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SMMT’s weekly round-up, including all the latest news from UK automotive and a message from SMMT’s Chief Executive. SMMT Update 416.

SMMT’s Events Newsletter for May 2016, with the latest information on SMMT, Industry and International events. Events Newsletter, May 2016.  

Today, SMMT released figures for March pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in March 2016 that were defined as pre-registrations. CLICK HERE: Download the March 2016 release.

UK Logistics Forum Mark Poulton, Director, Purchasing and Logistics, UK and Ireland, General Motors   Michael Martin, VP Strategic Development Global Automotive, DHL   Natalie Chapman, Head of Policy, Freight Transport Association   Prof. Alan Braithwaite, Visiting Professor, Cranfield University…

Positive first quarter, with overall production volumes up 3.5% to 667,888 units. UK demand for British-built engines grows 24.6% in March, with 97,326 units produced. Total engine output steady in March, down -1.5% on last year.

UK commercial vehicle manufacturing saw a decline in March 2016, according to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 8,398 CVs were built in Britain last month, down -13.0% compared with the previous year as the market rebalanced following a particularly strong performance in March 2015.

The Welsh automotive industry kicked off 2016 in rude health as almost quarter of a billion pounds of fresh investment was announced for the sector in the first three months of the year, according to research revealed today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

UK car production grows 9.8% in March, with 159,074 cars built – one every 16 seconds. 443,581 cars made in the first quarter, rising 10.3% as productivity reaches record levels. Q1 demand up at home and abroad, with domestic output…

Find out who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership. New members – April 2016

Advances in van safety technology could be undermined by dangerous overloading, warns SMMT. Almost nine in 10 (88.5%) of the 2,381 vans weighed last year by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were found to be overloaded, a worse record than the previous year in which 84% of the 3,337 checked were illegal.