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10 April 2015 #SMMT News

Car owners who have enjoyed top-class service from their local garage are being urged to go online to enter them for a national competition that celebrates the country’s best garages. Top performing garages from across each UK regions will be shortlisted for the nationwide Garage of the Year competition which will be awarded in June to the UK’s best car service and repair workshop.

10 April 2015 #SMMT News

1. SMMT – Vehicle Registrations April 2015
2. Liberal Democrats policy: £100m prize for ULEV manufacturers
3. BCC – Q1 2015 Quarterly Economic Forecast
4. Week ahead

10 April 2015 #SMMT News

1. Implementation of EU trade and investment agreements
2. CBI – Access to finance is a priority for CMU
3. IMF calls for economies to work together to avoid decade of low growth
4. OECD – Eurozone growth momentum strengthening
5. Tony Blair warns of EU chaos in case of referendum on Europe
6. Week ahead


Bus and coach registrations increased for a third consecutive month in March, rising 15%.
Significant growth for both purpose-built buses and coaches, as a result of the March plate change with operators investing in new vehicles.
Purpose-built buses rose 111.2% to 340 units in March, purpose-built coaches 36% to 223 units.

08 April 2015 #HGVs #Registrations #SMMT News

Commercial vehicle market grows 25.3% in March to 67,965 units, due to positive van and truck performance.
Van registrations led by 2.5 – 3.5t vans, up 23.8% to 34,007 in March.
Third consecutive month of increased truck demand sees 41.0% growth so far this year.

08 April 2015 #SMMT News

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

08 April 2015 #Cars #Registrations #SMMT News

Record month with nearly half a million, 492,774, cars registered in March, up 6.0% on last year.
Fleet market continues to drive growth, highlighting confidence of British businesses‎.
Contribution to economy and job creation from UK automotive underscores need for consistent policies to let the sector flourish‎.


Today, SMMT released figures for February pre-registrations in the UK new car market.

02 April 2015 #SMMT News

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