114 – What Car? awards
23 January 2009
I was invited along to the What Car? awards last night. It’s always a good bash. The format remains the same – winners in car categories are handed out gongs
113 – The business of telematics
21 January 2009
It strikes me that the telematics world is fairly fragmented. Telematics are systems that allow companies to track drivers in real time. There are many uses: from delivery firms to
111 – How much of a deal is a Golf for £199 a month?
18 January 2009
VOLKSWAGEN Finance Solutions is offering the new VW Golf SE 1.4-litre TSI 122 PS 5dr for £199 per month. A Golf with the great turbo- and super-charged engine for under
109 – Payments on account: KPMG advice
16 January 2009
FOR those who are self-employed as sole traders you probably know this. But I thought it was a helpful reminder from KPMG. Especially considering what looks like being a tough
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16 January 2009
Could your business be caught by the new health and safety legislation? Managing your staff while driving on business A new Health & Safety law went live today. Another? Yes,
108 – Toyota
15 January 2009
Richard Balshaw: small businesses as important to Toyota as the big corporates Avensis moves in to challenge Passat At the end of last year, Toyota launched its new Avensis to
107 – Government
14 January 2009
Guaranteed fund for small businesses What did you make of today
106 – Zipcar meeting
13 January 2009
Car clubs. I’ve kept my eye on them. But I’ve not been sure whether these were just a passing fad – the idealism of a local community that would fizzle
104 – New Golf: virtues lie below the skin
9 January 2009
I’VE just been down to a drive event to test the new VW Golf. It’s the MkVI model – although MkV.V might be closer! While much of the chassis ‘hard
105 – Audi given car park graze
9 January 2009
It was a real pleasure to get back into the Audi. I hadn’t needed to drive the A4 for over a week. So getting back behind the wheel was a
103 – Stop the stupid sat-nav mistakes
7 January 2009
The web-designer of this magazine, Mark, contacted me over Christmas with this thought – he’d obviously been down the pub with a chum – but it’s a good one. “A
102 – Winter driving
5 January 2009
Perhaps it was inevitable. UK plc wakes up to go back to work after the Christmas break – and it snows. Just another hazard for drivers on their way to
101 – Brisk business at BCA
2 January 2009
I received this picture from Tim Naylor, the pr guy at Business Car Manager partner BCA. It seems the year has started well down at the auction halls. Tim took
99 – New SEAT Exeo business saloon
31 December 2008
For small businesses with an eye on value, then have a look at the new SEAT Exeo saloon. Essentially, this is the previous generation Audi A4 – hardly a bad
100 – New year resolutions
31 December 2008
It somehow seems appropriate that, as we see out 2008, this should be my 100th blog entry. So I wish you all joy on old year’s night. And, despite the
98 – Breaking records
29 December 2008
Welcome back to all readers in this post-Christmas pre-New Year phase. Four and a half days away from the office has felt like a refreshing mini-break, but it’s always so
96 – Carbon offsetting: useful or an easy-pill
24 December 2008
How useful is a carbon offsetting initiative? An interesting question. First, anything that raises awareness of CO2 emissions must go into ‘It’s a good thing’ camp. No question about that.
97- Christmas and company cars
24 December 2008
IF you’ve not had a chance to read our Special Report called Back to the Ford Cortina?, then I urge you to give it a quick scan. Written by GE
95 – Comparison site adds contract hire
22 December 2008
Businesses searching for comparative contract hire deals will be given greater opportunity to find them. Robert Wastell, boss of partner CompareContractHire.com, phoned me up last week to tell me he
