MV Zealand Beatrix at the Port of Ipswich on 18 October 2017 LONDON, 24-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ABP’s Port of Ipswich has reported handling a record 12,000 tonne shipment of beans for its customer Glencore Agriculture UK, supporting local farmers and confirming its place as the UK’s number one agricultural export port. Marking
Insurance Europe: EU’s Motor Insurance Directive (MID) is an essential tool in the protection of road traffic accident victims and should be preserved BRUSSELS, 24-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Insurance Europe has responded to the European Commission’s REFIT consultation on the Motor Insurance Directive (MID), which it said is an essential tool in the protection of road
LUXEMBOURG, 23-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The EIB has launched calls for tenders to appoint an execution design team and a construction project manager for its new building project located on the Kirchberg campus next to the buildings it currently occupies. The calls for tenders were published in the Official Journal of the European Union
Launch of Apple Pay with CaixaBank BARCELONA, 23-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — CaixaBank, the Spanish banking industry leader in terms of electronic payment methods with more than 15 million cards in circulation, today brings its customers and imaginBank customers Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — WhatsApp use by ambulance doctors in Argentina was associated with faster treatment of heart attack and lower mortality in an observational study presented today at the Argentine Congress of Cardiology (SAC 2017). The free messaging application was used to send diagnostic electrocardiograms (ECGs) directly to hospital catheterisation
NIB, Sparebank 1 SR-Bank to finance investments and environmental projects of SMEs in Norway HELSINKI, 23-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB and Norway’s Sparebank 1 SR-Bank ASA have signed a six-year loan programme totaling EUR 120 million to finance investments and environmental projects for the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small mid-caps. The projects to be
CapMan establishes new pan-Nordic open-ended real estate fund HELSINKI, 23-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — CapMan establishes a new pan-Nordic real estate fund, CapMan Nordic Property Income Fund (“CMNPI”), which is CapMan’s first open-ended real estate fund with a non-UCITS structure. CapMan Real Estate widens its product offering by establishing the CMNPI fund, which focuses
CapMan: EUR 210,000, donated to the Tukikummit foundation The CapMan procurement service CaPS and its networks raised EUR 210,000 for the Tukikummit foundation HELSINKI, 23-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — CapMan’s procurement service CaPS collaborated with Tukikummit foundation to organise a charity event on 17 October 2017. The event contained two separate parts: a lunch seminar
BAAR, 23-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — With the commissioning of a new factory for mortar products and concrete admixtures, Sika has expanded its manufacturing capacity in Pakistan and is responding to the country’s construction boom. Demand in the infrastructure and residential construction segments in particular is enormous. With its rapidly growing population of over
Data-driven approach enhances agricultural productivity with artificial intelligence and Internet of Things LONDON, 23-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — EY today announced that it is extending its alliance with Microsoft to combine digital and cloud technologies to help the agricultural industry turn its digital transformation strategies into action. The alliance will provide a foundation to develop
