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(+) SPECIAL REPORTS
The hidden impact of the Budget	12/04/2007
A business plan for safe office parties	04/12/2006

(+) ROAD TESTS
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster	12/10/2007
Audi A4 2.0 TDI 140 SE	23/08/2006
Audi A6 2.0 TDI S line Multitronic 4dr	14/11/2007
Audi A6 Avant 2.7 V6 TDi S line Multitronic	28/01/2008
BMW 320d SE	23/08/2006
BMW 530d 3.0 SE	23/08/2006
BMW 530i M Sport	06/08/2007
Citroen Berlingo 2.0 HDi 600TD LX	25/09/2006
Citroen C4 1.6HDi 92hp SX 5dr	07/04/2008
Fiat Doblo Cargo 1.3 16v Multijet SX	24/11/2006
Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI LX	23/08/2006
Ford Focus 2.0 TDCi CC2 Coupé-Cabriolet	19/02/2007
Ford Focus ECOnetic 1.6 TDCi (DPF) 5dr	09/07/2008
Ford Focus ECOnetic 1.6 TDCi 109 DPF	24/08/2009
Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI 115 Zetec	23/08/2006
Honda Accord 2.2 i-CTDi SE 4dr	17/08/2007
Honda Accord 2.2 i-CTDi Sport 4dr	25/05/2007
Honda Accord 2.2 i-CTDi Sport GT 4dr	16/08/2007
Honda Accord Tourer 2.2i-CTDi Sport	16/07/2007
Hyundai Getz 1.5 CRTD CDX+ 5dr	21/02/2007
Jaguar XF 2.7d Luxury Auto 4dr	13/05/2008
Jaguar XF 4.2 Supercharged SV8 Auto 4dr	04/01/2008
Jaguar XJ 2.7 TDVi Executive Auto	16/05/2007
Jaguar XKR 4.2 V8 Supercharged Coupe	24/01/2007
Kia Sportage 2.0 CRDi XE	24/08/2007
Mercedes-Benz SLK 200 Roadster	06/06/2007
MINI 1.6 16v Cooper	23/08/2006
Mitsubishi Shogun 3.2 DI-DC LWB Elegance auto	04/06/2007
Nissan 350Z 3.5 Coupe	23/08/2006
Nissan X-Trail 2.2 dCi SE	23/08/2006
Porsche Cayman S 3.4 Coupe	23/08/2006
Renault Espace 2.0 dCi 150 Dynamique	23/08/2006
Renault Kangoo 1.5dCi 70 SL17+	27/11/2006
Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI PD Ambiente	23/08/2006
Toyota Avensis 2.0D-4D T3-S 5dr	17/05/2007
Toyota Yaris 1.3 VVTi T3 5dr	23/08/2006
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI GT Sport 170 3dr	22/05/2007
Volkswagen Golf 1.6 FSI Match	23/08/2006
Volkswagen Golf 1.9 TDi PDF Match BlueMotion 5dr	13/05/2008
Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDi GT Sport 140 DSG 5dr	28/01/2008
Volvo V70 D5 SE Sport	23/05/2007

(+) ADVICE CENTRE
Driving abroad to a skiing holiday - By Ralph Morton, editor, Business Car Manager	12/02/2009
Winter driving advice - by Catriona Lougher, marketing director, Europcar	02/02/2009
How we run our business vans - Kitty Ebdon, Crafty Arty Parties	20/03/2008
Florists - finding the right business van - By Simon Henstock, small business specialist, BCA	19/09/2007
Which van is best for my business? - By Duncan Ward, head of commercial vehicles sales, BCA	19/09/2007
What is Corporation Tax? - by DaimlerChrysler Fleet Management’s Paul Harrop	19/09/2007
Driving advice for the winter weather - By Frank Reynolds, small business specialist, National Car Rental	19/09/2007
Buying a used business van - By Matthew Tumbridge, editor of Used Van Expert	19/09/2007
Advice for buying a business van - By BCA’s small business specialist, Simon Henstock	15/08/2007
Loading top tips for business van managers - By TRL safety research centre	11/07/2007
Loading top tips for van drivers - By TRL safety research centre	11/07/2007
How I run my business vans - John Creamer, director, Maulyte	11/04/2007
How I run my business van - David Rose, managing director, David Rose Lighting	16/02/2007
how to reduce accidents as the clocks go back - By Zurich’s Andy Price	31/10/2006
How I run my business van - Tony Frost of A P Frost House & Garden Renovation	13/09/2006
How I run my business van - Chino's Cafe	12/09/2006
should I use daily rental for vans?	16/06/2006
How I run my business van - Tom Brown Construction	11/06/2006

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Get better at managing your company cars - New book provides insights from the experts	17/07/2009
Your chance to test drive the new SEAT Exeo - Five places for Business Car Manager readers on exclusive test day	24/10/2008
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(+) EDITOR'S BLOG
201 - First sight of all-new Vauxhall Astra	13/05/2009
202 - New Volvo low-tax DRIVe models	13/05/2009
200 - Busy Sunday morning	10/05/2009
199 - Business car tax accounting changes update	09/05/2009
198 - Soggy cycle to work	09/05/2009
197 - My Mercedes SL V8	09/05/2009
196 - Should you run your business car privately? Or through the company?	07/05/2009
195 - Driving the R8 with Richard Crosthwaite	06/05/2009
184 - Cutting business car costs in a recession	05/05/2009
183 - Goodwood Festival features Walter Rohrl and Jacky Ickx	03/05/2009
182 - Testing the roof on the Audi A5 Cabriolet	30/04/2009
181 - New models fuel Audi future	29/04/2009
180 - Government fears upsetting transport lobbies	27/04/2009
179 - Tick a box and waste an opportunity	27/04/2009
178 - The good and the bad for small businesses	23/04/2009
177 – Car scrappage scheme benefits tradesemen	23/04/2009
176 – Budget fuel duty rise	23/04/2009
175 - Lean pickings for smaller businesses	23/04/2009
174 - MINI and Airstream	21/04/2009
173 - Businesses see opportunity in recession	21/04/2009
172 - Fuel prices creep up	19/04/2009
171 - Vans best for electric power	19/04/2009
170 - World’s cleanest diesel	16/04/2009
168 – Reduce VAT for restaurants and builders	15/04/2009
169 - Dusk photography	15/04/2009
167 – Easter weekend	14/04/2009
166 – The Mazda6 business case	10/04/2009
165 - Green Budget	09/04/2009
164 - Launch of Managing Your Company Cars: Expert Opinion	08/04/2009
163 - Would you car share?	07/04/2009
162 - Business car tax accounting changes	06/04/2009
161 - Trying to find the Holiday Inn at Heathrow	05/04/2009
160 - Tax deadline calendar for small businesses	03/04/2009
159 - Meeting with Hyundai’s Jeff Peyton-Bruhl	02/04/2009
158 - Quins go top	02/04/2009
155 - Fuel duty rise from midnight tonight	31/03/2009
157 - New series of motor finance special reports	31/03/2009
156 - Fuel duty rise	31/03/2009
154 - Drive to new Exeo launch	26/03/2009
153 - A Budget for Business Survival	26/03/2009
152 - Running a small business…	24/03/2009
151 - Fiat 500 proves popular	23/03/2009
150 - Audi A4 wins Company Car of the Year	20/03/2009
149 - Kia looks to service small businesses	19/03/2009
148 - Kia Soul: just what exactly is it?	19/03/2009
147 – Old cars don’t die…	19/03/2009
146 - Landlord bags an Audi for son	16/03/2009
145 - Martin Johnson…smiles?	16/03/2009
143 – Fitness and estate cars seem to go together	13/03/2009
144 – Peter Nunn blogs from Japan	13/03/2009
140 - Geneva Motor Show, part 3	12/03/2009
141 - Geneva Motor Show, part 4	12/03/2009
142 - Geneva Motor Show, part 5	12/03/2009
139 - Geneva Motor Show, part 2	04/03/2009
138 - Geneva Motor Show, part 1	04/03/2009
137 - Mobile phones and driving	27/02/2009
136 - Back at the wheel	26/02/2009
135 - The Audi five-cylinder engine is back	24/02/2009
134 - Harlequins beat Gloucester	23/02/2009
133 - New mini Airstream	19/02/2009
132 - Batteries feeling the heat…in the cold	18/02/2009
131 - Budget date confirmed	16/02/2009
Downsizing	15/02/2009
129 - WOMAC evening at the Science Museum	14/02/2009
128 - High heels and split screens	12/02/2009
127 - Nottingham workplace parking levy	11/02/2009
126 - The future and Citroen	09/02/2009
125 - Strange morning as Citroen story unfolds	06/02/2009
124 - New lines of credit	06/02/2009
123 - New-look Knowledge Bank on its way	03/02/2009
122 - Home working helps snowbound Britain	02/02/2009
121 - Driving in snow	02/02/2009
120 - Changing weather	01/02/2009
119 - Old and new side by side	30/01/2009
117 – VW Scirocco 1981 style	28/01/2009
118 - VW Sciroccos Mk1, 2 and 3	28/01/2009
116 - How much of a deal? pt2	27/01/2009
115 - Detroit Motor Show	26/01/2009
114 - What Car? awards	23/01/2009
113 - The business of telematics	21/01/2009
112 - Obama’s got a brand new Cadillac	20/01/2009
111 - How much of a deal is a Golf for £199 a month?	18/01/2009
110 – New H&S law: should you take it seriously?	16/01/2009
109 - Payments on account: KPMG advice	16/01/2009
108 - Toyota’s business car champion: Richard Balshaw	15/01/2009
107 - Government’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee	14/01/2009
106 - Zipcar meeting	13/01/2009
105 - Audi given car park graze	09/01/2009
104 - New Golf: virtues lie below the skin	09/01/2009
103 - Stop the stupid sat-nav mistakes	07/01/2009
102 - Winter driving	05/01/2009
101 - Brisk business at BCA	02/01/2009
100 - New year resolutions	31/12/2008
99 - New SEAT Exeo business saloon	31/12/2008
98 - Breaking records	29/12/2008
97- Christmas and company cars	24/12/2008
96 - Carbon offsetting: useful or an easy-pill	24/12/2008
95 - Comparison site adds contract hire	22/12/2008
94 - Motorpoint’s used contract hire: deal or no deal?	17/12/2008
93 - Hitachi considers BVRLA membership for brokers	15/12/2008
92 - What’s between you and the road?	10/12/2008
91 - LED headlamps light up the way	09/12/2008
90 - It’s surprising what you can pack into a small car…	08/12/2008
89 - Small business car choices	08/12/2008
88 - Why driver training is useful	03/12/2008
88 - Business mileage rates stay static	01/12/2008
87 - Driving impressions of the Vauxhall Insignia	26/11/2008
86 - So how was the Pre Budget Report for you?	25/11/2008
85 - Tigers maul Quins	23/11/2008
85 - Optimising car parking availability	21/11/2008
84 - Auto Windscreens takes small businesses seriously	19/11/2008
83 – How to keep your alloys shiny	12/11/2008
82 – better broker standards	10/11/2008
82 – choosing the correct car specification	07/11/2008
81 – small business transport champion	05/11/2008
80 – Do you check your car to see if it’s ok?	30/10/2008
What should I choose to replace my A3?	27/10/2008
78 – Small business driving day	24/10/2008
77 – Hot car for cold calling small businesses	22/10/2008
76 – Autumn afternoons before the clocks go back	21/10/2008
The racing driver’s business car choice	20/10/2008
74 – More power isn’t always best	19/10/2008
73 – Why going green is king	16/10/2008
73 – Mine’s a glass of Lifesaver!	14/10/2008
71 – Audi driving day	10/10/2008
72 – Bacon roll with Robert Wastell	10/10/2008
70 – Leasing can help ease cash flow	07/10/2008
69 - Smart idea from Arval	06/10/2008
68 – Paris Show press day, part 2	04/10/2008
68 – Paris Show press day, part 2	03/10/2008
67 – Paris Show press day	03/10/2008
66 – Going to France for the Paris Show	03/10/2008
65 – No-show from the wind	03/10/2008
64 – Fuel costs hit small businesses	03/10/2008
63 - New Golf GTI comes out fighting	27/09/2008
62 - Free driving licence checks from Alphabet	23/09/2008
61 - Is LPG a real option?	22/09/2008
60 - Why a Mercedes should always be an auto	20/09/2008
59 – What strange events	18/09/2008
59 - It’s all quiet on the VW front	15/09/2008
58 - Employees happiest in small businesses	09/09/2008
57 – Welcome simplification of train ticketing	08/09/2008
56 – Why small businesses are important to SEAT	03/09/2008
55 - C-Class estate turns tow car	01/09/2008
54 - Small businesses chose Audi first	28/08/2008
53 - Weekend in the New Forest	28/08/2008
52 - Causing death by dangerous driving	20/08/2008
51 - five top tips to beat the credit crunch	19/08/2008
50 - Learning more about CompareContractHire.com	15/08/2008
49 - New broker website goes live	14/08/2008
48 - Holiday in Spain - 2	13/08/2008
47 - Holiday in Spain	07/08/2008
Entry 46: Car leasing brokers - the new professionals	16/07/2008
Entry 45: London Congestion Charge - emission scheme scrapped	10/07/2008
Entry 44 - Useful neighbours	07/07/2008
Entry 43 - Visit to Arval	04/07/2008
Entry 42 - Comparative contract hire website launched - 2	02/07/2008
Entry 41 - Corporation Tax - new limit for 2008/09	01/07/2008
Entry 40 - Central Contracts moves upscale	01/07/2008
Entry 39 - Comparative contract hire site launched	01/07/2008
Entry 38 - TrukRax fit up trailer with specialised safety tubing	30/06/2008
Entry 37 - Mazda Blenheim Triathlon	25/06/2008
Entry 36 - Diesel Audi rocks around the clock	17/06/2008
Entry 35 - Serving small business customers	16/06/2008
Entry 34 - Vauxhall: from austere to inviting	05/06/2008
Entry 33 - Good news on Advisory Fuel Rates	04/06/2008
Entry 32 - Mazda Blenheim Triathlon - the alternative road test	29/05/2008
Entry 31 - Mazda Blenheim Triathlon - the alternative road test	28/05/2008
Entry 30 - CR-V as bike transporter	28/05/2008
Entry 29 - Car details that delight…and those that don't	17/05/2008
Entry 28 - Trip to Grafham Water	12/05/2008
Entry 27 - Small business behaviour in face of credit crunch	01/05/2008
Entry 26 – Down to the dump	24/04/2008
entry 25 - New quotation system from Concept Vehicle Leasing	14/04/2008
entry 24 - Sailing regatta at Datchet: part two	13/04/2008
entry 23 - Sailing regatta at Datchet	12/04/2008
entry 24 - Corporate Manslaughter advice	10/04/2008
entry 23 - down to Wilsonian Sailing Club	06/04/2008
entry 23 - face to face with the boss of BCA	27/03/2008
Entry 22 - Serial CR-V owner	20/03/2008
entry 21 - The car as a financial services product	18/03/2008
entry 20 - New VED and showroom tax	13/03/2008
Entry 20 - going grey	11/03/2008
Entry 19 - Blue is the colour!	06/03/2008
entry 18 - Trailer duties	03/03/2008
Entry 17 - CR-V marks Swindon landmark	26/02/2008
Entry 16 - Lighting up	22/02/2008
entry 14 - VW Tiguan versus Honda CR-V	15/02/2008
Entry 15 - best company star status	15/02/2008
Entry 13 - Congestion Charge; or environmental charge?	13/02/2008
Entry 12 - on the piste	12/02/2008
Entry 11 - Surprise meeting	08/02/2008
Entry 10 - Brands Hatch	08/02/2008
Entry 9 - Blue flashing lights	07/02/2008
Entry 8 - Weekend work	04/02/2008
Entry 7 - Sparkling again!	30/01/2008
Entry 6 - warming up	28/01/2008
Entry 5 - notchy gearbox	24/01/2008
Entry 4 - broker visit	18/01/2008
Entry 3 - High-up in the rain	16/01/2008
Entry 1 - Start point	07/01/2008
Entry 2 - history lesson	07/01/2008

(+) NEWSLETTERS
Issue 78: The Budget and business cars; Avoid VAT rise; Audi A1 test	30/06/2010
Issue 77: New company car fuel rates; managing private cars on business	11/06/2010
Issue 76: Cutting travel costs; Self-employed car tax; Jaguar XF sport pack	28/05/2010
Issue 75: Company car tax accounting; Audi A1 prices; Golf Estate test	14/05/2010
Issue 74: The BMW that redefines the company car; business car insurance	29/04/2010
Issue 73: Company car tax download - how Budget 2010 affects you	16/04/2010
Issue 72: BMW 5 Series tested; Ford lowers prices for company car drivers	26/03/2010
Issue 71: Porsche's hybrid sports car; E-Class estate test; Avoid back pain	11/03/2010
Issue 70: Big fines for small companies; Audi's MINI; 407 v Scirocco	25/02/2010
Issue 69: Why it pays to go green; Skoda Superb Estate; Audi's e-tron	11/02/2010
Issue 68: New MINI, cash or car?, new Mercedes E-Class estate in detail	29/01/2010
Issue 67	15/01/2010
Issue 66	04/01/2010
Issue 65	12/12/2009
Issue 64	27/11/2009
Issue 63	20/11/2009
Issue 62	10/11/2009
Issue 61	24/10/2009
Issue 60	30/09/2009
Issue 59	11/09/2009
Issue 58	25/08/2009
Issue 57	12/08/2009
Issue 56	25/07/2009
Issue 55	10/07/2009
Issue 54	26/06/2009
Issue 53	12/06/2009
Issue 52	22/05/2009
Issue 51	09/05/2009
Issue 50	24/04/2009
Issue 49	03/04/2009
Issue 48	26/03/2009
Issue 47	12/03/2009
Issue 46	27/02/2009
Issue 45	31/01/2009
Issue 44	22/01/2009
Issue 43	08/01/2009
Issue 42	19/12/2008
Issue 41	02/12/2008
Issue 40	14/11/2008
Issue 39	31/10/2008
Issue 38	16/10/2008
Issue 37	05/10/2008
Issue 36	11/09/2008
Issue 35	27/08/2008
Issue 34	21/08/2008
Issue 33	05/08/2008
Issue 32	04/08/2008
Issue 31	30/06/2008
Issue 30	17/06/2008
Issue 29	02/06/2008
Issue 28	16/05/2008
Issue 27	29/04/2008
Issue 26	14/04/2008
Issue 25	28/03/2008
Issue 24	11/03/2008
Issue 23	26/02/2008
Issue 22	12/02/2008
Issue 21	29/01/2008
Issue 20	16/01/2008
Issue 19	28/12/2007
Issue 18	13/12/2007
Issue 17	03/12/2007
Issue 16	15/11/2007
Issue 15	05/11/2007
Issue 14	24/10/2007
Issue 13	02/10/2007
Issue 12	17/09/2007
Issue 11	03/09/2007
Issue 10	16/08/2007
Issue 09	24/07/2007
Issue 08	25/06/2007
Issue 07	01/06/2007
Issue 06	17/05/2007
Issue 05	30/04/2007
Issue 04	01/03/2007
Issue 03	01/01/2007
Issue 02	01/12/2006
Issue 01	01/11/2006

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Ralph Morton, Business Writer of the Year Guild of Motoring Writers Awards

Ralph Morton, Business Writer of the Year
Guild of Motoring Writers Awards