(IN BRIEF) The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has opened nominations for the Tulip Fund, a €50 million initiative aimed at attracting leading scientists from outside the EU to Dutch universities and research institutions. The fund focuses on appointing globally recognized … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Non Profit, Science, Technology
Tagged academic freedom, applied research, Dutch Research Council, European research, fundamental research, Global Collaboration, international researchers, knowledge institutions, Netherlands, NWO, partnership, scientific excellence, sustainable research groups, Tulip Fund, universities, €50 million fund
(IN BRIEF) bp is selling its Netherlands mobility & convenience network and bp pulse EV charging business to Catom as part of its $20 billion divestment initiative and downstream reset strategy. The deal includes approximately 300 retail stations (some with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged $20 bn divestment programme, 2025 divestments, BP, bp pulse, Catom, downstream reset, Emma Delaney, EV charging hubs, fleet business, fuels, Jan Willem Westerhuis, lubricants, mobility & convenience, Netherlands, OK retail network, partnership, regulatory approval, service stations, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Digi Communications N.V. has announced a gross dividend of 1.35 lei per share for the 2024 financial year, approved at its Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting on 18 June 2025; the ex-date is 26 June 2025, the record date … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Romania, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AFM, ASF, Belgium, Class B shares, Digi Communications dividend 2024, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., disclosure, dividend, insider purchase, internal compliance policies, Investor Relations, Italy, Jose Manuel Arnaiz de Castro, Market Abuse Regulation article 19 para (1), Netherlands, notification, PORTUGAL, Romania, share dividend, Spain, telecommunications
(IN BRIEF) KPN has partnered with voice AI innovator ElevenLabs and invested in the company through KPN Ventures to accelerate the adoption of advanced audio AI in the Netherlands. Early efforts will focus on converting content into high-quality speech and … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged audio technology, automation, Customer Interaction, ElevenLabs, Hans Söhngen, investment, KPN, KPN Ventures, Marieke Snoep, Mati Staniszewski, Netherlands, partnership, personalized experience, speech accessibility, strategic partnership, voice AI
(IN BRIEF) On 10 June 2025, Non-Executive Director José Manuel Arnaiz de Castro bought 6,800 Class B shares and promptly reported it under EU Market Abuse Regulation to ASF, AFM and the Company’s compliance office; Digi Communications N.V. is a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Romania, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AFM, ASF, Belgium, Class B shares, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., disclosure, insider purchase, internal compliance policies, Investor Relations, Italy, Jose Manuel Arnaiz de Castro, Market Abuse Regulation article 19 para (1), Netherlands, notification, PORTUGAL, Romania, Spain, telecommunications
(IN BRIEF) Sweco has acquired Brain of buildings, a leading Dutch engineering firm known for integrating technology into the design and management of smart and secure buildings. This acquisition adds 30 consultants and engineers to Sweco’s Netherlands team, reinforcing its … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged acquisition, Architecture, Brain of buildings, engineering consultancy, Eugene Grüter, European market, fire safety, mechanical engineering, Netherlands, partnership, private sector, public sector, Security Engineering, smart buildings, sustainability, Sweco, turnover
(IN BRIEF) VTTI and Höegh Evi have launched the permitting process for the Zeeland Energy Terminal (ZET), a key project for enhancing the Netherlands’ energy infrastructure. The Ministry of Climate and Green Growth (KGG) has issued the Notification of Intent … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged 2028/2029, economic growth, Eemshaven, energy security, floating storage and regasification unit, FSRU, Höegh Evi, KGG, LNG import capacity, Ministry of Climate and Green Growth, Netherlands, partnership, permitting process, Q4 2025, Rotterdam, stakeholder engagement, sustainability, VTTI, Zeeland, Zeeland Energy Terminal, ZET
(IN BRIEF) Gasunie has awarded DNV a multi-year technical services contract to support the maintenance and innovation of energy infrastructure across the Netherlands and northern Germany. The four-year agreement, with options for two two-year extensions, covers critical services like equipment … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged Adriaan den Herder, CO₂ transport, cryogenic systems, DNV, energy infrastructure, energy transition, equipment testing, gas analysis, Gasunie, Germany, Groningen, hydrogen, LNG, maintenance optimization, natural gas, Netherlands, partnership, pipeline maintenance, Prajeev Rasiah, Renewable Energy Infrastructure, sustainability, technical services
(IN BRIEF) Nicole Mølby-Bueters has been appointed Director of the HRM department at TU/e, starting May 6, 2025. With a degree in Business Communication from Radboud University and a career beginning in 1992, she brings decades of global HR leadership, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Industrial, Management, Netherlands, News
Tagged appointment, CULTURE, Employee Wellbeing, HR strategy, HRM Director, Human Resource Management, leadership, Mariska Brzözek, Netherlands, Nicole Mølby-Bueters, Patrick Groothuis, Philips, Radboud University Nijmegen, recruitment, Squad Improvement Program, standardized HR services, Talent Acquisition, trusted business partner, TU/e
(IN BRIEF) Hydro is showcasing its “R100 Project” at Milan Design Week 2025, where five innovative design objects will be created entirely from post-consumer recycled aluminium sourced within a 100-kilometer radius. This initiative, a natural progression from the 2024 launch … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Management, Marketing, Media, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged 100-kilometer production radius, advanced manufacturing, Belgium, carbon footprint, Cecilie Manz, Daniel Rybakken, design innovation, environmental transparency, Hydro, Hydro CIRCAL 100R, Keiji Takeuchi, low-emission, Milan Design Week 2025, net-zero emissions, Netherlands, post-consumer scrap, R100 Project, recycled aluminium, Sabine Marcelis, Stefan Diez, sustainability, sustainable manufacturing, transportation emissions, urban mining
(IN BRIEF) A new integration between Vodafone’s Safer Transport for Europe Platform (STEP) and the Netherlands’ Urban Data Access Platform (UDAP) will soon allow emergency services to alert more road users and authorities about approaching emergency vehicles, enabling quicker and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged car manufacturers, connectivity, emergency services, emergency vehicles, intelligent transportation, Luke Ibbetson, Ministry of Infrastructure, Monotch, Netherlands, partnership, real-time data, road safety, Safer Transport for Europe Platform, STEP, UDAP, Urban Data Access Platform, V2X technology, vodafone
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first green loan, signing a EUR 700 million financing agreement with sustainable mobility leader Ayvens in December 2024. The deal, which splits into a EUR 350 million EIB credit and … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 000 vehicles, 19, Ambroise Fayolle, Ayvens, climate action project, commercial fleets, decarbonization, eLCVs, electric light commercial vehicles, electrification, energy transition, EUR 350 million, European Investment Bank (EIB), France, funding diversification, funding package, Germany, green loan, innovative finance, Italy, LEZs, low emission zones, Netherlands, partnership, Patrick Sommelet, SMEs, sustainability, sustainable mobility
(IN BRIEF) Researchers from the University of Twente, in collaboration with Amalia Children’s Hospital Nijmegen and Emma Children’s Hospital Amsterdam, have developed a solution to reduce the number of neonatal transfers in the Netherlands. Their study suggests that by allowing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Amalia Children's Hospital Nijmegen, Capacity, CHOIR research centre, collaboration, Emma Children's Hospital Amsterdam, flexible staffing, Gréanne Leeftink, Health Care Management Science, Health Risks, inter-organizational pooling, Kimberley Morris, neonatal intensive care unit, neonatal transports, Netherlands, NICU, nurse deployment, Operations Management, parents, patient transfers, pilot project, Randstad region, simulation-optimization, specialized nurses, TechMed Center, University of Twente
(IN BRIEF) The European Film Festival Integration You and Me, which claims to champion disability inclusion, recently disqualified the film Unspoken Truth—a documentary about severe chronic stuttering—on the grounds that the festival did not recognize stuttering as a disability. Despite … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Media, Netherlands, Poland
Tagged ABC, awareness, disability, diversity, Dutch, film festivals, filmmakers, inclusivity, indiefilm, Netherlands, Poland, shortfilm, social issues, stuttering, United Nations, Unspoken Truth, World Health Organization
(IN BRIEF) Lion Storage, a Dutch energy storage developer, has reached financial close on the Mufasa project, set to become one of Europe’s largest battery energy storage systems (BESS). With a storage capacity of 1,400MWh and a power capacity of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged Battery Energy Storage System, BESS, Eneco, energy storage, energy transition, Lion Storage, Macquarie Capital, Mufasa, Netherlands, power grid stabilization, project financing, renewable energy, Renewable Infrastructure, Return, sustainability, sustainable energy, Tesla, TINC
(IN BRIEF) Romanian and Dutch authorities have formed a joint investigation team (JIT) to investigate the theft of four valuable Romanian historical artifacts from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands. The stolen items, including the golden crown of Coţofeneşti and … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Law, Management, Netherlands, News, Romania, Security & Safety
Tagged ancient golden bracelets, Assen, coordination meeting, criminal case, cultural theft, Drents Museum, Eurojust, golden crown of Coţofeneşti, historical artifacts, investigation, JIT, joint investigation team, Judicial cooperation, Netherlands, operational assistance, partnership, Romania, Romanian National Museum of History, suspects arrested, theft
(IN BRIEF) Logicor has completed a 40,000 m² state-of-the-art logistics facility at Flevopoort business park in Lelystad, designed with flexibility, energy efficiency, and sustainability in mind. Located near key logistics hubs, the facility offers easy access to major transport routes … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged 000 m², 40, A+++ EPC standards, Alexander van Gastel, Almere, Amsterdam, BREEAM Very Good, climate control, energy efficiency, ESFR sprinkler system, EV charging stations, Flevopoort business park, flexibility, GOLDBECK Nederland B.V., green areas, grid congestion, JLL, LED lighting, Lelystad, Lelystad Airport, loading docks, Logicor, Logistics Facility, logistics hubs, Netherlands, office spaces, partnership, Savills, smart energy management system, solar-powered energy storage, sustainability, Warehouse Space
(IN BRIEF) ABN AMRO’s research emphasizes the financial advantages of early investment in decarbonisation technologies. Companies that invest before 2029 are expected to benefit from lower costs and enhanced competitiveness, helping them meet climate goals. Available technologies, such as electrification, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged 2030 climate goals, ABN Amro, Casper Burgering, decarbonisation, decarbonisation summit, electrification, Emissions Reduction, emissions trading system, energy efficiency, European Green Deal, financial benefits, financial incentives, government regulation, green solutions, greenhouse gas emissions, grid congestion, industrial sectors, investment, Low Carbon Technology, Netherlands, renewable energy, sustainability, technological innovation
(IN BRIEF) A recent survey by ABN AMRO and Ajax reveals that nearly half of young women in the Netherlands have considered quitting sports, with psychological factors like insecurity and lack of enjoyment being key reasons. The survey emphasizes the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Science, Sports, Technology
Tagged ABN Amro, Ajax, Equal opportunities, female role models, insecurity, mental health, Netherlands, partnership, psychological barriers, self-confidence, sponsorship, sports access., sports benefits, Sports Engagement, teenage girls, women in sports, youth participation
(IN BRIEF) This week, the Dutch Senate is deliberating the 2025 budget, which includes significant cuts to higher education and scientific research. NWO has expressed concern that these reductions will hinder the Netherlands’ ability to remain competitive as a knowledge-based … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Education, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Politics, Science, Technology
Tagged 2025 budget, Climate, COVID-19, cuts, digitalisation, Dutch Senate, economic growth, Education Quality, health, higher education, INNOVATION, knowledge economy, Marcel Levi, MRI scanner, Netherlands, NWO, Open Science, Open Science NL, PhD grants, prosperity, Radboudumc, research funding, safety, Scientific Infrastructure, scientific research, strategic autonomy, talent, teachers, universities, university medical centers
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