PARIS, 8-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Digital transformation leader Atos has announced it will launch global HPC, AI & Quantum Life Sciences Centre of Excellence in agreement with Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridgeshire, UK. The Centre will provide … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education, France, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, AI & Quantum Life Sciences Centre of Excellence, AI & Quantum technologies, Atos, Atos Quantum Learning Machine, BullSequana X supercomputers, COVID-19, Cybersecurity, digital transformation, Dr Jo Mills, Dr Julia Wilson, High Performance Computing, HPC, Laura Fau, Pierre BARNABÉ, quantum, SARS-CoV-2, Wellcome Genome Campus
(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 6-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — World’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, SGS announces the inauguration of its new state-of-the-art commercial geochemistry laboratory in Tarkwa, Ghana. Capable of processing 50,000 to 60,000 samples per month, it is … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged AAS, Atomic absorption spectrometry, certification, commercial geochemistry laboratory, COVID-19, GEOCHEMISTRY, GHANA, inspection, Kiki Gyan, laboratories, Microwave plasma emission spectrophotometry, MP-AES, Portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, pXRF, SGS, Tarkwa, testing, Thelma Botes, verification
Minimize contacts, control visitor flows – from restaurant to reception Fast WLAN and smart devices for digital communication with guests Hygienic alternative: Digital magazine formats for smartphone, tablet and TV sets (PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 29-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Now that … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Management, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged corona measures, COVID-19, Deutsche Telekom, digital hotel, digital services, digital solutions for hotels, fast Wifi, fiber-optic, goingsoft, HOTAINMENT, hoteliers, internet connection, smart devices, streaming services, Telekom, video telephony, WLAN
(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 26-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — World’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, SGS announces global partnership with leading luxury travel company Belmond. The collaboration will reinforce Belmond’s commitment to safeguard the health and wellbeing of its guests … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Switzerland, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Ariel Bouzas, Belmond, certification, cleaning protocols, COVID-19, disinfection protocols, group LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, health, hospitality industry, Hotel Cipriani, Hotel Splendido, hygiene solutions, inspection, luxury travel, SGS, testing, verification, wellbeing
(PRESS RELEASE) DALLAS, Texas, U.S.A., 24-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — DerbySoft, the leader in high-performance digital marketing and distribution services for the hotel industry, today announced the launch of DSCP, a new solution for hotels and agencies to reach missing or … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged COVID-19, DerbySoft, Digital marketing, DSCP, hotel industry, hotels, Hotelscan, Hotelvoy, Idealo, Ken Nishizu, marketing campaigns, metasearch, StayMogul, travel companies, travel technology, Traveltech, TripAdvisor, trivago, Wego
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 24-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — International real estate advisor Savills has undertaken a survey which explores how people have responded to working from home and what the future impacts on office space might be. The survey reveals that … Read the full press release
Posted in News, Real Estate, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged COVID-19, Jeremy Bates, office, Office hubs, physical office space, real estate, Savills, Simon Collett, survey, workplace
Brits aged 55 and over are least likely to continue using online services as often as they have during lockdown Study shows that 70% of UK adults prefer conducting their daily activities in person Despite this, health services such as … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Internet & Online, News, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged Co-op Health, COVID-19, health, Neil Stewart, prescriptions, retailers, wellbeing
InnMind, #1 platform in Europe for startups & investors, released a report based on the personal interviews with 100+ VC firms and investors from Silicon Valley & Europe regarding the covid-19 impact on the venture capital market and investment sentiments. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, News, Small Business, Switzerland
Tagged Alex Osterwalder, Alexander Chachava, Altair VC, Bill Reichert, Business Model Canvas creator, COVID-19, covid19, Draper University, economic forecasts, entrepreneurs, fundraising, Garage Technology Ventures, Igor Ryabenkiy, Igor Shoifot, InnMind, investment sentiments, investors, Lean Startup methodology, recession, recommendations, startup, Startups, Steve Blank, Tim Draper, TMT Investments, VC firms, venture capital market, venture capitalists
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 19-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company Hydro has announced it is making its second donation in Brazil since the country was severely hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The company will donate 11,000 food … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway, Society
Tagged COVID-19, donation, food baskets, Halvor Molland, Hydro, hygiene materials, pandemic, virus detection kits
190 million 5G subscriptions forecast by end of 2020; 2.8 billion by the end of 2025 Digital infrastructure critical to meeting communication needs in times of crisis Fixed wireless access (FWA) connections forecast to reach close to 160 million, and … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) FARNBOROUGH, 15-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — British multinational defence, security, and aerospace company, BAE Systems goes on with its plans of recruiting a record number of apprentices, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. In February, more than 9,000 people across the … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Defence, Industrial, News, Security & Safety, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged apprentices, apprenticeship, Apprenticeships, BAE Systems, Charles Woodburn, coronavirus, COVID-19, recruitment, recruitment drive, Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP, UK’s economic recovery, virtual interviews
Traffic signal controls access to retail shops and eateries System counts visitors and sounds an alarm in the event of unauthorized access Easy to install and configure (PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 9-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Retailers are now finally allowed to … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Retail, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Access Control, coronavirus, COVID-19, Deutsche Telekom, hygiene, Internet of Things, IoT, lighting system, new normal, photoelectric barrier, Rami Avidan, retailers, social distancing, traffic light system
(PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 4-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading freight specialist DHL Global Forwarding, part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has announced that despite the strained situation in air and ocean freight, urgently-needed protective equipment, medicine, and SARS-CoV-2 test kits in … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) ZURICH, 1-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Swiss global general and life insurer Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) announced it is welcoming the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority decision to test policy wordings from across the UK insurance industry in the UK … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Insurance, News, Society, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Tagged COVID-19, financial relief, health emergency, insurance, insurers, policyholders, premium rebates, Zurich, Zurich Insurance Group
(PRESS RELEASE) ZUG, Switzerland, 28-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Privus, the Swiss-based cyber-security firm, announced today that SecurLine, its flagship secure communications application, has been formally certified by Portugal’s Gabinete Nacional de Segurança (National Security Office) to protect classified communications. Deploying … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Internet & Online, News, Portugal, Security & Safety, Switzerland, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Anti-surveillance, Artur Goulão, certification, classified communications, Communications, COVID-19, cyber-attacks, cyber-security, digital communications, digital security, digital surveillance, end-to-end encryption, enterprise software, Gabinete Nacional de Segurança, geofencing, GNS, Henrique Corrêa da Silva, interference, Luis Lavradio, Luís Lavradio, military-grade, national security, pandemic, peer-to-peer encryption, PORTUGAL, privacy, private network, Privus, privus.global, remote collaboration, security audit, SecurLine, Switzerland, trust, verifiable security, zero-knowledge network architecture
A range of digital offerings make it easier to access new and used cars Rollout of online reservation system in European markets In Germany: online platform for purchasing new cars from dealer stock (PRESS RELEASE) INGOLSTADT, 27-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, France, Germany, News, Retail
Tagged AUDI AG, car dealer, car sales, coronavirus, COVID-19, digital solutions, digitalization, e-commerce solutions, Martin Wallenborn, Sven Schuwirth
(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 25-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading European stakeholders active in the entire spectrum of the energy sector as EDP, Enel, Iberdrola, Vestas, among others, have announced they are launching new major initiative called “Choose Renewable Hydrogen” aimed at … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, France, Germany, Government, Industrial, Italy, Netherlands, News, Spain
Tagged Akuo Energy, Aurelie Beauvais, BayWa, Choose Renewable Hydrogen, COVID-19, decarbonisation, EDP, electrification, electrolysers, Enel, European Green Deal, Giles Dickson, Iberdrola, MHI Vestas, renewable electricity, Renewable hydrogen, renewables, SolarPower Europe, sustainable, Vestas, WindEurope, Ørsted
(PRESS RELEASE) BILBAO, 22-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Spanish multinational electric utility company Iberdrola through its foundation (Iberdrola Spain Foundation) is taking steps to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis by going to cook 90,000 meals for charity. The initiative … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Non Profit, Spain
Tagged charity, coronavirus, COVID-19, electricity, ENERGY, health crisis, Iberdrola, Iberdrola Spain Foundation, soup kitchens
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 21-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Insurance and reinsurance syndicates firm Tokio Marine Kiln Syndicates Ltd. (TMK) has announced it released forecasts for the 2018 and 2019 years of account for its two non-aligned syndicates. TMK’s forecast ranges have … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Insurance, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Brad Irick, COVID-19, insurance, Lloyd’s, pandemic, reinsurance, TMK, Tokio Marine Kiln, underwriting
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 21-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading Japanese imaging and electronics company Ricoh has announced it will collaborate with printing industry TV-channel Inkish TV to help Print Service Providers (PSPs) plan their new normal. Ricoh Business Booster programme will … Read the full press release
The company received support of more than $1bn from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Broad and equitable supply of the vaccine throughout the world at no profit during the pandemic First agreements for at least 400 … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged acalabrutinib, Accord, AZD1222, CALAVI, Calquence, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, COVID-19, dapagliflozin, DARE-19, Farxiga, pandemic, Pascal Soriot, University of Oxford, vaccine
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 20-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — 24 leading UK universities represented by Russell Group released today a set of proposals and measures aimed at defending Britain’s hard-won leading position on the international higher education market. Among others are fast-tracking … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) SLOUGH, UK, 20-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The global leader in hygiene, health & nutrition, RB is providing lifesaving programmes for the world’s most vulnerable communities by pledging £1 million to the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) response to the … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Financial, Healthcare, News, Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Bart Meermans, COVID-19, hygiene, hygiene interventions, International Rescue Committee, IRC, nourishment, pandemic, RB, shelter, WASH, wellness
Two bonds with a total volume of €1.5 billion successfully placed on the capital market as part of a dual-tranche issue Interest rates are 2.125 and 2.5 percent, terms are 3.5 and 6.25 years; both issues were significantly oversubscribed Bonds … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, News
Tagged BNP Paribas, BofA Securities, bonds, Citi, Commerzbank, Continental, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, Crédit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, liquidity, liquidity reserves, Mizuho Securities, SMBC Nikko, Stefan Scholz, UniCredit Bank
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 15-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Global insurance leader, AXA announces an innovative strategic partnership with Accor, a global hospitality leader, to provide medical support to guests across the 5000 Accor hotels worldwide. As soon as July 2020, this … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Healthcare, Insurance, Management, News, Travel
Tagged Accor, ALLSAFE Cleanliness, AXA, AXA Partners, COVID-19, expert medical solutions, Hospitality, hotels, insurance, medical networks, medical professionals, medical support, medical teleconsultations, SÉBASTIEN BAZIN, telemedicine, travel insurance
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 13-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading international banking group Standard Chartered announced that its sustainable deposit product, helping finance UN’s SDGs activities, has just reached the $2 billion milestone with a significant deposit made by the French integrated … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Healthcare, United Kingdom
Tagged combating climate change, COVID-19, EDF, entrepreneurs, financial inclusion, loans, s sustainable deposit, SDGs, Simon Cooper, Standard Chartered, Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable projects, Xavier Girre
(PRESS RELEASE) HONG KONG, 12-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading international banking group Standard Chartered has announced that Vinda International Holdings Ltd (3331.HK)’s subsidiary Vinda Household Paper (China) Limited is Asia’s first company to take an advantage of the bank’s US$1 … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) GHENT, 12-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Fujirebio Europe, part of Japanese in vitro diagnostics (IVD) testing leader Fujirebio, has just announced the product it distributes across Europe the iAMP® COVID-19 Detection kit from its partner Atila Biosystems, Inc. of … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BRISTOL, 11-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The ‘Germ Defence’, which is an evidence-based, behaviour change website, that has proved quite successful in reducing infection transmissions for seasonal and swine flu originally developed by researchers from Bristol, Bath and Southampton … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged aerosol scientists, Clinicians, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr Ben Ainsworth, epidemiologists, Germ Defence, immunologists, mathematical modellers, Paul Little, Professor Lucy Yardley, swine flu, synthetic biologists, University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Southampton, virologists
Group sales impacted by COVID-19 pandemic: nominal -0.8%, organic -0.9% Adhesive Technologies sales decrease in sharply declining industrial business environment: nominal -4.3%, organic -4.1% Beauty Care sales lower due to significantly negative Hair Salon business: nominal -2.6%, organic -3.9% Laundry … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged 1Q2020, Adhesive Technologies, Beauty Care, Carsten Knobel, COVID-19, earnings, financial results, Henkel, Laundry & Home Care, revenues
Strong first quarter 2020 – result *) increases by 4% despite decline in revenue 2020 outlook uncertain – negative impact expected on revenue and result €1 billion cash savings – COVID-19 action plan COPE initiated in February Solid financial position … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged Annual Report, COPE action plan, COVID-19, Dr. Dominik von Achten, Dr. Lorenz Näger, HeidelbergCement, revenue
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 5-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announces resumption of manufacturing operations is proceeding according to plan, and observing all COVID-19 health and safety protocols on a global basis. Employee health and safety … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Industrial, Italy, News, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged agricultural, agricultural machinery, buses, CNH Industrial, coaches, Commercial Vehicles, construction equipment, Construction vehicles, COVID-19, Defence, firefighting vehicles, FPT Industrial, Manufacturing, pandemic, powertrain manufacturing, vehicle manufacturing
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