BusinessCar Office Blog: 3 July 2009 – The best VXR
3 July, 2009
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Roddy Graham's Blog: 2 July 2009 - Hot in the city
2 July, 2009
Imagine the scenario. It's 28degC and climbing. The well-meaning passenger on the train alights from the air-conditioned train to tackle the burning inferno of the Capital's Underground. By the time, he returns home later that evening, ...
Mike Waters' Blog: 1 July 2009 – Antipodean congestion lessons
1 July, 2009
In the UK we are no strangers to a queue; whether it's at the Post Office, the train station, in the supermarket or at a concert. The story is no different for drivers, especially during the week which is bad for your mood, it's bad ...
BusinessCar Office Blog: 26 June 2009 – Old and new
26 June, 2009
Every so often car makers bring old cars to new-car launches. It doesn’t always work, you can come away thinking the old car was better. And even if the new car is better than the previous generation, the older car isn’t a rival – ...
Roddy Graham’s Blog: 25 June 2009 – Why Button was sixth
25 June, 2009
Well Jenson Button may not have won the British Grand Prix but the event certainly was a winner.
Mike Waters’ Blog: 23 June 2009 - Business to start the ball rolling
23 June, 2009
There are certain areas where in the pursuit of greater efficiency and effectiveness business leads and in time the mass market will follow. This is often the case when comes to technology, with examples ranging from mobile phones ...
Roddy Graham’s Blog: 18 June 2009 – Integrated transport policy
18 June, 2009
Might we be making small inroads into an integrated transport policy? If not driven by Government, at least by outside interested parties?
Mark Sinclair's Blog: 17 June 2009 - HSE blind spot
17 June, 2009
The HSE has recently come in for criticism for not mentioning work-related road safety in its new strategy for the twenty-teens.
Mike Waters’ Blog: 16 June 2009 - Greener vehicles don’t always cost a premium
16 June, 2009
This week I was at City Hall in London to listen to, among others, Boris Johnson talk about his green vision for London.
BusinessCar Office Blog: 12 June 2009 - Up yours, mpg
12 June, 2009
Let me tell you – it’s very tempting to stick two fingers up to the planet (and to my editor) when you find yourself having to negotiate central London right at the height of the tube strike.
Roddy Graham’s Blog: 11 June 2009 – Car sharing
11 June, 2009
Car share schemes and car clubs have been much in the news recently, all positive stuff too. As regular readers of my blog will know, these subjects are close to my heart.
Mike Waters’ Blog: 9 June 2009 - Time to take the ambiguity out of drink driving
9 June, 2009
The summer is coming and early indications suggest that after a few years of disappointment we may be in for a hot one. This means the barbeques will be firing, people will be off on holidays, and there should be plenty of garden ...
BusinessCar Office Blog: 5 June 2009 - As safe as Mercedes
5 June, 2009
There are a lot of driver training courses available and BusinessCar has experienced a few in its time. And at first glance Mercedes joint venture with driver training and risk management firm Ultimate Car Control, run by 1980s and ...
Roddy Graham's Blog: 4 June 2009 - Expensesgate continues
4 June, 2009
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. Sound familiar? That most famous Orwellian quotation could be equally applied to all those fat pigs eating from the 'expenses' trough at Westminster. 'Expensesgate' ...
Mark Sinclair's Blog: 3 June 2009 - Power boost
3 June, 2009
It was good to see two positive moves towards securing Britain's future power supplies, last week.
Mike Waters' Blog: 2 June 2009 - Not all prices fall in a downturn
2 June, 2009
This month deflation appeared and UK unemployment touched 2.2 million. With figures like these there is no denying that we remain in the midst of recession. So with high street retailers cutting prices and the price of buying a new ...
Damian James' Blog: 1 June 2009 - Power cut
1 June, 2009
It's rare nowadays to get a power cut and if you do it will probably only lasts for a couple of minutes. I remember when I was growing up in the Devon countryside we regularly had days without power after a fallen tree had taken out ...
BusinessCar Office Blog: 29 May 2009 - Not naming, but shaming
29 May, 2009
The names will be withheld to protect the guilty, but I've got a little tale for you about how bits of the real world take almost no interest in protecting staff driving for work.
Roddy Graham’s Blog: 28 May 2009 – Deer trouble
28 May, 2009
The daughter of a friend of mine has just been involved in her second DVC within less than 12 months. DVC I hear you ask? Deer-Vehicle Collisions. They are on the rise, as is the UK deer population. Latest population estimates range ...
Mark Sinclair's Blog: 27 May 2009 - Traffic watch
27 May, 2009
Big brother, we now know, doesn't just watch you. He likes to read your number plates too.
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Mike Waters' Blog: 26 May 2009 - Let fairness prevail
26 May, 2009
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BusinessCar Office Blog: 22 May 2009 - Park-Up.com
22 May, 2009
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Roddy Graham's Blog: 21 May 2009 - Transport expenses
21 May, 2009
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Mike Waters’ Blog: 19 May 2009 - Safer driving means cleaner driving
19 May, 2009
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Damian James' Blog: 18 May 2009 - ACFO AGM
18 May, 2009
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Roddy Graham's Blog: 14 May 2009 - Hole load of trouble
14 May, 2009
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Mike Waters’ Blog: 13 May 2009 - Don’t let a foreign journey trip you up
13 May, 2009
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Damian James' Blog: 8 May 2009 - The London Omnibus
11 May, 2009
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Mike Waters' Blog: 5 May 2008 - Budget blues
5 May, 2009
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BusinessCar Office Blog: 1 May 2009 – Taxing situation
1 May, 2009
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Roddy Graham’s Blog: 30 April 2009 – Business of F1
30 April, 2009
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Mark Sinclair's Blog: 29 April 2009 - Fleets can fight back against the tightening tax net
29 April, 2009
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Mike Waters’ Blog: 28 April 2009 - Chicken and egg scenario
28 April, 2009
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Damian James’ Blog: 27 April 2008 - To scrap or not to scrap? That is the question.
27 April, 2009
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BusinessCar Office Blog: 24 April 2009 – So what is the 3008?
24 April, 2009
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Roddy Graham’s Blog: 23 April 2008 – Budget disappointment
23 April, 2009
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Mark Sinclair’s Blog: 21 April 2009 – YouTube dreamers
21 April, 2009
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Mike Waters’ Blog: 21 April 2009 - Take a longer term view to buying a car
21 April, 2009
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Damian James’ Blog: 20 April 2009 – 34m vehicles
20 April, 2009
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Roddy Graham’s Blog: 16 April 2009 – Scrappage thinking
16 April, 2009