344 – Making BMW and Ford into Fleet Heroes
19 November 2009
ONE of the things I picked up from the Energy Saving Trust’s Fleet Hero awards on Tuesday evening was how difficult the entries had been to compile. They are, it
343 – MD ditches Audi A8 for BlueMotion Golf
18 November 2009
HOW about this for following a path to sustainability? The MD of Cumbrian Seafoods did as he said: having told his workforce they should drive low emission VW Golf BlueMotion
342 – Audi A6 TDIe: travel business class
17 November 2009
Business class Audi: A6 2.0 TDIe SE receives complimentary leather interior upgrade and colour DVD screen sat-nav Big car, but low business car bills LET ME tell you a bit
341 – Cut out the red tape, Mr Darling
15 November 2009
I DON’T know about you, but I’m not very good with the admin side of the business. I’d rather deal with a new story than deal with a new form.
New insurance product for more than 15 cars
14 November 2009
FOR business car managers running more than 15 cars, or a mixture of cars and vans, here’s a useful new insurance product from Groupama Insurance. Called Groupama Fleet, it allows
340 – Insuring your company’s business cars
14 November 2009
I STUMBLED across this which I thought might be helpful. It’s an insurance product that puts all your business cars under one roof – so to speak. The good thing
Porsche’s business-friendly diesel
14 November 2009
Porsche Cayenne 3.0 Tiptronic S Diesel Porsche Cayenne 3.0 Tiptronic S Diesel with Sports Design Package What is it? MOST business-friendly version of Porsche’s monster Cayenne 4×4. Powered by a
An estate car for your country estate
14 November 2009
Audi A4 allroad 3.0 TDI quattro 240PS S tronic Audi A4 allroad 3.0 TDI quattro 240PS S tronic What is it? A TOUGHENED up 4×4 A4 Avant aimed at those
339 – Climate change and the switch to electric cars
12 November 2009
YANNICK Read from ETA adds this additional comment to the Special Report on electric cars – and the potential to increase CO2 levels. Our report found that binding EU targets for
338 – Speed cameras successfully challenged
11 November 2009
Gareth Powell: successfully challenged his speeding ticket thanks to in-van tracking technology Vehicle tracking technology proves driver wasn’t breaking law THIS is a great story. How vehicle tracking technology has
336 – Early starts, Toyota’s Mark Roden, Green Tomato Cars…
10 November 2009
EARLY start in the Audi this morning. A quick squeegee down of the side windows to remove the heavy dew – unlike the frost yesterday – but still a morning
337 – Why the future is hybrid
10 November 2009
Meeting with Mark Roden I MANAGED to sneak the Audi into the beautifully manicured acres of Toyota Towers today. It’s only a short 12-mile drive there from the Business Car
335 – Keeping small businesses in business
8 November 2009
SOME data I’ve just seen from Experian suggests that all is not well in the small business community. Experian has picked up on a worrying trend: those small businesses with
Super frugal Corsa keeps the pennies in your bank
7 November 2009
Vauxhall Corsa Life ecoFLEX 75PS 3dr Vauxhall Corsa 1.3CDTi 16v Life ecoFLEX 75PS (a/c) 3dr What is it? THE greenest Vauxhall in history. New Corsa is the latest addition to
The grown up little big car
7 November 2009
Volkswagen Polo 1.4 SE 5dr Volkswagen Polo 1.4 SE 85PS 5dr What is it? NEW petrol version of VW’s brilliant Polo. Power comes from an 84bhp 1.4-litre unit which is
334 – Change up early and let the car do the work
6 November 2009
I WAS talking to a colleague recently about my Audi A6 TDIe. I was praising its relaxed driving character and the fact that I was seeing over 42mpg. (And now
The A3 that goes thrifty on fuel (and tax)
3 November 2009
Audi A3 Start-Stop Audi A3 1.6 TDI Start-stop Sportback 5dr What is it? A SUPER efficient A3. New 105PS 1.6-litre TDI diesel model replaces noisy old 1.9-litre engine and brings
333 – Corporate Manslaughter fines: what should we make of this?
3 November 2009
SO THE Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) suggests your company will pay a minimum £500,000 fine. This would occur if the health and safety structure of your business was so lax
332 – Stobart swaps truck for train
1 November 2009
The Eddie Stobart train makes its way through France on its way to the UK from Valencia in Spain. The train is part of Stobart’s CO2 reduction strategy New Spain
331 – New BCA website a flyer
31 October 2009
New BCA website – a faster way to find the used car you want at auction Buying used just got easier I WAS just about to go home last night
