With the right kit you too can have an on-road office. Chris Partridge puts in some hours with a super commuter.

I am writing this in my office crawling up the Edgware Road. It's easily the most luxurious office I've ever had. The real leather chairs mould to my behind. The recessed lights cast discreet pools of illumination on the leather trimmed desk. Suddenly the whole office surges forward as the lights change. Only a momentary inconvenience, and to be expected when your office is fitted into the back of a Mercedes V-class multifunction vehicle.

It is one of what may become a fleet run by its owner and designer, Peter Phillips of mobileoffices, who is busy on the phone to a client at the table next to me. At the wheels is his driver, Steven Boakes.

Phillips is building up a fleet of DSA Trained Driver-driven mobileoffices for rental to top executives on tour, and the idea seems to be catching on fast. Naturally, the idea came to Phillips while stuck in traffic on the way to visiting clients of his packaging and bookbinding company (he's the man who makes Michael Aspel's famous red book for This is Your Life, among other things). Instead of just drumming his fingers on the wheel, he worked out that it would make economic sense to put his whole show, as it were, on the road. "I needed to get out and about, and people don't plan anymore: when they want to see you, they want to see you now." Now, naturally, he reckons it is the way of the future.

To keep business rolling along, the back of the boxy V-class is stuffed with all the gizmos a modern office needs. A Dell laptop is linked to an HP printer/scanner/copier. A tiny Possio fax with built-in mobile phone sits on the table. Power sockets are provided to keep all batteries fully charged.

Orange's high speed data service connects the laptop to base at 28.8 kilobytes per second. Not lightning fast, but enough to make e-mail and surfing the web practical. And all the mobiles are linked to antennae mounted on the roof of the car, so dropped connections are rare, according to Phillips. In addition, he doesn't like the idea of microwave radiation filling his office - the outside aerials eliminating any risk.

Phillips says it has transformed the way he works. "I am in the office for 20% of the week at the moment," he says. "I have a sales team that know what projects I am interested in, so they keep me up to date by e-mail." And it has other benefits beyond keeping him at work while travelling."It is brilliant for travelling in London as Steven just drops me at the front door and moves along if necessary. I never pay for parking or get clamped."

Of course, the element that makes all this possible is the lowest-tech bit - the driver. To maximise his productivity, Boakes has his own mobile and the latest satellite navigation equipment.

We are arriving at my destination - must rush. I'll be filing this by e-mail from mobileoffices in just a tick. Another journey, another story researched, written and filed on the move. Magic.