SMMT News

1. Scotland: Clean air strategy launched
2. New car market stabilises in October after record 43 months of growth
3. CV market strong as van demand rises for ninth month in 2015
4. Labour Party announces Departmental Committee Chairs
5. Nadhim Zahawi MP: New Role as Prime Minister’s Apprenticeship Adviser
6. EEF – Manufacturers’ verdict on UK innovation support
7. Week ahead

1. Chancellor Osborne continues talks on reforming the EU in Berlin
2. Investment to go to large-scale transport infrastructure
3. Call for more research and innovation in the field of connected road transport
4. EU economy set for ‘modest’ recovery
5. Week ahead

SMMT’s weekly round-up, including all the latest news from UK automotive and a message from SMMT’s Chief Executive.

Year-to-date bus and coach demand up 23.5% to 7,715, beating 2014’s full year performance.

Strength of UK commercial vehicle market continues, with year-to-date registrations up 16.7% and a run rate double the monthly average.

SMMT has published Electric Vehicle (EV) registration figures for October 2015 and the year-to-date.

Figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show UK new car registrations dropped for the first time in more than three and a half years as market growth levelled off in October 2015.

Download November’s edition of the member services bulletin here.

SMMT will host its next Open Forum event at Automechanika Birmingham.

SMMT’s weekly round-up, including all the latest news from UK automotive and a message from SMMT’s Chief Executive. SMMT Update 392.