200 – Busy Sunday morning
10 May 2009
Alison working on her KLC interior design & decoration diploma course project Interior design, Ford Focus RS Tragic day yesterday. Harlequins, the rugby side I support, were beaten in the
197 – My Mercedes SL V8
9 May 2009
Peter Edney’s Mercedes SL: striking paint finish Blog from accountant Peter Edney Following my blog 196 Should you run your business car privately? Or through the company?, in which I suggested
198 – Soggy cycle to work
9 May 2009
Rain and cycling…not a good combination! Plastic bags cover the leather seats and handlebars outside the Business Car Manager office Plus shopping baskets and cycling safety I cycled to work
199 – Business car tax accounting changes update
9 May 2009
I’m very grateful to Julian Hall from Manchester Audi for pointing out an inaccuracy in my story on the new corporation tax rules: Business car tax accounting changes. In my
196 – Should you run your business car privately? Or through the company?
7 May 2009
Peter Edney: advising client to run a new car through his company Conversation with accountant Peter Edney Had an interesting conversation with my landlord – Peter Edney – this morning.
195 – Driving the R8 with Richard Crosthwaite
6 May 2009
Glass’s Richard Crosthwaite: enjoying his R8 moment And why Audi’s works driver can’t have an R8 Last week I had the chance to test drive the new Audi R8 V10
184 – Cutting business car costs in a recession
5 May 2009
How far should you go? We all want to save costs at the moment. It’s critical for business survival. Ross Jackson’s 10-point action plan for cutting costs on your business
183 – Goodwood Festival features Walter Rohrl and Jacky Ickx
3 May 2009
The Pikes Peak Quattro: Walter Rohrl will drive it at Goodwood Audi celebrates centenary at Goodwood It’s been a while since I last went to the Goodwood Festival – a
182 – Testing the roof on the Audi A5 Cabriolet
30 April 2009
Audi A5 Cabriolet: roof can be raised or lowered while on the move at up to 31mph. But tested by Audi at speeds up to 90mph Conversation with Henry Williams,
181 – New models fuel Audi future
29 April 2009
Jeremy Hicks: leading Audi model expansion Jeremy Hicks explains Audi’s progress I got a chance to catch up with Jeremy Hicks, the director of Audi, on my way to drive
179 – Tick a box and waste an opportunity
27 April 2009
I received this blog comment from an industry insider who prefers to remain anonymous. It has some interesting thoughts on the new scrappage scheme, so I thought it worth publishing
180 – Government fears upsetting transport lobbies
27 April 2009
Here’s another Budget blog from James Salkeld of business car tax specialist Toomey Opticar. It seems the Budget this year has certainly created lots of discussion. James Salkeld blogs: The
175 – Lean pickings for smaller businesses
23 April 2009
Tom McGinness, the head of middle markets in London at KPMG had this to say about the Budget: “Smaller businesses are ultimately looking to survive in today’s difficult climate. Their
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23 April 2009
Tradesmen in older, rusting vans like this Transit could benefit from the scrappage grant, which applies to vans as well as cars Rebates work for vans, too One of the
178 – The good and the bad for small businesses
23 April 2009
I received this from a friend of mine, Tim Rosser, who runs a turnaround practice. It’s called Turning Circle Solutions. I thought it worth sharing with you – Tim makes
173 – Businesses see opportunity in recession
21 April 2009
I received this interesting piece from some Barclays Commercial research. The results suggested that most businesses viewed the ability to ‘leapfrog’ struggling competitors as their key opportunity in the current
174 – MINI and Airstream
21 April 2009
I stumbled across this engaging design item today. It’s been created by Danish furniture design brand Republic of Fritz Hansen and involves a 6.80-metre-long Airstream trailer and a modified MINI
171 – Vans best for electric power
19 April 2009
On Thursday I went down to Wiltshire to drive the new Ford Focus RS. Now this is quite some machine. Well, ok, that’s an understatement. It’s just awesome. Put your
172 – Fuel prices creep up
19 April 2009
I’ve been at the wheel of several test cars recently – or just walked to work. So it was a real pleasure last night getting back into the Audi A4.
