Member Info for Theozman

Oh how rude of me to have missed that one. I will have to put a formal complaint in to the Transport Engineer website for publishing such ancient information this morning.

Go North East orders 26 more Optare Following 10 weeks of trials with Optare's 11.7 metre low-weight Versa bus and successful experience over the years with its Solo vehicle, Go North East has ordered 26 new vehicles from the Yorkshire bus builder. The North East bus operator has gone for 14 Versas and 12 Solo SR buses worth £3.5 million. Versa deliveries will commence in October with the Solos due to follow in November. Go North East says the test Versa was put through its paces on some of the most demanding and intensive city centre services, with high passenger loadings and hilly terrain. It cited "exceptional fuel efficiency" under demanding conditions as particularly impressive. As with earlier Versa buses supplied to Go North East, the new 11.7 models will be powered by the Cummins ISBe engine, certified to Euro 5 EEV emissions. This six-cylinder engine delivers 201bhp at 2,500 rpm with 700Nm of torque, providing good performance for the tough route conditions. It is mated to Allison's 2100 Series five-speed automatic transmission. Go North East has also gone high for the rest of the vehicle specifications – with a Chapman MK250 driver's and Denso air conditioning and a full protection screen for the driver's compartment. The 12 Solo SR models are the 9.0 metre version, powered by the Mercedes-Benz OM904LA four-cylinder engine, delivering 154bhp and 610Nm of torque. Like the Versas, it is mated to the Allison 2100 auto transmission.

Looking at last years dates the results were populated on July 6th and an amended version was repopulated on July 10th. So we shouldn't be too concerned at this moment in time chaps.

Halosource Ticker: Halo More than a billion people today do not have access to clean drinking water and around 85 per cent of disease is waterborne. HaloSource has developed a cheap and effective way to purify water, certified by regulators across the world. Yet the company’s stock performance has been dismal since it listed on the Alternative Investment Market in October 2010. Then the shares were 135p. Today, they are just 26p. For investors who bought two years ago, therefore, HaloSource has been a huge disappointment. For investors today, however, the stock could prove a winner. HaloSource came to market because it had worked out a variety of ways to make water safer, not just in the home but also in industry. Originally run by chemist John Kaestle, the company’s research and technology were widely acclaimed but its commercial record was unimpressive. Trying to fire on too many cylinders, it lacked focus and failed to deliver on its promises to shareholders. Last October, Kaestle was replaced by Martin Coles, a Welshman who has spent more than 30 years on the boards of some of the best-known companies in the world. Most recently, president of Starbucks international business for six years, he was previously an executive at Reebox, Levi Strauss, Nike and Pepsi Cola. Coles is determined to revitalise HaloSource and turn it into a company that does not just have good ideas but can put them into commercial practice and deliver value to shareholders. After almost a year at the top, the signs are encouraging. Halo is now focused on two main areas – drinking water and industrial water. On the drinking water front, the company has devised a way of using bromine to purify water. The chemical is injected into tiny polystyrene beads, around half a million of which are placed into a special cartridge that can be then be placed into a simple water dispenser. As the water is poured into the dispenser, the chemical is released in minute quantities, just enough to make the water safe to drink. Traditionally, chlorine has been used but Halo’s bromine technology tastes better and does not smell. It is also cheap – sufficiently so that these water dispensers are being sold to people in India, China and Brazil who earn around £70 to £100 a month. Halo only makes the cartridges but it is forming partnerships with large companies in Asia and Latin America who make and sell the water dispensers. In India, eight million people already drink water treated by HaloSource cartridges but there are expectations that this number will grow significantly over the next two to three years. Coles is recruiting new salesmen to spread the word and using contacts amassed during three decades in international business to winnew contracts and boost revenues. The company also gained regulatory approval from China recently, the only business to have passed new Chinese drinking water standards imposed after the mela