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Hydrogen Power Generation Solutions (HGPS) Press Release

UK Hydrogen Technology Developer Moves up the Value Chain HPGS, the UK start-up developer of Electro Hydrogen Generation (EHG) Technology, today announced that it had been selected as the Hydrogen Technology Partner in a research collaboration agreement with the Universities of Nottingham, Newcastle & Reading, Mahle Powertrain Ltd and Shell UK Ltd. The project will [...]

Automakers pull models, halt output as WLTP deadline roils European market

A double shot of new emissions tests is shaking up the European auto market this year, disrupting production and sales, and weighing on automakers’ profits. The two tests are the WLTP, or Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure, and its on-road companion, the RDE, or Real Driving Emissions. They replace the NEDC, or New European [...]

Honeywell Optimistic on Future Turbo Sales into Hybrid Vehicles

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The industry may be entering the age of electrification and automated driving, but larger numbers of vehicles using electric motors and driving themselves won't slow the growth of turbochargers, says Craig Balis, chief technology officer of Honeywell Transportation Systems. The way Balis sees it, turbochargers complement hybrids that use a gasoline [...]

The UK Challenger Fund Invests in VN-HPG 3rd Round & VN-ADS 2nd Round Funding

The UK Challenger Fund closed a £60,000 investment in VN H- Power Generation Ltd's Third Round Raise valuing VN-HPG at £10.3m and a £200,000 investment in Vn Aerotoxic Detection Solutions Ltd valuing VN-ADS at £2.3m Jasper Smith of General Investment Partners the Funds mentors said: “The UK Challenger Fund is designed to identify early stage, [...]

Credits roll on tax breaks for film investors

High-risk venture: tax breaks which financed James Bond are coming under fire Film investment schemes that have helped finance a string of hits, including the James Bond movie Skyfall, are under threat from a government review of business funding. Curbs to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) — where investors are given tax breaks for backing [...]

HMRC crackdown brings in £29bn from tax dodgers

HMRC brought in an extra £29bn by cracking down on the minority of individuals and businesses who try to not pay the tax they owe. The figure is revealed in its annual reports and accounts for 2016/ 2017 published on 13 July, which also showed improved customer service. Last year was HMRC’s seventh consecutive year of [...]

US Senator Moves to Amend FAA Section 2315 Aircraft Air Quality Code

Richard "Dick" Blumenthal the senior United States Senator from Connecticut moves an amendment to improve the safety of air supply on commercial aircraft. His amendment to title 49 of the United States Code regarding authorisation of appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeks funding to include under Section 2315 Aircraft Air Quality the following: [...]

AEROTOXIC SYNDROME: A NEW OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE?

A recent report published by the World Health Organisation states that Aircraft air supplies contaminated by pyrolysed engine oil and other aircraft fluids can reasonably be linked to acute and chronic symptoms, findings and diagnoses, thus establishing causation. The aim of the study was to undertake an in-depth investigation of aircrew involved in suspected aircraft contaminated [...]

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