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06 February 2015 #SMMT News

Week in Westminster
1. UK new car registrations off to strong start in 2015
2. Rise in road casualty figures
3. New powers for business groups to tackle late payment
4. Encouraging start to the year for apprenticeships
5. New Air Quality Campaign in London
6. London: HGVs without safety equipment to be banned
7. DCMS: Radio listeners to benefit from major digital radio expansion
8. Week ahead

06 February 2015 #SMMT News

Week in Brussels
1. European Commission: Winter Economic Forecast
2. TTIP: the common position of the transatlantic automobile industry
3. Auto industry cautiously optimistic for 2015
4. Commission launches work on Energy Union
5. ECB send warning message to Athens
6. Week ahead

05 February 2015 #Bus & Coach #Registrations #SMMT News

Bus and coach registrations rose 48.6% in January to 715, the most successful start to a year since 2008. Growth was driven by a 90.4% rise in purpose-built buses, following the fulfilment of several large orders. The converted bus market

05 February 2015 #HGVs #Registrations #SMMT News

Commercial vehicle market continues growth for ninth consecutive month, up 23.2% to 24,567 units.
Truck registrations increase 38.6% to 2,518 units, led by pent-up demand in the market.
Van market continues trend of impressive growth, up 21.7% to 22,049 units.


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

05 February 2015 #Cars #Registrations #SMMT News

Positive start to the year for new car market as registrations grew 6.7% in January to 164,856 units – the strongest January since 2007.
Record growth period for whole market continues: January marked the 35th consecutive month of rises.
Growth in company car registrations particularly strong, up 18.1%* on January 2014.
4,598 alternatively-fuelled vehicles registered in January, up 60.8% on last year’s figure of 2,859.

03 February 2015 #SMMT News

The automotive industry produces some of the most innovative technologies in the world, consistently striving to increasing safety for motorists and passengers. Since 2003 the number of incidents on UK roads has fallen 37%, while the fatality rate has reduced

30 January 2015 #SMMT News

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

30 January 2015 #SMMT News

White is now the UK’s favourite new car colour after a surge in popularity in recent years. Almost a quarter of new cars registered in 2014 were white, the highest proportion since records began and up from less than 1%

30 January 2015 #SMMT News

1. £1 million to boost skills for UK innovation – UKCES
2. UK economy records fastest growth since 2007
3. Government expands Growth Deals
4. Low Emission Strategy for Scotland
5. Transport Minister promotes UK transport expertise abroad
6. Highways Agency Chief Executive to step down
7. Week ahead

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