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Informal car clubs

I’ve just found this website about an informal car club successfully running in Lewes, Sussex.  There aren’t many yet, but I think it is an idea that could suit many people who only need a car occasionally.

There is extensive guidance on setting up an informal car club here and an earlier blog entry which explains [...]

Fractional ownership and the community

I read this blog item by Gary Winter with interest because I too had read the news item he referred to and, like him, found the argument that fractional ownership is detrimental to the neighbourhood, well, frankly bizarre.

My involvement in fractional ownership and fractional renting came about specifically because I felt [...]

yours2share “freecycles” to Norfolk

I’m kind of glad this week is over. We’ve moved house, yours2share and two dogs from West London to Norfolk. My desk is now a packing case free zone, but my access to the internet is a BTopenzone hotspot outside a training centre in a nearby village because we have no broadband [...]

Fractional ownership: become a part-time millionaire

There was a good article in the Independent on Saturday 1st March about fractional ownership. It covers many asset that can be fractionalised: cars, jets, property, handbags, art, and points out some of the realities of sharing. I may be passionate about encouraging people to share, but I’m always at pains to point [...]