These are all based in MOD Main Building in London, where the First Sea Lord, also known as the Chief of the Naval Staff, is supported by the Naval Staff Department.[166] Organisation The Fleet Commander has responsibility for the provision of ships, submarines and aircraft ready for any ...
Think before your post.It’s sometimes tricky to communicate online. Try to be clear about what you are saying and be prepared for people to interpret your contribution differently than you intended. If you are not sure what to say, wait and see how the conversation develops. Each special i...
LONDON | Wed Dec 5, 2012 6:24pm GMT (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L), the world’s biggest LNG company, will move the headquarters of its integrated gas business to Singapore from Europe as part of its quest to feed Asia’s surging demand for the fuel, the company said on ...
The Royal Society (more fully, The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge) is usually considered to have been founded in the year 1660, but a nucleus had in fact been in existence for some years before that date. As early as the year 1645 weekly meetings were held in ...
The Royal Mint’s coins have been submitted for quality testing in the annual Trial of the Pyx at Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City of London – the UK’s oldest judicial process. Read more Celebrating 200 Years of Courage: The Royal Mint launches 50p for the RNLI ...
For his gallant actions P/O Alistair Hay was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and his citation (Supplement to the London Gazette, vol 35605 pg 2756) reads: “Pilot Officer Hay was pilot of the Hurricane on board a ship fitted with a catapult. On the approach of en...
founders of the practiceSANAA, will receive the2025 Royal Gold Medalfor architecture. Awarded on behalf of His Majesty the King, the medal is one of the highest honors in the field, recognizing what RIBA describes as SANAA's contribution to shaping contemporary architecture through simplicity, ligh...
With the arrival of surrealism onto the London art scene during the 1930s, critics and the press once more took an interest in his work, seeing it as an early precursor to surrealist imagery. Losing his home during the Blitz, he fell into relative obscurity following the Second World War,...
LONDON, June 25 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell(RDSa.L)said on Friday it had agreed to acquire BP’s(BP.L)27.5% stake in the Shearwater North Sea gas field, raising its stake in the field to 55.5%. Reporting by Ron Bousso, editing by Louise HeavensSOURCE ...
The company follows another Anglo-Dutch firm, Unilever, which also decided to move its headquarters to London from the Netherlands. Shareholders were asked to vote on a range of new proposals aimed at simplifying the company’s structure which will also see it drop ‘Royal Dutch’ from its off...