Remove VAT on Air Ambulance Fuel Petition
The Air Ambulance Service is forced to meet rising fuel prices year on year including VAT.
The Air Ambulance Service have saved successive governments millions and millions of pounds funded by charitable donations given by the general public to run what has proven to be an essential service.
Whilst the Lifeboat Service has been exempt from VAT on fuel costs since 1977 a similar privilege has not been afforded to the Air Ambulance Service.
We call on the government to have an urgent review of this situation and in doing so we call on the government to return in the form of grants to Air Ambulance Service providers all the future VAT which the treasury collects from them so that the Air Ambulance Service is in practise exempt from paying VAT in the same way as the Lifeboat Service.
Please Visit and support the petition here – Remove VAT on Air Ambulance Fuel.
Tracklines Motorcycle Rider App – from Tommy Hill
Improve your riding at UK Race Circuits
If anyone gives this a try why not send us a full review for other club members – here is what the press release and Apple website have to say about this latest iPhone app from Tommy Hill.
Start improving your riding, improving your style, be faster smoother and safer with the all new Tracklines Motorcycle rider application for the iPhone. Start by selecting your desired race circuit, then get clicking away. Selecting any corner will automatically bring up a pop up screen supplying you first hand with with race craft and top circuit knowledge from one of the UK’s leading motorcycle racers. How to approach the corner, what gear, where to brake, missing the bumps, apex’s, passing places, not only all this but top tips from the Official Ohlins UK Suspension support team.
Also every circuit will include on-board video footage, giving you a realistic view of the circuit, the corners, the straights, ideal for the first timer at any of the UK circuits.
As well as all this, Tracklines will always be improving the application: Gaining information from on the track, where the circuits may have changed corners, added chicanes, or deteriorated. We are also trying to work on add on’s and new technical enhancements for the application such as GPS. Owners of the Tracklines App will be notified when updates or new versions will come available.
Stay safe, Enjoy your riding…
Biking Legends
An Evening with Randy Mamola and Friends
Visit the Trojan Rooms (next door to the Avalon Bar) Whitley Bay on Friday 17th of June for an evening with 500cc GP rider Randy Mamola and hear what this racing legend has to say after riding some of the most aggressive two stroke GP bikes ever built. Bradley Smith and other friends will also be talking at this event.
With a Ticket Price of only £20 and all proceeds going to the Charity Riders for Health
Advanced tickets are available online or from the Avalon Bar, South Parade, Whitley Bay. Continue reading
Frank Thomas in administration
THOMAS Sports Group, distributors of the Frank Thomas, Motrax, BKS, Lintek and Red Route products has gone into administration.
Ernst and Young confirmed that it had been appointed as administrator for the group which supplies to both UK and European markets, has circa 70 employees and operates from freehold premises in Northamptonshire.
Mallory Park makes £500,000 investment
Mallory Park is investing more than £500,000 in circuit improvements, including the resurfacing of the track and paddock.
The 1.39-mile long racing circuit will be completely resurfaced in specially mixed Tarmac that offers racers superb levels of grip and a consistent surface that should see lap times tumble in 2011.
Professional contractors will carry out the work throughout January and February to be finished in time for the first meeting of the 2011 calendar – The Buildbase Mallory Trophy Championship Motorcycle Races on Sunday 6th March.
As well as resurfacing the circuit, the entire paddock area will be have new Tarmac, turning it into one of the best standing areas for competitors.
Two Wheels To Chernobyl – Charity Ride
John Bailey, Richard Teggert and Paul Maddison plan a trip to Chernobyl in order to raise money for Unicef and raise awareness about the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
It says on their website Two Wheels to Chernobyl “We are riding a long way in a short time on three motorbikes to raise money for Unicef and awareness about the Chernobyl disaster.”
