Plenty of celebrities have a birthday this month, and celebs love personalised number plates so let’s find the perfect plates for the birthday boys and girls this month.

Ray Parker the singer and songwriter who created the famous Ghostbusters theme song celebrated his birthday on May 1^st. We think he’d love the plate 66 RAY.  Actress Kay Panabaker born on 2^nd May 1990 might love the plate C5 KAY. George Clooney also celebrates his birthday in May and we’ve found two great plates for him. He could take his pick from GEO 26E or G36 RGE. Of course he’s very famous and very rich, so we’re sure he could snap up them both. He’s bound to have two fabulous cars to put them on!

For young Disney Channel actress Debby Ryan there are plenty of great DEB plates to choose from. We like 87 DEB and 400 DEB. X-Factor finalist Olly Murs could celebrate his May birthday with D10 LLY or MUR 12. Tennis champion Andy Murray celebrates his birthday on May 15. Ideal plates for him would be MUR 444Y or perhaps TEN 11S!

Chow Yun Fat, star of the hit film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon could be driving around with FAT IIE plates, or he could pick up A9 YUN for under £200!

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We love the idea of a co-ordinated car / personalised number plate combo and so we’ve come up with some suggestions for you to tie in your car’s make or model with a personalised plate.

If you’re a BMW owner, you’ve got plenty of brilliant choices, you could have 71 BMW, F6 BMW or BMW 200L. TVR owners also have some super plates to choose from. Some of our favourites are 4 TVR, F2 TVR and F3 TVR.

If you drive a Lamborghini you could have 10 LAM, 111 LAM or LAM 30X. Rover drivers can have B17 ROV or C10 ROV. If you have a Citroen 2CV then how about B2 CVJ or B2 CVN? Jaguar owners could pick up 75 JAG or the awesome JAG 3R. Jeep owners needn’t miss out either, we’ve spotted J505 EEP just for you. If you own a Volkswagen Beetle then there are plenty of great BUG plates. How about BUG 5S or C20 BUG? For the owner of a Rolls Royce we’ve got ROL 13R, own an MG then you can have the pick of some fabulous plates; do MG 3, MG 4 or 5 MG take your fancy?

Whatever make and model of car you drive, you’re bound to find a great plate that will match nicely with your car of choice. Of course if you don’t find a match for your make or model, you’ve got plenty of other options, pick a plate with your name on, one that advertises your business, or a plate that makes a statement about your hobbies or interests.

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We’ve been out on the street asking you what you’d love to have on your personalised car number plate if money were no object.

Karen Holdsworth said she’d love to have her name on her number plate. Everyone calls her Kaz and she thinks this would make a great plate. We agree and let her know that with a visit to Speedy Reg she could pick up AF03 KAZ for under £200!

Tom Grantley said he’d also like his name on a plate, but he’d love a really short plate as he thinks they look the coolest. We’ve found the perfect plate. 86 TOM, not only does it have his name on, but it also has the year of his birth – 1986!

Evan Smyth runs a web design company and he’s been thinking about a plate that would help promote his business. We took a look at what is available and came up with the fabulous F1 WEB, however at over £20,000 this might be a little over Evan’s budget, but he could always opt for E15 WEB for under £600. He could pick up a plate even cheaper if he wants his company name, EVS on his plate; ACO2 EVS is available for under £200!

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In today’s modern society it is possible for anyone to own a private licence plate and in fact you don’t even have to own a vehicle as many private registrations are held on a ‘Certificate of Entitlement’ or a ‘Retention Certificate,’ which means they can be held on certificate for as long as you need, however the certificate has an expiry date and therefore needs to be renewed each year.

The idea that private registrations are only associated with the rich and famous is now a thing of the past due to the fact that these types of registrations are now a lot more price competitive and many registration dealers such as Speedy Reg offer finance packages on many of their registrations on a buy now pay later basis. This makes it possible for anyone to own the registration of their dreams. Is there a registration you have always wanted yet thought you couldn’t afford it? Have you been looking at a registration for a while but don’t currently have a vehicle? Do you like the idea of having your own private registration but are not sure what you can get to suit your age of vehicle? Why not give the team at Speedy Reg a call today to discuss your options.

All you Rocky fans out there are in for a treat! Speedy Reg have just acquired personalised registration ROC 331E into stock, which is available to purchase on retention today. If you are a fan of the cult 1970′s Rocky Movies then this is the perfect registration for your vehicle.

Perhaps your nickname is Rocky or you might have a pet named Rocky, you would be surprised by the number of  people out there with private registrations with their nicknames, pet names or even favourite football or rugby team. If you would be interested in a Rocky number plate or would like to discuss any kind of personalised registration why not give the sales team at Speedy Reg a call today. They would be happy to help you find your perfect registration and discuss and queries you may have.

Have you just purchased a new vehicle and are not partial to the number plate currently held on it? Have you always wanted a private number plate but are not sure where you would go to get one or even how the system works? Speedy Reg have been in business for nearly 30 years and are experts in the sale and transfer for all sorts of registrations including private and personalised registrations.

It is very simple to find the private registration of your dreams; simply type your number of choice into Google or just type in private registrations and you will find all sorts of registration dealers listed. Select Speedy Reg and you will be brought to their state of the art website where you will find a whole host of registrations from bargain dateless numbers to the more expensive lucrative personalised numbers, which may for example spell your name or the name of a loved one.

If you are not internet savvy you can find a list of private registrations advertised in the motoring section of daily national newspapers or motoring magazines. Speedy Reg regularly advertise within these and have a list of some of the more appealing numbers as well as bargain numbers.

It really could not be simpler so why not give the team at Speedy Reg a call today?  Their team of experts are always on hand to talk you through the process as well as answering any queries you might have.

As in the UK any number plate deemed to be in any way offensive in Florida is banned, but a recent list of plates banned and those permitted doesn’t seem to show much consistency.

BE NAKED was banned but N8KED was allowed. 2BZ2PEE was not allowed, but PB4WEGO was approved. You could have DEAD MAN but not BAD MTHR, and the rather comical options of PMS MOM, 1 OLDFRT, 2HOT4TV and IPASGAS were all disallowed but JUICY 69, FLNG POO, FAT BUTT and XRATED were all let through the system without issue.  There really doesn’t seem to be a pattern to what is allowed and what isn’t!

Here in the UK we have pretty strict guidelines, the process is all undertaken by a team of real people rather than a computerised system. The human eye is good at spotting a combination of letters and numbers that could represent something potentially offensive such as PE12 VRT (PERVERT) or PA12 EDO (PAEDO). The list of banned plates in the UK covers a wide range of potentially offensive topics. Anything relating to body parts are banned such as VA61 NA, references to drugs, religion, murder or terrorism are all on the DVLA’s banned list.

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You can pick up a great DVLA number plate for a very low price. You can pick and choose your letters and numbers so there’s plenty of scope for personalisation, however, there’s one thing you must bear in mind, these are plates that show the date of issue and so you are not legally allowed to have a plate on your car that makes your car appear to be younger than it actually is, so this may limit your choice a little. You can though have a plate with an older date on, so you’re not just limited to one single year.

It’s not too much of a problem though, if you simply can’t find the plate you want within the DVLA format search, here at Speedy Reg we have a huge array of dateless plates that you can have on any car, regardless of age. Having a dateless plate needn’t be expensive either. We’ve got dateless plates starting at £99 and under. It’s the perfect solution if you’d rather hide the age of your car.

Buying your number plate from us is very easy. Using the simple search facility you’ll be able to find your perfect plate. The system will make suggestions if you put in a word or numbers you’d like included. There are plenty of payment options, whether you want to pay by credit or debit card, bank transfer, Paypal or even postal orders it’s no problem. We can even make your new plates for you at a cost of just £20 a pair and that includes VAT and P&P!

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For some people a car registration plate means nothing more than a few numbers and letters that you occasionally need for filling forms out with regards to your car. But for others, it is a sign of status or wealth or a way of personalising your car or motorcycle.

UK’s Most Expensive

Back in September of last year, Britain’s most expensive registration plate, ‘X1′, was put up for sale with a staggering £1 million asking price. This incredible price tag sits at 43 times the value of the car it is ideally suited for, the BMW X1, and over half a million up on the figure that was forked out for the ‘F1′ registration plate back in 2008.

There were rumours two years later that the owner was offered £5 million for his registration plate, but turned it down, so the record fee in the UK remains at £440,000 for the time-being.

A sign of how quickly the prices of the most sought after registration plates is rising can be seen in the previous record, as it was way down at £331,000 in 2006, held by the owner of ‘M1′.

World’s Most Expensive

Moving further afield the numbers become truly mind-blowing, with the two registration plates sitting top of the world’s ‘most expensive’ list, costing their new owners well into the millions.

In second place, over £3 million ahead of ‘F1′, was the purchase of the solitary digit of ’5′ by an Abu Dhabi based man in 2007. The final figure stood at 25 million Dirhams (£3.5 million), and when questioned about why he was willing to spend so much on the number 5, he responded by saying the number had ‘absolutely no significance whatsoever’ for him.

Head and shoulders above the rest, almost fittingly it seems, is the number ’1′ registration plate and another Abu Dhabi based owner. A member of a very rich family from the Middle East, he had to pay £7 million at an auction to get his hands on it in 2008 – meaning that the previous record for the ’5′ registration place had been blown out of the water and doubled in value. The reason given from the owner on why he was willing to pay such a high fee was that he ‘bought it because it’s the best number’.

One other notable figure who has paid big bucks is the owner of Chelsea Football Club, who purchased a much more ‘status’ related registration plate back in 2006. ‘VIP 1′ was purchased by the Russian in 2006 for a fee of £285,000, which would have made barely a dent in the billionaire oil tycoon’s fortune.

Quite how far people will go and how much they will pay for their chosen registration plate remains to be seen, but for now the UK remains way behind the biggest spenders in this market, but it might not be too long before we see the £1 million barrier broken.

Top Ten
Below is a full rundown of the Top 10 fees paid for registration plates across the UK:

10) ’1 0′ – bought for £210,242

9) ‘K1 NGS’ – bought for £231,000

8) ’1 RH’ – bought for £247,652

7) ’51 NGH’ – bought for £254,000

6) ‘GS 1′ – bought for £258,775

5) ‘VIP 1′ – bought for £285,000

4) ‘M 1′ – bought for £331,500

3) ’1 D’ – bought for £352,411

2) ‘S 1′ – bought for £404,063

1) ‘F 1′ – bought for £440,000
Alex is a freelance writer and motoring enthusiast based in Oxford, writing on behalf of MORE TH>N motor insurance. These are her own thoughts and do not represent the views of MORE TH>N

If you’re a body builder with muscles like Arnie, or perhaps you’re a boxer or you run a gym, there are plenty of great personalised number plates to reflect your unique physique or business. How about HBE 45T (Huge Beast), or more simply BEA 57T, or even BUF 11L. Of course with so many plates available, there are lots of other options too.

There are plenty of BIG plates to match your big muscles. Visit speedyreg.co.uk and you can pick up BIG 4003, BIG 2101 and lots more besides.  If you’re a gym owner, or just a gym addict, you can snap up the fabulous 73 GYM.

If you know someone who is proud of their body and they spend a lot of time striving for toned perfection, you can be sure they’d appreciate a plate to commemorate and celebrate this.  Personalised number plates that reflects the recipient’s persona really makes the perfect gift. If they’ve got abs to die for, then you could treat them to ABZ 35. If their name is Sue then there’s the perfect plate too… F1 TSU – Fit Sue! We also love 8 EEF, the ideal present for a total beefcake!

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