News And Announcements
Could Ryanair be facing a pilot shortage?
Is budget airline Ryanair facing a shortage of pilots? The answer is no according to Michael O'Leary, the company's boss who blamed the airline's flight cancellations over the next few weeks on a "mess up" with holiday rotas, alongside bad weather, air traffic control delays and strikes.
KPMG cleared of misconduct in HBOS audit
The UK's independent regulator has announced the closure of its investigation into KPMG's audit of collapsed banking and insurance company HBOS, after finding that the group could not have anticipated the extreme market conditions that led to the bank’s problems.
Inland Homes makes outline planning application on Wilton Park
Brownfield-focussed housebuilder Inland Homes announced on Tuesday that it has made an outline planning application on its 100-acre flagship development site ‘Wilton Park’ in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
ITM Power sells electrolyser to Dutch-owned EnergyStock
Energy storage and clean fuel company ITM Power announced on Tuesday that EnergyStock, a subsidiary of Dutch gas transmission network operator Gasunie, has purchased an ITM Power 1. 1MW rapid-response PEM electrolyser.
ProPhotonix develops rail wheel wear monitoring lasers
High-technology designer and manufacturer of LED and laser systems, ProPhotonix, announced a new application of its digital lasers on Tuesday, having delivered an initial set of eight prototype laser modules for use in a new wheel wear monitoring and control system.
First Derivatives to focus on machine learning
First Derivatives outlined a range of new initiatives on Tuesday, in a bid to put machine learning (ML) capabilities at the heart of future development for the group's Kx technology in direct response to what it said was increasing interest from current and potential customers.
Brady selected as cloud solution provider to Gaelectric
Trading, risk management and settlement solutions provider Brady announced on Tuesday that Gaelectric Trading and Market Services (GTAMS) - which it described as “one of Ireland's leading” energy trading and market services providers - had selected Brady's I-SEM Cloud solution.
WANdisco launches 'first' hybrid data lake architecture with AWS
‘Active data replication’ company WANdisco announced the launch of what it said is one of the first ‘hybrid data lake’ architectures on Tuesday, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services.
Big supermarkets' sales boosted by inflation but LADs still grabbing share
Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons all continues to grow sales in recent weeks as the supermarket industry extended its run of success as grocery price inflation continues to surge.
Oncimmune signs three distribution deals covering Scandinavia
Early cancer detection technology company Oncimmune Holdings announced on Tuesday that it has signed three new exclusive distribution agreements for its EarlyCDT-Lung test with LabLab, Diuvita Diagnostics and XboXLab in Denmark, Norway and Sweden respectively.
Clear Leisure clarifies goals in negotiations with Mediapolis creditors
Clear Leisure issued an update clarifying the position in relation to ongoing negotiations with creditors of its subsidiary, Mediapolis, on Tuesday.
Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy in US
American toy maker Toys 'R' Us has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US and Canada as it attempts to restructure its debts with the help of various lenders.
MySQUAR integrates with mobile network Ooredoo's billing services
Myanmar-language social media, entertainment and payments platform MySQUAR announced on Tuesday that it has successfully integrated Ooredoo Myanmar's billing services, whereby MySQUAR will use Ooredoo's carrier billing service for its mobile applications and games.
Ocado hit by cost comments but sales and order numbers surge
Online grocery specialist Ocado reported a slight acceleration of growth in the third quarter of the year but comments about a short-term spike in costs hit the shares on Tuesday.
Reckitt Benckiser pencils in ex-Pepsi man Sinclair as chairman
Reckitt Benckiser Group has chosen Chris Sinclair to be its next chairman after Adrian Bellamy decided he will retire from the role next year.
FDA approves Trelegy Ellipta inhaler for GlaxoSmithKline, Innoviva
GlaxoSmithKline, alongside Innoviva, announced on Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved once-daily, single inhaler triple therapy fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol under the brand name Trelegy Ellipta, for the long-term, once-daily, maintenance treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
ConvaTec launches new intermittent catheter in Europe
Medical products and technology company ConvaTec Group announced the European introduction of GentleCath Glide on Monday, which it described as an “intermittent catheter” developed to provide convenient hydrophilic catheterisation for daily users.