24/09/08:
FOCAL sponsored karting driver 14 year old Max Coates took pole position in this year's prestigious Cock of the North race. After taking 2nd place last year, he was very pleased at his win this year in his FOCAL earth backed Tonykart.

FOCAL Earth CEO Rod Hilditch has been accepted into the Royal Society of Arts as a member, Rod to give an inaugural speech soon.

FOCAL Earth has been included in the Framework 7 NanCore Project as a work package partner. In work package 7 FOCAL will participate in a full scale testing and demonstration setup in a concrete rail application, the patented Back Haul Trolley for RVTs. Also FOCAL will provide access to both rail and automotive industry end-users for testing.

The BHT Project is in the final stages with an order imminent from a major OEM company

The East Midlands Development Agency “Multi User Rail Freight Facility” study is now complete and this has led to discussions being undertaken with major 3PL Operators in the region.