Tag «United Kingdom»

BIOMEDICAL BIG DATA ANALYSIS COMPANY GENALICE RECEIVES A MULTI-MILLION EURO CAPITAL INVESTMENT

Harderwijk, the Netherlands, April 25, 2014 Today, Dutch Software Company GENALICE announced that it has reached an agreement on a multi-million euro capital investment from Redbrae, a consortium of US- and UK-based private equity investors. The investment consortium has a strong network in the United States, United Kingdom and Middle East. It has been working with …

BHP BILLITON RESPONDS TO MARKET SPECULATION

BHP Billiton notes recent speculation about the Group’s portfolio. As we have said previously, the simplification of our portfolio is a priority and is something we  have pursued for several years. In the last two years alone, the Group has announced or  completed divestments in Australia, the United States, Canada, South Africa and the United …

Official BlackBerry Statement: White House confirms they are not testing non-BlackBerry smartphones

BlackBerry Statement: “We value the long-term relationship we’ve had with the White House and have been securing their mobile communications for more than a decade.  The U.S. government requires the highest levels of security.  We were the first mobility platform to receive the ‘Authority to Operate’ certification from the Department of Defense. Governments test new …

Progressive Companies Make Leap from Sustainable to “Circular” Manufacturing

Circular economy seeks to reconcile growth and economic participation with environmental prudence and equity Progressive companies move from responding to environmental activists to building new business models The theme of the 44th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business For more information, visit http://wef.ch/Davos Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 25 January …

United Kingdom: Transparency International welcomes UK implementation of public register of beneficial owners

DAVID CAMERON BEGINS TO DELIVER HIS G8 TRANSPARENCY PROMISES BY TAKING A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING As host of the Open Government Partnership Summit in London this week, the UK Government has announced the creation of a public register of beneficial owners of companies in the UK. This is a significant …

Hope of an end to the crisis: Findings of the GfK Consumer Climate Europe study for the third quarter of 2013

Nuremberg, 21 October 2013 – Hope is spreading throughout Europe that the worst of the crisis has been overcome and that the economy is gradually beginning to recover. A number of countries registered considerable growth in some areas in the second quarter, while the downward trend at least slowed down significantly in others. These are …

TWO-THIRDS OF PARLIAMENTS FAIL TO BE WATCHDOGS OF DEFENCE CORRUPTION

New study by Transparency International also finds 85% of them lack effective scrutiny of defence policy Brussels, 17 September 2013—Two-thirds of parliament and legislatures fail to exercise sufficient control over their Ministry of Defence and the armed forces, according to a new report by Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme (TI-DSP). Amongst those, 70 per cent …

Access to Markets, Capital and Talent Main Factors for Entrepreneurial Success

New report, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems around the Globe and Company Growth Dynamics, focuses on how companies can grow and expand across markets Access to markets, funding and human capital identified as most important factors for success Over 1,000 entrepreneurs interviewed for the report, with case studies from different regions For more information about the report, please visit: http://www.weforum.org/newchampions …

Penetration of Life Insurance Coverage Goes Up

The penetration of life insurance sector in India has increased from 2.15% in 2001 to 3.17% in 2012 which is above Brazil, Russia, Malaysia, Pakistan, China, Srilanka, Australia, Germany but below France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. As per information furnished by Insurance Regulatory and …