TESTER’S NOTES
Matt Prior
Not all big polluters are facing heavy fines this year
What an ingenious idea it was to call an airport car park ‘business parking’,as they do at Heathrow. It’s nearer the terminal than the regular longstay parking and has small but more frequent shuttles, so it’s more convenient and therefore more expensive. Yet hundreds of thousands of people flying for work each year will have no qualms about submitting expenses receipts from a facility seemingly designed precisely for them.
Imagine if it had been called ‘luxury parking’. All of those people headed to meetings, site visits and conferences might think twice about using it, because what might the finance department think of a middle-ranking account manager presuming to use a ‘luxury’ facility? ‘Business’ pitches it perfectly: if you’re travelling for work, steer this way.