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
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