14 December 2010
UK lives put at risk by lack of common European fire safety standard for furniture
Ignition tests on sofas bought in 25 out of 27 EU member states reach life-threatening levels in less than seven minutes By contrast, stringent UK safety standards delay fire growth for 21 minutes However, border-free Europe means ‘killer’ sofas can be put on sale in the UK 3,000 killed and 30,000 injured every year across [...]
27 October 2010
Sony Ericsson™ brings tennis fans insider tips with foursquare™
Sony Ericsson and WTA to become the first global sporting tour to establish a foursquare™ following Doha, October 26, 2010: Sony Ericsson today becomes the first brand to launch a home for tennis fans on the rapidly growing location based service foursquare™. Followers of “Sony Ericsson Tennis” will have access to exclusive insider tips and [...]
30 September 2010
Campaign launched by EPDA to highlight overlooked symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
New Life with Parkinson’s – Non-Motor Symptoms campaign builds on Parkinson’s awareness campaign Glasgow, UK, 30th September 2010. Today the European Parkinson’s Disease Association (EPDA) announces the launch of its pan-European awareness campaign, Life with Parkinson’s – Non-Motor Symptoms at the 2nd World Parkinson Congress in Glasgow. Recent surveys have revealed that close to 90% [...]
22 April 2010
Timely reminder of the lessons from WW2
Bratislava, 21 April 2010 – British war veterans join political and religious leaders, economists, military academics, and former resistance fighters at a two-day conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, this week to ensure that, 65 years after the end of WW2, the lessons of Europe’s last great conflict are not forgotten. The British veterans, all of whom [...]
