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SMMT International Bulletin July 2013 edition

SMMT’s weekly round-up, including all the latest news from UK automotive.

1. Political agreement on 2014-2020 EU budget and 2014 election date confirmed
2. Car CO2 deal delayed following Member State lobbying
3. Parliament and Council find agreement on procurement and infrastructure
4. EU education investment valuable – OECD report
5. Week ahead

1. Chancellor delivers Spending Round statement
2.Chief Secretary outlines government’s capital and infrastructure priorities
3. Government announces £! Million for motorsport
4. Prime Minister announces 100,000 engineering apprentices
5. Road casualties down in London during 2012
6. Week ahead

Based on data which is preliminary in some cases, global demand for passenger vehicles in May was about even with the year before.

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

A £1 million competition to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) drive motorsport technologies around the world has been put on the starting grid by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts.

Find out who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership: New members – June 2013

SMMT’s weekly round-up, including all the latest news from UK automotive.