SMMT News

SMMT is offering automotive suppliers a direct path to the financial sector at this year’s Meet the Funder event, which will take place on 24 October 2013 at Cranmore Park, Solihull.

Toyota has opened up its car manufacturing plant in Burnaston to young people from the local area, giving them a unique insight into the opportunities available to them in the automotive industry.

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

1. Commission signs €4 million grant for sustainable urban mobility
2. New ACEA Secretary General takes up office
3. EUCAR publishes research and innovation priorities
4. Regulatory issues top the agenda of second round of EU-US TTIP negotiations
5. Week ahead

1. September new car registrations rise 12.1%
2. New funding for Traineeships scheme announced
3. Roads Minister speaks at SMMT’s Conservative party conference event
4. Green buses to get additional government funding
5. Science and engineering teaching receives £400 million boost
6. Week ahead

Bus and coach registrations up 13.5% to 1,036 units in September.

Total CV registrations were strong in September, up 12.4% 49,197 units registered in the month.

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

63-plate boost helps September market rise 12.1% to hit 403,136 registrations.

Stephen Hammond MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, used the Conservative Party Conference to set out the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for developing low-carbon technologies within the automotive sector.