Archive for the Registration Industry Category

Are the Irish more superstitious than the English?

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Here in England we’ve got the new 13 plate. Unlucky for some perhaps, but if you buy a new car this year, you’ll have no choice but to take a 13 plate. Of course it’s not really much of an issue; if you are superstitious and really don’t want the number 13 on your number [...]

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So much choice with new DVLA plates

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

Now you can get your hands on a new 13 plate, there’s even more choice for personalisation with a DVLA Number plates. There’s literally millions of plates available, so you’ve got loads of choice. With the new 13 plate in mind, you could pick up a fabulous plate if your name is Rob or Bob. [...]

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Rob – The perfect name for a personalised plate

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

If your name is three letters long you’re lucky when it comes to buying a personalised number plates as there are so many brilliant plates to choose from. If you’re a Rob then you’re bound to find the perfect plate for you. With there being so many to choose from you’ll always find a great [...]

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Are you Well Jel for a numberplate?

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

Amy Childs, the lively red head beautician of The Only Way is Essex fame has recently spent £80,000 on a personalised number plate for her new white Jeep. The plate she chose was WE11 JEL, a local Essex phrase made popular on the show. Apparently she outbid a premiership footballer and one of the producers [...]

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Have you seen our New Website?

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Last week we launched our new Website, with our YOU our customer in mind. We have introduced a new easy to use Menu, to enable you to find your must have number plates immediately. With nearly 30 years experience in the Number Plates industry we have introduced four brand new search options: 1:  Keyword: – [...]

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Texas number plates beats state record

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

  The most expensive number plates ever sold in the state of Texas in the USA was sold this month. The plate HOUSTON raised $25,000 at the 2013 Great Plate Auction and was sold to Chris Gillman who was from, not surprisingly, Houston, Texas. The final bid of $25,000 was $10,000 more than the previous [...]

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Why do we have number plates?

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

  All cars must have number plates and each plate is unique, you’ll never find someone with the same registration as you. We’re so used to seeing them we take it for-granted but it’s really a brilliant system. Every car is linked to the owner and so it is easily traced. If your car is [...]

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Buying a personalised plate might be easier than you think

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

  You may have always fancied a personalised plate, or have someone in mind who you know would love one as a gift, but you might have thought the admin and paperwork would be too complicated and time consuming to make it worth your while. You could be very pleasantly surprised to find out just [...]

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Winston Churchill’s 1954 Land Rover fetches £129k at auction

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

A Land Rover built for Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday has been sold at an auction in Cambridgeshire for 129,000 pounds – more than twice its estimated price. The vehicle, which had been modified to enable him to be chauffeur-driven around his Chartwell estate in Kent, was expected to fetch up to 60,000 pounds, [...]

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Who is the vehicle’s keeper?

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

A recent court case regarding preregistration raised serious issues for dealers about what constitutes “keeping” a vehicle. To makes things clearer the DVLA told Automotive Insight that: “Our position regarding the term ‘registered keeper’ is clear. A vehicle should be registered in the name of the person or company responsible for taxing the vehicle. They [...]

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