LONDON: WANdisco, the LiveData company, announced the go-to-market launch of its LiveData Platform for Azure in public preview. The Platform is being launched by Microsoft as the preferred solution for Hadoop data lake migrations to Azure, accompanied by a go-to-market campaign. This launch is of great significance to WANdisco and marks the culmination of years…
EKF and Kantaro partner to market COVID antibody testing in UK and Europe
LONDON: EKF Diagnostics Holdings announced a two year marketing and distribution agreement with Kantaro Biosciences LLC. EKF will have exclusive rights to market and distribute COVID-SeroKlir, Kantaro’s quantitative SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody test kit in the UK and Germany and non-exclusive rights in Europe. Kantaro is a joint venture between the Mount Sinai Health System and…
Falanx Cyber Defence joins SolarWinds Technology Alliance Program
LONDON: Falanx Group Limited’s cyber security division, Falanx Cyber Defence Ltd has joined the SolarWinds Technology Alliance Program (TAP), a growing group of trusted vendors that offer a variety of integrations and services to help MSP partners better serve their customers. Through TAP, Falanx will make its market leading cybersecurity monitoring services and managed endpoint…
Tate & Lyle to acquire tapioca business in Thailand
LONDON: Tate & Lyle Plc has signed an agreement to acquire an 85% shareholding in Chaodee Modified Starch Co., Ltd. (CMS), a well-established tapioca modified food starch manufacturer located in Thailand. This investment extends Tate & Lyle’s presence in speciality tapioca-based texturants and establishes a dedicated production facility in the main tapioca region of eastern…
Globaltrans Investment’s GDRs begin trading on the Moscow Exchange
LONDON: Globaltrans Investment PLC announced that trading of the Company’s global depositary receipts (GDRs), started on the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) on 28 October 2020. The GDRs have ticker symbol GLTR and are included in Level One, MOEX’s highest quotation list. Valery Shpakov, CEO of Globaltrans, commented: “This secondary listing on the Moscow Exchange is another…
Verditek plc plans to issue 43.75 million new shares to raise £3.5 million
LONDON: Verditek plc, the international clean technology company, is carrying out a placing to raise approximately up to £3.5 million via the issue of up to 43.75 million new Ordinary Shares at the issue price of 8 pence per share. The Company has entered into a placing agreement with WH Ireland Limited (WH Ireland) in…
Total SE charters four new LNG powered vessels
PARIS: Total SE has chartered four Aframax-type vessels equipped with Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) propulsion. These vessels, each with a capacity of 110,000 tons of crude oil or refined products, will be delivered in 2023 and will join the time-chartered fleet of Total. The first two vessels will be chartered from shipowner Hafnia, and the…
Total makes second significant gas condensate discovery in South Africa
PARIS: Total Se has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Luiperd prospect, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa. This discovery follows the adjacent play opening Brulpadda discovery in 2019, which proved a significant new petroleum province in the region. The Luiperd well…
Northamber PLC appoints Colin Thompson as Chairman
LONDON: Northamber PLC is pleased to announce that Colin Thompson, non-executive director, is to become the Company’s Chairman with immediate effect. Geoff Walters, who was previously Interim Chairman, will continue as a non-executive director on the board of Northamber.
Tom Crawford appointed K3 Business Technology Group Chairman
LONDON: K3 Business Technology Group Plc, which provides mission‐critical business software, cloud solutions and managed services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Crawford as Non-executive Chairman. Jonathan Manley, who has been acting as Interim Chairman since February 2020, will assume his previous position as a non-executive director. These changes take immediate effect. Tom…
PureTech Health plans U.S. listing on Nasdaq Global Market
LONDON: PureTech Health plc has filed a public Registration Statement on Form 20-F to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in conjunction with a potential listing of American Depository Shares (ADSs) on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The U.S. Listing is expected to take place after the SEC and Nasdaq have completed their review…
Visa to acquire Latin American digital financial solutions company, YellowPepper
MIAMI: Visa Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire YellowPepper, a fintech pioneer with proprietary technology and partnerships supporting leading financial institutions and startups in Latin America and the Caribbean. The acquisition of YellowPepper builds on a strategic partnership and investment Visa made in YellowPepper in May 2018. The YellowPepper platform offers a rich set of…