CEO Update

Half-year new car and van registrations show a sector on its way to recovery as manufacturers try and meet the changing demands of consumers following an incredibly challenging two years. The new car market delivered its 11th month of successive…

  This week’s International Automotive Summit provided the perfect, high profile platform to launch our “Manifesto 2030: Automotive growth for a zero-emission future”. With it came the call for all political parties to commit to five pledges which would help…

Our highly anticipated International Automotive Summit will return to the IET, London next Tuesday 27 June. Now in its 15th year, it has become an integral fixture in the automotive calendar, providing a unique opportunity for the industry, stakeholders and policymakers to…

SMMT this week landed in the golden state for the 36th International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition (EVS36) in Sacramento, hosting the UK pavilion – made up of some of the most innovative and exciting companies in electric and zero…

We started the week strongly with Monday’s figures showing how the new car and van markets are maintaining momentum, recording respectively their 10th and fifth months of growth in May. Once-persistent supply chain issues are easing and the news signifies…

The last few years have been a particularly torrid time for automotive supply chains, with the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic, geopolitical disruption and economic upheaval coming just as the sector braces for its most radical transformation in more than…

Blue skies and sunshine bathed the industry this week as a record 358 journalists flocked to SMMT’s annual Test Day at Millbrook Proving Ground to put an impressive line-up of the latest cars, vans and trucks from more than 40…

The Ts and Cs of trade agreements rarely get the public attention they may deserve, but that all changed this week as the rules of origin agreed as part of the UK-EU TCA hit the news headlines – and for…

There was good news this week as the latest figures revealed the used car market returned to growth in the first quarter. Transactions rose by 4.1% to surpass 1.8 million units after three quarters of decline, marking the best start…

Ahead of a historic weekend with the country preparing to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III, the latest new vehicle registration figures out yesterday also give cause for celebration. With the ninth month of growth for cars and the…