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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Automotive component companies are running out of time to secure their place in front of 22 new potential customers.

The second round of applications for SMMT Meet the Buyer, closes on 21 April, and is the last opportunity that suppliers have to be considered by the OEMs and Tier-1s attending this popular business introductions event.