29 – Car details that delight
17 May 2008
Boot dividing shelf: a brilliant idea but not yet executed properly The surprise of engineering and design detail Living with a car, you get to know its idiosyncrasies. You learn
28 – Trip to Grafham Water
12 May 2008
CR-V: parked up at Grafham with a couple of Accord Tourers for company further down the line
27 – Small business behaviour in face of credit crunch
1 May 2008
Desplace: businesses modifying behaviour Extended leases as businesses take ‘sit tight’ policy I left the Honda CR-V behind at the beginning of the week to visit Christophe Desplace, the head
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24 April 2008
Honda CR-V: doubles as a van for carting unwanted contents to the municipal dump CR-V doubles as spacious cargo carrier At the weekend, me and the Honda performed that ritual
The law and civil parking offences NEW!
13 April 2008
The regulations that govern civil parking enforcement changed on 1 April 2008. The changes were brought in under the Traffic Management Act 2004. The new parking regulations relate to parking
24 – Sailing regatta at Datchet: part two
13 April 2008
Early start: weather’s brighter than I feel
23 – Sailing regatta at Datchet
12 April 2008
Arriving with trailer and Topper at Datchet Nationwide Topper series event Another Saturday morning and another early start. This time my son, Matt, was sailing at Datchet Water Sailing Club,
24 – Corporate Manslaughter advice
10 April 2008
Safety on the road: new law for businesses What are the compliance issues with Corporate Manslaughter? It’s finally happened: the Corporate Manslaughter Act is with us. It’s been put off,
23 – down to Wilsonian Sailing Club
6 April 2008
Honda CR-V: unhitching the trailer at Wilsonian Towing duties down to the Medway, Kent Saturday was a case of getting up early and transporting my son, Matt, Topper sailing dinghy,
23 – face to face with the boss of BCA
27 March 2008
Jon Olsen: close eye on BCA operations Meeting BCA
22 – Serial CR-V owner
20 March 2008
Nash: likes sat-nav, but not voice recognition Numbers add up on latest CR-V
21 – The car as a financial services product
18 March 2008
Professor Cooke: car as a financial product Buying into a one-stop car usership package During the week I went along to Professor Peter Cooke’s inaugural lecture at the University of
20 – going grey
11 March 2008
Staying safe: run staff cars on the business The risks of grey fleets I know my last entry was about colours – and the best colour to choose for your
Exclusive: new Hyundai panel van
10 March 2008
Hyundai will make a dramatic return to the UK panel van market.
In September it will launch its new Trafic-sized H1, in both van and minibus versions.
The H1 is the most
New regulations mean £120 parking tickets
10 March 2008
New laws come into force governing parking tickets and fine levels next month.
Under the changes, introduced under the Traffic Management Act 2004, local authority Parking Attendants become Civil Enforcement Officers.
19 – Blue is the colour!
6 March 2008
New report says blue more popular than silver I was slightly concerned at first that, maybe the Honda CR-V might have been better in black. But using the car
18 – Trailer duties
3 March 2008
Honda CR-V: hitched up and ready to go Hitched up for sailing One of the items that comes with every Honda CR-V is standard Trailer Stability Assist (TSA). It ensures
