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Rash of Car Park Scratches Irritate UK Drivers

Parking spaces that are too small are costing motorists over 500 million pounds a year in repair bills for damaged paintwork.A new study from Halfords and paint renovation experts G3 Pro has revealed that over 10 million car owners have suffered annoying scuffs or scratches as a result of unwanted contact in car parks over the past year – with two thirds of them having to pay more than £50 to fix bodywork. Car doors are the most likely area to suffer scrapes as a result, accounting for 50% of reported damage, followed by bumpers (14%) and wings (13%). Halfords paint protection expert

Stora Enso has signed an agreement to redeem Efora shares from ABB

Stora Enso has agreed to redeem ABB’s 49% shareholding in Efora Oy on 31 October 2013 and become the sole owner of the company. The transaction is subject to approval from the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority.Efora, established in 2009, is a joint-venture company owned by Stora Enso (51%) and ABB (49%) providing maintenance services at Stora Enso’s Heinola, Imatra, Oulu, Uimaharju, Varkaus and Veitsiluoto mills in Finland. It employs about 1 000 people. Efora will remain responsible for the maintenance operations at Stora Enso’s mills after the change in ownership. Stora Enso is

Asetek Receives First Order of RackCDU Liquid Cooling System

Strategic Milestone Validates Demand for Asetek Liquid Cooling Inside Data CentersSeptember 16, 2013 – Asetek® today announced the first order for its RackCDU™ data center liquid cooling solution  placed by one of its Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) partners for an undisclosed end customer. The milestone marks the first instance where an end user has purchased a liquid cooled High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster through one of Asetek’s OEMs. A total of 5 RackCDUs with cooling loops for a total of 280 compute nodes

Ulrich Spiesshofer takes over as ABB’s new Chief Executive Officer

Spiesshofer succeeds Joe Hogan following three-month handover, as announced in JuneZurich, Switzerland, Sept. 16, 2013 – Ulrich Spiesshofer has succeeded Joe Hogan as chief executive officer of ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, following the three-month orderly transition period announced earlier this year. Hogan will continue as advisor to the Board until the end of March 2014. In a welcoming statement, Hubertus von Grünberg, Chairman of ABB’s Board of Directors, said: "Ulrich Spiesshofer has an outstanding track record forming and developing high performing teams

Magnetic jet shows how stars begin their final transformation

Astronomers have for the first time found a jet of high-energy particles from a dying star.The discovery, by a team including Chalmers scientists, is a crucial step in explaining how some of the most beautiful objects in space are formed – and what happens when stars like the sun reach the end of their lives. At the end of their lives, stars like the sun transform into some of the most beautiful objects in space: amazing symmetric clouds of gas called planetary nebulae. But how planetary nebulae get their strange shapes has long been a mystery to astronomers. Chalmers University of

Media Release: Brabham Takes Double Scholarship Formula Ford Honours At Rockingham

Rockingham, Northamptonshire – Sunday 15 September 2013; Sam Brabham celebrated double Scholarship class victory on his debut at Rockingham Motor Speedway amid a clean sweep of podiums, including outright second and a further third place rostrum, at Europe’s fastest race track.The 19 year-old third generation driver opened his race weekend by topping the Scholarship times in Saturday’s damp qualifying session, securing fourth, sixth and fifth place grid slots for the triple-header race weekend. Swiftly recovering from wheelspin off the line for round 22, the JTR driver soon retrieved

Media Release: Walkinshaw Takes Eight For FW Motorsport At Rockingham

Rockingham, Northamptonshire – Sunday 15 September 2013: Fergus Walkinshaw finished FW Motorsport’s Rockingham Motor Speedway debut with a further eighth place points-paying finish in round 22 of the Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup today (Sunday).The debutant team from neighbouring Oxfordshire went into the second race of the weekend confident of another strong result following Walkinshaw’s fine form yesterday. But hopes of repeating Saturday’s blistering seven place opening lap charge were dashed due to a stall off the line, while Walkinshaw was blocked-in by a stationery Tom Oliphant

Briers’ Rubine Red Pruner & Pouch launched at Glee 2013

The Pruner & Pouch by gardening clothing and accessories supplier, Briers, is now available in striking, on trend, Rubine Red which is a fantastic deep pink. The innovative product comprises secateurs, a pouch complete with mobile phone pocket and a belt clip. The new addition is being launched on the Briers’ stand at Glee 2013. Trendy, chic and fashionable, the Briers’ Pruner & Pouch combines colourful, contemporary design with convenience. The co-ordinating secateurs are comfortable to use and give excellent results. The new Rubine Red addition is a colour upgrade and there will also

Briers expands range of gloves at Glee 2013

Leading gardening gloves and footwear designer, Briers, is expanding its range of workwear gloves with eight new product launches at Glee 2013. The new additions cover all gardening tasks, from dealing with thorns and moisture to working with ground that has been used by animals. As well as maximising safety and comfort, the new Briers gloves are trendy, stylish and fashionable. Particular attention has been made to encompass new technology and new materials. The new Briers gloves being launched today include: Professional Adaptable RRP £15.99 Adaptable glove that can be cut to

Briers’ launches knitwear and fleeces at Glee 2013

Leading gardening gloves and footwear supplier, Briers is this week launching a range of knitted and fleece outdoor accessories at Glee 2013. The new products include hat, scarf and glove sets and wellington boot warmers. Knitwear as outerwear has appeared on several major designer catwalks and featured prominently in fashion publications throughout this year. Perfect for days out in the cold, winter gardening or even the school run, Briers’ knitted and fleece products will keep customers warm, snug and stylish while out in freezing cold weather. The range includes: Knitted hat,

Briers children’s Stardust footwear launched at Glee 2013

Following a successful first year of sales, the Stardust footwear range from gardening clothing and accessories supplier, Briers, is today expanding with the launch of the children’s Stardust footwear range at Glee 2013. The Children’s Stardust footwear range includes boots, pumps and clogs that are waterproof, comfortable, fun and enjoyable for children to wear. For retailers, they create new revenue streams in the children’s footwear product category. The Stardust footwear range Children’s Stardust boots RRP £8.99Available in sizes 5-10 Funky stardust boot that will make

Spotlight Deal: Composting Adds Value for Mali Farmers

In the rural areas of some developing countries, bio-waste is a problem and so is the degradation of arable land through soil erosion and moisture loss. A new deal on the Maximpact platform offers a solution to both of these challenges for farm communities in rural Mali. Working with the Malian government, Transcarbon , a consulting firm that advises on sustainable development, has come up with a plan that will allow farmers to add value and increase production by transforming bio-waste into fertilizer.  It consists of a program to construct

One Year of Maximpact by Tom Holland

Maximpact.com has been in operation almost one year. And what a year it's been for impact investing and for us.  The last twelve months have seen impact investing—in fact all forms of social and sustainable investing—gain significant ground. We saw the Impact G8 in London and heard the buzz around impact grow louder. Some of the main infrastructure issues such as measurement and exits have begun to be addressed. The US has launched a huge impact investing initiative. Social Impact Bonds are beginning to prove their worth. And all over the world, new educational programs 

Mike McCreless Reveals the Secrets of Root Capital's Success

By Marta Maretich Root Capital is one of impact investing’s success stories.This nonprofit social investment fund grows rural prosperity in poor, environmentally vulnerable places in Africa and Latin America by lending capital, delivering financial training, and strengthening value chains for small and growing rural businesses. Since 1999, Root Capital has disbursed more than $500 million in loans to more than 425 borrowers representing nearly 750,000 farmers and artisans in 40 countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa while maintaining a repayment rate of 98% for borrowers and a

Briers’ new licensed kids’ ranges of gloves

Gardening gloves and footwear supplier, Briers, has today unveiled two new exciting ranges for children at Glee 2013. The licensed Cookie Cat and Dylan Dinosaur gloves, will make gardening fun for young children and create opportunities for retailers to win lifetime customers from an early age. Colourful, comfortable and manufactured in quality materials to the same exacting standards applied to all Briers’ products, the new licensed ranges put the emphasis on letting children have fun outdoors, whatever the weather. Jackie Eades, Managing Director of Briers, said, “The Cookie Cat and

Cultivating Change: Why Agriculture Needs Impact Investing

By Marta Maretich  There’s a global food crisis looming, according to many commentators. The food price crisis of 2008 spooked world markets and gave us a taste of what may be to come in the future: commodity prices went through the roof and people in many parts of the world panicked. This lead to a reappraisal of food and agricultural policy in many quarters, spurring international aid organizations to action and attracting private investment to agriculture. This changed the agricultural investment landscape—but not enough.  There remains an urgent need for impact capital in agriculture

Gearhouse Broadcast wins contract for Ireland’s National Film School’s 5 Camera HDTV studio at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology

IBC2013, Hall 10 Stand 10.B39, 15 September 2013 – Leading broadcast services specialist, Gearhouse Broadcast , has been awarded the contract to design, supply, install and support a new state-of-the-art HDTV facility at the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology  (IADT) in Dublin. The two-studio campus is due to be officially opened at a ceremony on Tuesday, 26 November 2013. The IADT project was won in an open tender process. Gearhouse Broadcast’s Systems Integration division submitted the winning proposal and

Briers’ style waterproof footwear options with Daisy Prints at Glee 2013

Briers have today unleashed two new exciting additions to their daisy print footwear, including a newly shaped Daisy Boot in Pavel Mould and Daisy Ankle Boots, at Glee 2013, the UK's definitive garden retail event. For many, one pair of wellies or waterproof footwear will simply not be enough. This means that a good selection of styles in a range is an important factor.  Leg shape and potential weather conditions are also important considerations. Waterproof clogs provide a trendy alternative to a full leg welly, whilst our newly shaped daisy print welly follows a successful year for our

Briers team up with HemingwayDesign to meet demand for fashion in gardening and leisure

Leading gardening gloves and footwear supplier, Briers, has teamed up with the British  designers, Wayne  and Gerardine Hemingway MBE and their award winning HemingwayDesign team to create four exciting new ranges of gardening wellies, gloves and rainmacs. Designed by the Red or Dead founders exclusively for Briers, the ranges fulfil Briers’ commitment to make fashionable clothing and accessories a genuine option for stylish consumers. All four collections – along with other new Briers products - will be launched at today’s Glee exhibition. The HemingwayDesign product ranges comprise:

Reed Travel Exhibitions Receives Strong Industry Backing for Launch Ski Event

Key Buyers sign up to inaugural International Ski Travel Market in Austria in 2014Ski company heavyweights Thomas Cook, TUI Ski, TUI Travel PLC and Scott Dunn are among the many tour operators already signed up to take part in the inaugural International Ski Travel Market (ISTM) , which takes place in Austria on March 17-18, 2014. Organised by Reed Travel Exhibitions, the world's leading events organiser in the travel and tourism industry, ISTM will bring together up to 80 European resort tourist boards and inbound ski travel suppliers with 80 leading outbound ski tour operators in an

Al Kass Selects Avid to Power State-of-the-Art Broadcast Facility

One of the most innovative sports TV channels in the Middle East, Al Kass continues to rely on Avid’s proven and trusted solutions to streamline workflows and accelerate content deliveryIBC 2013 (Hall 7, Booth #J20), Amsterdam, 15 September 2013 – Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID)  today announced that Qatar-based Al Kass , one of the most innovative sports TV channels in the Middle East, will power its new state-of-the-art headquarters with a complete end-to-end Avid workflow – enabling the media organization to streamline production, achieve

Professor Hani Gabra joins Clinical Advisory Board of Oncos Therapeutics

September 15th, 2013. Helsinki, Finland - Oncos Therapeutics, the clinical stage biotech company developing next generation oncolytic viruses, today announced the appointment professor Hani Gabra, MD, PhD, in its Clinical Advisory Board (CAB). "We are very grateful to have professor Gabra, a leading expert in translational medicine in ovarian cancer, supporting our clinical development", says Frans Wuite, MD, President and CEO of Oncos. "Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women, with a real unmet medical need, and based on our phase I data we believe our

Media Release: FW Motorsport’s Roller-Coaster Race One At Rockingham

Rockingham, Northamptonshire – Saturday 14 September 2013: FW Motorsport team owner/driver, Fergus Walkinshaw encountered a roller-coaster first Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup race at Rockingham this afternoon. Although robbed of a top five finish, the 22 year-old delivered a commanding drive to battle his way back to take a ninth place finish.Walkinshaw opened FW Motorsport’s debut race weekend at the Northamptonshire circuit by setting the pace in qualifying. The first to change to slicks following a damp start to the morning, he soon topped the timesheets and constantly battled in the top

Applications Open for Cathay Pacific Airways “I Can Fly” San Francisco 2013 Program

Popular program offers students a unique look into aviation careersCathay Pacific is welcoming applications for the sixth iteration of the successful “I Can Fly” San Francisco program, which invites high schoolers with a true passion for travel and aviation on a unique educational adventure. Interested eleventh- and twelfth-grade high school students may submit applications online at http://us.cathaypacific.com/icanfly from now until September 30, 2013. The “I Can Fly” San Francisco 2013 program will run from October through December and gives high school students a comprehensive and

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