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Purpose of the Post: To create and implement a strategy which promotes the UK motor industry at home and abroad, helping attract inward investment and export opportunities and positions the UK as one of the leading destinations for automotive activity…

Outline of the job: To support the development, delivery and promotion of member services projects Provide administrative support for project and committee meetings, and member engagement activities Provide administrative support for Automotive Supplier Finder and related activities To support the…

Find out who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership. New members – May 2014

SMMT will play host to three legendary hot hatch manufacturers as Ford, Renault and Volkswagen exhibit from 27 May to 5 July at the organisation’s Westminster showroom. The manufacturers will be showing the latest Ford Focus ST, Renault Clio Renaultsport…

Bentley is set to create more than 140 new jobs at its Crewe headquarters as part of a previously-announced £800 million investment programme. As part of new model preparations, the recruitment drive will welcome 90 new skilled engineers to the…

In an exhibition at its Westminster headquarters, SMMT is marking the start of the 2014 CV Show, which opens its doors this Tuesday, 29 April at the NEC in Birmingham.

Total commercial vehicle registrations grew 11.4% in March to 54,232 with the rolling year up 15.6% to 335,840. The combined March and September plate-changes typically account for around a third of the annual van market. Strong 14.6% rise to 50,064 van registrations is in line with expectations.

Demand for the new 14-plate sees March 2014 reach 464,824 new car registrations, a rise of 17.7%. Since the move to a twice-yearly plate change in 1999, only March 2004 saw higher registrations (466,954).

Find out who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership. New members – March 2014

Speaking at SMMT’s Open Forum event in the West Midlands, Joe Greenwell, CEO of the Automotive Investment Organisation, said that there is ‘real interest’ from investors in UK automotive’s growing aptitude for low-carbon R&D. “It is fair to say that…