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H. R. Gray Announces Promotion of Thomas Merritt

H.R. Gray – a Columbus, Ohio-based firm providing program management and construction management services and a division of The Haskell Company, has appointed Thomas Merritt to vice president, Business Operations. For the last 10 years, Merritt has directed the firm’s communications, marketing, advertising and media strategy development, human resource and financial initiatives as director of business development. In his new role, Merritt will work closely with members of senior leadership at H.R. Gray and The Haskell Company to align people and business strategies while executing and

Hexagon Composites ASA recruits new CFO

Tor Husø has for several years been the CFO of both Hexagon Composites ASA and the Flakk Group, the largest shareholder of Hexagon Composites. Tor Husø has been instrumental to the development and expansion of Hexagon Composites and a valuable contributor to the positive development the company is experiencing. With the size and the growth rate that Hexagon Composites and the Flakk Group are anticipating, both groups require full time CFOs. According to his own wish Tor Husø will hereafter concentrate on the activities in the Flakk Group. "We are very grateful for Tor's considerable

Precise Biometrics appoints new CEO

The Board of Precise Biometrics has found it necessary to hire a new CEO in order to increase growth and to position the company even better in the fast growing mobile market.Thomas Marschall, who has been CEO for Precise Biometrics since 2006, is leaving the company. His successor, Håkan Persson, who has extensive sales and leadership experience within related industries will immediately bring deeper sales experience and competencies to the company in an interim period while the Board is searching for a permanent CEO for Precise Biometrics in collaboration with a well esteemed executive

Clas Ohlson launches new national TV campaign ’The useful ones’

Swedish modern hardware retailer Clas Ohlson will unveil its new national TV campaign ‘The useful ones’ on Monday 11th November. The first advert will air on ITV during the 9pm drama ‘A Mother’s Son’.The campaign concept which was developed by Craven Delaporte and directed by Sebastian Reed is being used across the Clas Ohlson Group in Sweden, Norway and Finland as well as the UK. The 30 second advert sees a selection of seemingly normal people using super powers and Clas Ohlson products to help perform everyday tasks in magical ways. UK Marketing Manager, Melissa Titshall says: “

Scientologists Take Action to Counter the Russian Heroin Crisis

Volunteers from the Church of Scientology of Moscow engage in drug prevention to combat drug abuse and addiction. Moscow Scientologists distribute thousands of copies of The Truth About Drugs booklets, which present a comprehensive overview of the facts about drugs and drug abuse. Some 6 percent of the Russian population is addicted to drugs, Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service  (FSNK) announced in September 2013. The report states that 90 percent of Russia’s 8.5 million addicts

Award-winning Illustory A+ and My Comic Book to Be Featured Toys for Neighborhood Toy Store Day

Creations By You is pleased to announce that Illustory A+ and My Comic Book will be recognized as the featured toys from 10 am to noon EST at Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, NC as part of Neighborhood Toy Store Day, a nationwide event coordinated by the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) to launch the holiday shopping season with community-minded fun. During the event, Illustory A+ and My Comic Book can be purchased for 25% off the MSRPs of $29.99. To encourage creativity and imagination from the beginning, Creations By You will have an illustration station at the event

From Philanthropy to Impact Investing: The Role of Women Investors in Asia

By Weina Li  There is a historical gender-bias in investment and finance, with women often considered “too soft” and “not enough returns-focused”, whereas their comparative strengths in leadership positions and their importance as key consumer is often overlooked. This explains the extremely low proportion of women investors across the globe, and especially in Asia. However, the trend is changing. This is in part due to the increasing number of female high net worth individuals; they are high breadwinners, entrepreneurs but also heirs of a considerable proportion of Asia’s wealth.

Children bury treasures at new Royal Navy accommodation site in Portsmouth

Children have buried their belongings for future generations to find within the ground works around the new accommodation for personnel at HM Naval Base Portsmouth. Schoolchildren from Solent Infant School, Mayfield School and Bayhouse School & Sixth Form placed items in a time capsule to be buried at the site of the new Falklands Building with help from the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth Councillor Lynne Stagg. The primary and secondary school pupils donated a variety of items including toys, cards, coins, photographs and school jumpers to put in the capsule. The new accommodation is

Swanswell welcomes calls for pre-emptive alcohol support in the workplace

Swanswell’s welcoming calls for employers to help prevent problem drinking at an early stage by introducing a number of measures in the workplace.The national recovery charity, which wants to achieve a society free from problem alcohol and drug use, is responding to an article in the British Medical Journal from the Alcohol Health Network . It says encouraging employers to take pre-emptive action - such as confidential screening and providing brief interventions - would help ‘reduce harm and increase productivity’ among team members who

What’s New, What’s Popular And What’s Hot For 2014

- The Best Self-Catering Accommodation From Mallorca Farmhouses - As the new season booking period is now open, accommodation specialists Mallorca Farmhouses  reveal their hottest properties for 2014.  Choose from an outstanding country villa - their flagship property with the ultimate wow-factor; a characterful farmhouse fully booked throughout 2013 - earning it the title of Most Popular Property; and Best-Rated Finca - as voted for by Mallorca Farmhouses’ customers. What’s more, with prices for 2014 starting from £356 per week, there’s

Formpipe receives order from a Danish municipality valued at SEK 2.9 million

A Danish municipality and Formpipe sign a contract regarding implementing and maintenance of the ECM product Acadre. The total order value amounts to SEK 2.9 million for a duration of four years. Following a tendering round, the municipality has entered into an agreement with Formpipe regarding implementation and maintenance of the ECM product Acadre. The product was selected based on the best score on “value for money” amongst five competitive proposals. “We are very pleased that yet another municipality has selected to cooperate with us. The deal strengthens our position as the

Company certificate

Following registration by the Register of Business Enterprises of the 8 million shares issued in connection with the private placement as announced earlier today, please find attached the updated company certificate for Opera Software ASA. The registered share capital is NOK 2,629,050.64, comprised of 131,452,532 shares with a nominal value of NOK 0.02 per share. Petter Lade, Investor Relations Tel: +47 2369 2400 About Opera Software ASA Opera products enable more than 350 million internet consumers worldwide to discover and connect with the content and services that matter most

Interim report January-September 2013

Improved profits and order bookings Third quarter of 2013 · Net sales amounted to SEK 1,109 million (1,102), which, adjusted for currency effects represents an increase of 1 percent · Operating profit (EBITA) rose to SEK 133 million (130), including items affecting comparability amounting to a negative SEK 3 million (pos. 13) · Including items affecting comparability, the operating margin (EBITA) rose to 12.0 percent (11.8) · The operating margin excluding items affecting comparability reached above 12 percent · Profit after tax rose to SEK 83 million (78) · Cash flow

Electrolube Announces New Website and Global Rebrand

Electrolube, the leading manufacturer of specialist chemical products for the electronics, automotive and industrial manufacturing industries, has today announced the launch of it’s newly redesigned website.  The new website has been developed as part of Electrolube’s new global rebrand, a year-long process where significant time has been invested in evaluating the company and conducting extensive market research to carefully rejuvenate the brand, which has been established in the electronics and automotive manufacturing industries for more than 70 years. The evolution of the Electrolube

LDG – OCTOBER REPORT.

West End DiaryInvestigating  the reasons behind this extremely positive picture on the status of our market... The West End property market over the past few months has seen considerable activity in the sales, lettings and commercial sectors. At LDG, we’ve seen transactions increase across all departments - beating current annual targets compared to 2011 and 2012. LETTINGS ACTIVITY June to September is one of our busiest periods. This year we surpassed previous targets and let an average of almost nine properties per week, covering our entire West End base. This consists of

LYNDON DESIGN EXTENDS FLAGSHIP ORTEN SEATING COLLECTION

Lyndon Design - the leading manufacturer of upholstered handcrafted furniture for commercial interiors - has combined forces once again with award-winning furniture designer Mark Gabbertas to launch additions to the brand’s flagship Orten seating collection. Comprising modular two-seater and three-seater corner sofa units that are designed to create ‘L’ shaped sofa arrangements, the new additions to the Orten collection are designed to bring greater flexibility to hospitality and corporate interiors where breakout spaces are increasingly in vogue. The Orten corner units come with a

Troops get innovative on Salisbury Plain

Troops from the Queen's Royal Lancers stepped into their leaders’ boots as part of an innovative training exercise on Salisbury Plain.  The month-long Exercise FONDOUK LANCER 13 saw troops carrying out training roles one rank above themselves, as the manoeuvres tested the ability of troops and squadrons to carry out both mounted and dismounted reconnaissance tasks.    With a Squadron soon to be part of the Interim - Lead Armoured Battle Group (I-LABG) and with a BATUS tour for the Regiment next summer, this training was vital in confirming the firm foundations of reconnaissance

Bike prize for cycle fans

Two young cycling fans from Knowsley were thrilled to win brand new bikes of their own after watching their sporting heroes race through the borough.Mollie Haslan, 10, and Sophie Watterson, 9, were winners after entering a competition run by Knowsley Council’s Road Safety Team when the Tour of Britain took place at Knowsley Safari Park in September. The winners took part in a cycling safety workshop, and then had to use what they had learnt to spot all the mistakes being made by a cyclist in a picture. And Mollie, a Year 6 pupil at St Luke’s Catholic Primary in Prescot, and Sophie, in

Holiday let finance – investment warning to borrowers

People looking to buy a UK holiday let are being warned not to get “scammed” and end up with the wrong type of mortgage. Doing so could see them end up having to pay the outstanding loan monies back immediately, as well as potentially being classed as a fraudster.This stark warning is issued by Norman Phillips, Director at mortgage specialists, Holiday Let Mortgages. He says: “UK holiday lets are increasing in popularity and no wonder – a recent press article* highlighted how weekly holiday rents in tourist hotspots such as Bath are double what landlords can charge for long term lets in the

Moberg Pharma’s nomination committee appointed

In accordance with the resolution of the Annual General Meeting on April 23, 2013, the Chairman of the Board has contacted the company’s three largest shareholders in terms of votes to form a Nomination Committee. These shareholders have been invited to appoint one representative each who, together with the Chairman of the Board, will comprise the Nomination Committee.Moberg Pharma’s Nomination Committee ahead of the 2014 Annual General Meeting comprises:  · Mats Petterson, Chairman of the Board · Per-Olof Edin, appointed by Östersjöstiftelsen · Håkan Åström, appointed by SIX SIS

Corrie star joins Panto cast for Knowsley

Coronation Street and Celebrity Big Brother star Bruce Jones is among the star names to appear in this year’s Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park’s Christmas panto, Jack and the Beanstalk.The actor, best known for playing Les Battersby in the soap, takes the role of baddie Fleshcreep who audiences will simply love to hate! He is joined by an incredible full supporting cast including X-Factor heartthrob Lloyd Daniels, who joins the cast as leading man Jack. Drag Queen Lady Sian, a familiar face across Liverpool will be doing what she does best, entertaining the audience as Damn Peggy Trott.

Kick-off for project aiming to ensure winter navigation in the Baltic Sea

The kick-off meeting for the winter navigation project WINMOS took place in Helsinki 5-6 November. WINMOS is a project that aims to safeguard efficient winter navigation in the European Union’s northernmost fairways by safeguarding icebreaking resources in a medium and long term perspective and to develop the winter navigation system as a whole in the Baltic Sea.Functional maritime transports all-year-around is of the utmost importance for the trade within the European Union. 15% of the world’s maritime transportation, or more than 750 million tonnes, is performed in the Baltic Sea. Around

Hafslund - Volume in October 2013

Hafslund attained the following volumes (GWh): +-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+| |October 2013|October 2012|+-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+| | | |+-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+|Hydro Power – production volume | 200 | 296 |+-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+|Heat - of which district heating

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