Businesses which have signed up to one of the UK’s largest car clubs say the service has helped to cut the numbers of staff commuting to work by car.
Category: Travel
Small and medium sized business travel advice to enable your company to streamline your operations and maximise staff and directors travel planning
Reviewed: Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, Oxford
Arriving at Raymond Blanc’s legendary retreat Le Manoir was a pleasure from the moment we arrived in the car park where an extremely helpful man appeared, greeted us and took the car keys. We achieved instant calm as we stepped through an opening in a hedge and heard the expensive whirring of a helicopter coming in to land. We had arrived.
An online exchange for frequent-flier miles
One downside to frequent-flier programs is being limited to one airline, but now thanks to The Global Points Exchange on Points.com, a loyalty program management site which lets members of participating programs trade miles, that is soon to become a thing of the past.
Six of the best: Conference Hotels
Our guide to the best six conference hotels around the UK.
Law firm goes green with car club fleet
Manchester based law firm DWF LLP are set to significantly reduce their carbon footprint in 2010 by cutting staff fleet cars and using City Car Club pay-as-you-go cars instead.
Motoring Review: Lexus LS600h L
The Lexus LS600h L is not only the world’s first four-wheel drive hybrid V8 but also the flagship of the luxury brand’s range. It offers a discreet but strong challenge to its better known German rivals, says Dave Sumner Smith,
Motoring Review: BMW X6
What do you get when you cross a coupé with a 4X4? An X6 ‘Sports Activity Coupé’. The rarity of this BMW suggests, however, this untimely crossbreed is the answer to a question nobody wanted to ask, says Dave Sumner Smith
Reviewed: Babington House
The difference between a good restaurant and a good hotel is that in a good restaurant you expect to find high standards of service and product, decent value, and then also originality, flair, wit and sophistication, whereas in a good hotel you just cling to the dream that it won’t be utterly dismal.
I go to hotels quite a lot, overnighting after an evening function somewhere and, honestly, it is so dispiriting.
Motoring Review: Fiat 500
A rival to the original Austin Mini, the Fiat 500 was one of the first small city cars. Originally produced between 1957 and 1975, it measured 9 feet in length and had a tiny 479cc engine (hence the name 500). In 2007, fifty years after the original, Fiat revised this cheeky little car. It’s loosely based on a 2004 concept car, the Trepiuno. Dean Woodward takes one for a spin for us…
Motoring Review: Ford Fiesta
The 1970’s saw rising demand from European consumers for smaller vehicles now known as superminis. Ford answered this with the Fiesta in 1976. It was an instant success, with the millionth Fiesta produced 3 years later in 1979. Now after 33 years, over 10 million sales, the MK7 Fiesta remains one of Ford’s most popular cars. Dean Woodward takes one for a spin for us at Business Matters
Motoring Review: Mercedes C Class
The latest generation of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class is probably the most aspirational compact executive saloon on the market. This vehicle will not disappoint you.
Motoring Review: VW Golf
Unless you have been away from civilisation for the last 30 years you should be aware of the famous Volkswagen Golf. Few cars have commanded such attention as the Golf, with sales exceeding 25 million over its life span. Truly egalitarian, whether you’re cruising down the motorway, collecting the kids from school or zipping off to a black tie event, there is no other family hatch that does it better.
Motoring Review: Seat Leon
Seat’s answer to the compact family hatchback, the Leon blends coupe styling with practicality. In a hugely competitive sector with a wide choice of manufacturers the Leon holds its own. The model variants are extensive ranging from a modest £12,850 OTR to the scorching hot hatch Cupra K1 at £20,545. Business Matters takes a look
Motoring Review: BMW 5 Series
What is it?
A large executive car first produced in 1972 by BMW. It took its name from the fifth series built after the V8 and Isetta era. BMW’s intention was to replace its smaller saloons, providing a clear distinction with its coupe models. The 5 Series set the trend for naming models with 3 digits, e.g. 520, 525 (the first number being the model, the second and third numbers are the engine size in decilitres). Each of the 5 generations of the 5 Series is recognised by a unique ‘E’ number chassis reference.
The cost of taking free fuel rises
Changes to the company car tax free fuel benefit for the 2008/09 tax year make the cost of the benefit-in-kind increasingly marginal.