We have written much about companies being prosecuted under the “Corporate Manslaughter Act” and advised everyone to ensure that they put everything they can in place to make sure this does not happen to them.  Fail to do that and if you find your company is in court, you are defenceless! Under the Corporate Manslaughter […]

John Lennon may well have sung about the “4000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire” but it seems the entire countries roads are full of holes and whilst the authorities don’t know “how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall”, new research suggests that its likely to cost over £13 billion pounds to fill them […]

Breakdown Cover company Green Flag, in association with University College London have come up with a most unusual set of statistics and can now tell us that being stuck behind a tractor on rural roads isn’t as bad as we all think! There are around 250,000 tractors in the UK and the research has shown […]

AUDI CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF ‘VORSPRUNG DURCH TECHNIK’ Catch phrases are something that gets into the public psyche and whether it’s a comedy catch phrase or an advertising slogan, we all know them and many of us use them in everyday conversation.  Well, one of the best known advertising slogans around has turned 40 years […]

65.6 Average MPG & Just 114 Co2 Emissions Changes in engine technology have happened at a massive pace and the performance and economy of smaller capacity engines is almost unbelievable when compared to what they achieved just a few years ago. The latest example of this comes from Ford with their 1.6TDCi Diesel which when […]

Everyone despises uninsured drivers, in fact short of drunk drivers, they have to be the worst and most dangerous road users around and they need to be stopped. However changes in the law designed to do that are going to mean that as usual, the honest law abiding citizen is going to be inconvenienced in […]

A recent survey by a major finance house has revealed that the number of companies choosing to outright purchase their vehicles has dropped dramatically.  In fact, in the latest research, it shows that only 17% of the 300 companies surveyed now use outright purchase, compared to 38% in the last quarter of 2009. In the […]

Saabs owner Spyker Cars have managed to resume production of Saabs again following a partnership deal they have signed with Chinese vehicle manufacturer the Hawtai Motor Group. Production at the Trollhättan factory in Sweden had halted in April over disputes with suppliers over the doubt that the company had the ability to pay its bills. […]

Diesel Car Magazines Diesel Car of the Year Over 300 cars were tested by the team at Diesel Car Magazine and with its group of experts they arrive at what they feel represents the best diesel powered car across in 2011.  10 categories of award were made and of course, the ultimate accolade, “Diesel Car […]

Far from being cynical, when something or somebody gets reported as the most improved, it only makes me feel they were pretty bad to start with. Anyway, the latest JATO report of car Co2 emissions across Europe has reported car maker Volvo as most improved with average emissions of 157.5g/km across the range. Volvo introduced […]