8th April, 2004

What it is to have a daughter with ambition. Visiting clients this week with Steve Cheetham, our auto analyst, prompts me to recount a comment from our 11 year old as we drove round the M25 last Sunday. " When I grow up " she said, " I'm going to drive a Vauxhall.....that little shelf at the back is perfect for a row of beanie babies ". This from the same girl who has already decided that she wants to be a receptionist. Doing her fingernails whilst holding the phone in the crook of her neck appeals to her she says.