When we sat down to chat, just a couple of weeks after his company's coronation as the Sunday Times 'Best Big Company to Work For' (Melvin is pictured below receiving the award), Melvin’s pride at the achievement was still very much in evidence - and who can blame him?

The demand for car sharing mobility services, sometimes called car clubs here in the UK, is on the rise, especially in urban areas.

When it comes to the generation of acronyms, the motor industry's rate of production is akin to that of a particularly fecund Mormon. The latest to come our way is the NBRA - and it stands for the National Body Repair Association.