< PreviousOuter Circle Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN2 4LD 01522 806200 charleswarner.co.uk CHARLES WARNER MITSUBISHIPre-order todayMITSUBISHIOUTLANDERPLUG-IN HYBRIDVehicle shown is an Outlander PHEV GX4h.Outlander PHEV range fuel consumption in mpg (ltrs/100km): Full Battery Charge: infinite, Depleted Battery Charge: 48mpg (5.9), Weighted Average: 148mpg (1.9), CO2 Emissions: 44 g/km.ULTRA-LOWCOMPANY CAR TAX4WD148 MPGCOMBINED32 MILE EV RANGEFROM £28,249INCLUDING £5,000 GOVERNMENT PLUG-IN CAR GRANTThe revolutionary new Outlander Plug-in Hybrid has arrived in the UK. It’s a full-size, 5 seat SUV, yet it produces just 44 g/km CO2, meaning that you don’t pay any road tax. With an efficient 2.0 litre petrol engine and twin electric motors, the Outlander PHEV can cover 514 miles on one tank and charge. This game changing vehicle comes packed with state of the art technology and by downloading an app, you can control the charging of the car via your smart phone. We call this Intelligent Motion.120-121:Layout 1 16/5/14 13:21 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY121COUNTY MOTORING‘PHEV’ stands for Plug-in HybridElectric Vehicle, and as the name implies,it means the Mitsubishi can be fuelled byelectricity from a domestic socket topower electric motors that are assisted bya petrol engine. That’s in addition, ofcourse, to the vehicle’s ability totransform braking power to energy torecharge the batteries while on the go. Twin electric motors each drive thefront and rear axle separately, making thisthe only four-wheel-drive SUV plug-inhybrid obtainable and affording'electricity-only' driving at up to 75mph.Beyond that speed, or should thebattery pack deplete to less than 30% ofits charge, a 2.0-litre non-turbo petrolengine instinctively kicks in. This acts as agenerator to help the Outlander PHEVachieve a total driving range of around500 miles! Interestingly, the PHEV is also the mostfuel efficient four-wheel drive. That’sastonishing for an SUV that seats five incomfort.As a world first, the Outlander PHEValso has no direct rival. The closest is theLexus RX450h, though it can’t berecharged via a powerpoint and can’t runon electricity alone.As a recent test drive, courtesy ofCharles Warner in Lincoln, revealed thePHEV is easily as well kitted out as therest of the premier range:18-inch alloywheels, dusk-sensing auto headlamps,seven-inch touch-screen with sat-nav,reversing camera, dual-zone climatecontrol, rear parking sensors and sevenairbags and cruise control, just forstarters. In terms of driveability, it’s a cinch -just push the little joystick over to theright into ‘D’ and drive off in relativesilence. Even sharp stabs of theaccelerator produce the same amount ofhush in the tranquil cabin.The PHEV terrific pulling power makesup for it once you get rolling. Initialacceleration suffers simply because of the200kg mix of battery and electric motorsthat the usual Outlander doesn’t have.Mile munching at high speed isunforced under electric drive, althoughunrelenting travel in this way can use upthe battery quicker than the maximumrange. When you need to recharge onthe move, all you need to do is hit the‘Charge’ switch behind the joystick,which fires up the four-cylinder engine toreplenish the battery. While there’s no shortfall of luggagespace – at 463 litres – you do miss out onthe third row of seats that you'd get witha traditional outlander. This is due to themodification of the PHEV’s platform tohouse the hybrid wizardry, but is a smallprice to pay in our books.Behind the wheel, body control isnoteworthy - the Outlander and thePHEV model profits from Mitsubishi’sSuper All-Wheel Control, a systempioneered on the Lancer Evolution Xensuring maximum vehicle stability whencornering.Of course, the really good news is that,whether you opt for the PHEVor dieselversion, they'll work out the same price -partly because the PHEV qualifies for theGovernment’s £5,000 Plug-in Car Grant,making it only £28,249 on the road.Now that’s another world first for thishumble journo...Test car courtesy of Charles WarnerMitsubishi, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln World first The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV may appear like a normalOutlander, but behind the mask is the most technologicallyadvanced Sport Utility Vehicle on the market.120-121:Layout 1 16/5/14 13:21 Page 2122 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYCOUNTY MOTORINGLincolnshire is infamous among bikertypes. Our long and nearly straight roads,as well as our winding country lanes are ahaven for those on two wheels and thissummer certainly looks like a good onefor the eventing fans too. Riders arrive in their hundreds over thesummer, just ask those who live betweenLouth and the coast, but it’s perhaps theorganised meets that garner the mostattention. As well as weekly nights oftenbeing arranged and attended by dozensof bikers in localities like Market Rasen,Louth and elsewhere in the county, thetwo big draws for our money this yearare Barton Bike Night and Cadwell Park’seightieth Anniversary.Almost an institution now, this will bethe 18th annual Barton Bike Night,taking place on Wednesday 2nd July inBarton Upon Humber’s town centre andlooks set to be another success. Around20,000 people visited last year, making itone of the county’s busiest meets.Cadwell’s eightieth anniversary istaking place on Sunday 3rd August andwill incorporate racing and displays tocelebrate the venue’s history and itslegendary status within the motorcyclecommunity.The motor racing at Cadwell Park’s8anniversary celebration will be organisedby Auto 66. The Scarborough-basedmotorcycle club is a regular visitor to thecircuit, and will be staging contests set toreflect the last eight decades. This willinclude three special celebration races:The Classic King of Cadwell will be aten-lap race for pre-1972 machinery from251cc to 750cc, recalling the King ofCadwell races from the past.The Charlie Wilkinson Trophy is namedin honour of Cadwell Park’s formercustodian, who first persuaded his fatherMansfield to develop the land formotorcycle racing in 1934. The ten-lapSummerof speedIt’s summer, which can only mean one thing for the roads ofLincolnshire. It’s that familiar drone of engines and the sight ofbikes slipping effortlessly through the trafficCadwell Park is celebrating its fabulousheritage as part of their Summer events122-123:Layout 1 16/5/14 13:24 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY123COUNTY MOTORINGrace will be contested by 175cc to 750cc pre-1990 Grand Prixtwo-stroke bikes.The Tommy Wood Trophy is another ten-lap race, for pre-1992 Superbikes from 400cc to 1100cc. Wood, who died in2003 aged 90, was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and thetrophy named in his honour was last awarded to a Cadwell Parkcompetitor in the 1990s. Past winners have included some ofmotorcycle racing’s biggest names, including Wayne Gardner,Roger Marshall and Derek Chatterton.Celebrations will also include ‘Classic Racer Champions ofCadwell Parades’, which will feature a selection of famous bikesridden by big names of the sport. Off circuit attractions rangefrom bike and car displays, a bike trial display, plus live music.Jon Rush, Circuit Manager says, “Auto 66 is one of motorcycleracing’s biggest champions, and has nurtured the careers ofsome of the sport’s biggest names. The club’s continuingassociation with Cadwell Park will provide us with superb racecontent for the venue’s eightieth anniversary celebrations. We’relooking forward to working with them to make this event a realhighlight of 2014.”It doesn’t start and end with these big events however. Thethrill of just getting out and about must be fantastic, too. Fromthe hills and open lanes of the Lincolnshire Wolds, to thesweeping A-roads of the county, it’s simply one of the mostvaried landscapes to ride through, so if you’ve never had a spinthrough our roads, why not? Today might be the day!JACK MACHINMOTORCYCLESFinance Available on New and Used MachinesAprilia, Vespa, Piaggio and GileraMain DealersRENT FREE GAS CYLINDERSSales l Servicing and Repairs l MoTs128 Carholme Road, Lincoln LN1 1RU01522 512887 I www.machinmotorcycles.com122-123:Layout 1 16/5/14 13:24 Page 2Lincolnshire businesses came together to celebrate localsuccesses at Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce’s AnnualCharity Banquet. The “Best of British”-themed event aimedto recognise business excellence and achievements that aremaking positive contributions to the local economy.The evening raised money for KIDS Charity of Lincoln,which works to enable disabled children and young peopleand their families to enjoy their lives. A raffle and a closedbid to win a once in a lifetime opportunity to spend a daywith the famous Red Arrows, raised a grand total of£1437.20 to support the charity. The money will gotowards days out to parks, farms and adventure lands forthe children and their families, along with parties and musicsessions that the children can enjoy.Simon Beardsley, Chief Executive at Lincolnshire Chamberof Commerce says, “It’s important for local business successto be recognised and I was delighted to share theseachievements with our guests during the evening. Hearingsuch accomplishments boosts morale and indicates that theeconomic situation in Lincolnshire is improving.” Before business success was toasted, special guest DocMcKerr, who had a seven year career in the RoyalEngineers, gave a speech about his adventures, and howimportant it is to overcome challenges in order to reachyour full potential. Doc McKerr said, “Overcoming daunting challenges andpushing yourself to get better to reach your full potential issomething I have experienced during my career with theRoyal Engineers. Not only is it something that we must alltackle as individuals, but in business hard decisions need tobe made and to prosper in a global market the boundariesmust always be pushed. This is something that I recognisedamong all the Lincolnshire businesses who I had theprivilege of meeting.”The Lincolnshire Chamber would like to give a specialthanks to Ruddocks, Soul Solutions, Flowers by Suzanne,Peachy Productions and the DoubleTree by Hilton for thesupport they gave at the event.124 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYSOCIAL SCENEToastinglocalbusinesssuccessPHOTOS BY KAMARA PHOTOGRAPHY AND MICHAEL FISHERSpecial guestDoc McKerrThe party from KIDS Charity,who benefited from the night124-125:Layout 1 16/5/14 13:19 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY125SOCIAL SCENESimon Beardsley,Chief Executive atLincolnshireChamber ofCommerceThe RSMA party124-125:Layout 1 16/5/14 13:19 Page 2126 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYBUSINESS LINCS.Threats allaroundYou might think that your business is safe, but a recentCyber Security Boot Camp held in Lincoln proved thateveryone is at risk. How do you stop it happening to you?Shahar Tal from Check Point SoftwareTechnologies, Tel Aviv explains hackingtrendsAndy Deaconfrom Sophosand MarinoVigliotti fromKerio takequestionsfrom the floor.Small businesses recently gathered at SincilBank, Lincoln for a conference with a difference.Arranged by Stuart J Green Digital Engineering ofMarket Rasen, the day was a somewhatinternational event, with guest speakers from Italy,Israel and across the county. This was an engaging and informative eventdesigned to give businesses practical, usefulinformation so they can fully understand the realrisk and threat associated with connecting anydevice to the internet.Although the event was geared towardstechnical personnel, it was also aimed at non-technical decision makers and policy influencers.The purpose of the seminar was to illustrate someof the current known risks and to show just howvulnerable businesses are to cyber-attacks. As wellas Stuart Green hosting the day, seminar sessionsfrom several speakers made it clear that timeshave truly changed and the threats online remaina real concern for people at all levels of business.Peter Moyes, Director of the Nottingham Crimeand Drugs Partnership, explained that the natureof criminals has changed over the last decade orso to the point that even organised crime gangsare no longer pursuing drugs as a way to makemoney and are now focused on cyber-crime. Healso stated the importance of being prepared andvigilant over data theft as the tables can turn andyou can be part of criminal proceedings if youhaven’t put in enough measures to protect data. He cited an example of a charity being hackedand losing details of subscribers who weresubsequently fined £200,000 for not putting inprotection for the data.Shahar Tal, Security Research Team Leader atCheck Point Software Technologies in Israel wasalso on hand to give advice, giving a brief historyof hackers and buzzwords to do with securitybefore offering up the advice that you need tolook at your company’s vulnerabilities and askyourself why people would want to attack. Marino Vigliotti of Kerio Technologies thenuncovered the ways in which hackers aretargeting VoiP systems that more businesses havethese days. With VoiP, or Voice Over InternetProtocol, being cheaper for businesses to makecalls such as via Skype and similar programmes,Marino highlighted that spam can also be aninternal threat. With bots able to send billions of126-127:Layout 1 19/5/14 09:07 Page 1digital engineeringStuart J. Greensupport@sjgdigital.comCall us now - find out how01673 898001IT Support from Qualified ProfessionalsLINCOLNSHIRETODAY127BUSINESS LINCS.“Always carry acorkscrew and the wineshall provide itself”It’s sometimes difficult to make dull subjects sound exciting,but as with most situations, add the suggestion of alcohol andyou’ll start to engage people’s interest. The above quote was bypoet Basil Bunting, but before we lose your interest, let’s get backto the alcohol…What a wonderful philosophy – a grown-up version of theScout Association’s “Be Prepared” motto. It’s suggesting thatwine is readily available, but in order to be able to partake wehave to be ready to unleash it from the bottle. It’s a bit likehaving a genie trapped in a lamp – in order to release it to obeyyour every command, you have to rub the lamp. Either way,you’re in control of the situation, corkscrew (or lamp) at theready.But how would you feel if you had no control over things thathappened to you? What if something could be imposed uponyou without you knowing about it, and have a negative effect?Because that’s what happens when you connect devices to theinternet. You don’t need to be a big company in order to attracthackers or viruses, and using an Apple device does not make youimmune.As soon as you connect your computer, laptop, tablet or phoneto the Internet (especially if you connect in public places), youwon’t have to look for trouble, as trouble will come looking foryou. Don’t think it will never happen to you and then pop yourcork when it does.Act now – drop in for a coffee (or a glass of wine) and findout what you can do.emails a day, opening the wrong email could well cost yourcompany money and perhaps more importantly reputation.“Threats are very real and growing” was one line Peter Starrfrom Clearswift chose to use in his presentation ‘The enemywithin’ in which he highlighted the fact that data is lost throughemployees and that legitimate access can often be a biggerproblem than outside threats. He also stated that costs can notonly be profit, but reputational too.Andy Deacon of Sophos was also keen on pointing out threats,giving examples of live hacking over WiFi networks and evenhacking an iPad live in the room. He also stressed the importanceof secure passwords and using different passwords for every singlesite you use in order to make it as difficult as possible to becompromised.It just goes to show just how many threats there are out thereand what measures probably need to be taken. One theme thatkept raising its head was the fact that every company is interestingto a hacker and that the rather chilling idea of ‘when’ you wouldbe hacked rather than ‘if’ was the message to take away.GettingthescoopAs well as a day ofadvice for localbusinesses, it wasalso an interestingday for a group ofyoung journalistsfrom OsgodbyPrimary School. Agroup of pupils fromyear five were onhand to grill the guest speakers as part of a nationalscheme they are taking part in called the YoungJournalist Academy, which aims to find the newsmakersof tomorrow by training at primary school age. Theteam are still getting to grips with their equipment andskills, but were showing real promise already with somefantastic questions for the speakers as well as someinsightful questions for our journalist present too! Keep your eye onwww.youngjournalistacademy.com/tag/osgodby fordetails, and who knows, we could have the nextLincolnshire Today reporter or photographer among us!Pupils grill Peter Moyesfrom Nottingham Crimeand Drugs Partnership126-127:Layout 1 19/5/14 09:07 Page 2Giving children the chance to enjoynew experiences and take part in excitingprojects not only makes learning fun butalso provides inspiration for later in life.The Lincolnshire Show is a fabulousexample of this, with its Schools Challengeinviting pupils from local primary,secondary and special schools to take partin a special project. The challenges weredeveloped by the show’s organisers inconjunction with business partners tosupport the national curriculum andincluded topics for pupils to explore basedaround food, farming and sustainability. Atthe show some fifty schools will berepresented with an awards ceremonyhighlighting the very best.There are other examples of ourcounty’s schools providing hugeopportunities to our kids – thanks to thesupport of local businesses. Boston-basedsalad specialists Freshtime UK, forexample, have launched their Fun Club,which aims to promote healthy eatingand teach children about the food that’sgrown on their doorstep.The scheme has been launched atBoston West Academy, and as well asdonating equipment for the school’sallotment, the pupils are also paying avisit to the factory on Marsh Lane inBoston to see salads, snacks and mealsbeing prepared. Key Stage 2 pupils willtake part in a Dragon’s Den stylecompetition and pitch recipe ideas to ajudging panel including Freshtime’sManaging Director Mark Newton.Emma Schofield, Outdoor LearningLeader at Boston West Academy, says,“As a school we believe it is importantthat all children start learning from anearly age that the food they eat – orshould eat – doesn’t just appear on thesupermarket shelves and then on theirplates. There is an interesting journeyfrom the field to their fork!“At Boston West Academy, teaching ourchildren about growing, harvesting andeating vegetables grown in our schoolallotments is a key element to our outdoorcurriculum. However, we are alwayslooking for ways to broaden the children’slearning experiences, so working closelywith Freshtime has already added anotherdimension to our work through anexciting new partnership.”Although the aim is not to knock allthe innocence out of kids and fast-trackthem to jobs, it’s certainly beneficial tointroduce them as early as possible toFlying startsLincolnshire’s schools are opening up a world ofopportunity for kidsThis June sees thesixth annual MyMoney Week, whichaims to giveschoolchildren ahead start infinancial education128 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYEDUCATION128-132:Layout 1 3/6/14 15:03 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY129Boston-based salad specialistsFreshtime UK have launched their FunClub, which aims to promote healthyeating and teach children about thefood that’s grown on their doorstepmore “grown-up” concepts. This June sees the sixth annual MyMoney Week, run by educational charity pfeg, which aims giveschoolchildren a head start in financial education before itbecomes a compulsory part of the new National Curriculum.Last year, several local schools including St Margaret’s Primaryin Withern and Lincoln St Peter at Gowts CoE Primary Schooltook part by organising financial education activities for theirpupils, and other schools in the county are being urged to jointhem in this year’s event, which runs from 9th to 15th June.The aim is to use topical news stories and current affairs tobring the subject to life.It’s not just in academia where the options abound for countykids. Six primary schools from across Lincoln have spent the lastfew months working to create their own dance pieces for thisyear’s Summer Primary Schools Dance Showcase. North KestevenSchool, in partnership with artsnk, created this festival as acelebration of children dancing and the themes surroundingtransition to secondary school and a chance for the children toperform in front of a big audience. The pupils recently performedat the Terry O’Toole Theatre, no doubt giving one or two thetaste to take it further.Schemes such as these, making use of the various resources thatexist, are great chances to engage and inspire kids and providethem with opportunities that will stick in their mind. We couldwell witness the next Mervyn King or Jamie Oliver in Lincolnshire!128-132:Layout 1 3/6/14 15:03 Page 2Next >