Chairman's blog archive

Past blogs from our Chairman, Roddy Graham, that appear weekly in BusinessCar, are reproduced below. For his latest, please refer to the Chairman's blog.

Chairman's blog archive

Tall transport visions from little volcanoes grow!

UK car parc declines for first time in 64 years

Car clubs on the up

F1 management lessons

Potholes becoming more costly

Government gets tough on penalties

Fleet training key to success

Potholes multiply - time to lobby

Recall hysteria

Drink-driving limits under attack

Speeding debate hots up

Black holes got a whole lot bigger!

Snow chaos

Disturbing increase in hand-held mobile usage

Electric jump start

Papering over the cracks?

Road Safety Week - no room for complacency despite improving statistics

Traffic congestion rise green shoot indicator

Debatable likelihood of UK Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions

Climate change summit could be a deal breaker

Easy booking, simplified fare structure and competitive pricing required to boost public transport

Brawn - a touch of class

Party transport policies - more vision required

Get on your bike!

A Chinese U-turn

Electrifying car scene

Spanish electric car initiative

Drug-driving fleet policy more relevant than ever

Intelligent Highways

Prancing horses - ups and downs

Charging on the horizon

The hard road of motor sport

Answer the question Minister!

Ray of hope at DfT

Warning - electric vehicles are selling!

British Grand Prix winners

Creeping towards an integrated transport policy solution

Car club popularity rises including corporate membership

Expensesgate - make your vote count

Deer talk

Expensesgate - what those in charge of transport claimed

More black holes

Management lessons from F1

Budget reaction

To scrap or not to scrap?

Parliament needs to get a grip on MPs expenses

The power of blogging

Transport research - more government dead-end spending?

The case for a total ban on mobile phones

The privileges of working in the fleet industry

Black replaces white but goes deeper

From bad to better with good news on professional training

Stricter sentencing required where use of hand-held mobiles results in death

Black is the new colour

Intelligent Speed Adaptation - the right foot knows best

Happy New Year!

Tackle the year ahead with a positive attitude

Planning road delays

The Big Brother state creeps ever closer

Pre-Budget Report

Government should do more for city car clubs

Electric vehicles on the move

‘Big Brother’ black boxes

Great news - commuting times down

Green is the colour of the day

Topsy-turvy markets

Big Brother has arrived

Planning ahead is increasingly difficult in these turbulent times

Business life is currently a bit like walking on sheet ice.

Rollercoaster ride not yet over by a long way

Rollercoaster year sees oil prices skyrocket then fall

Politicians - don’t you just love them!

Traffic congestion falls for first time

Black box technology road pricing

Reflections on the British International Motor Show

Need for an integrated transport policy/zero tolerance for young drink/driver drivers

Speed cameras

Well counter to some thoughts including the sales director of our own rental management division

London to Paris Bike Ride in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care