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UK car sales

  • Car industry in shock and fuel prices climb as government scraps all grants for electric vehicles

    shock announcement

    There is widespread shock and surprise in the car industry this morning as the DfT said all grants for new EVs have been scrapped.

  • Jaguar Land Rover halts all sales to Russia while BMW’s Mini plant ends production due to Ukraine conflict

    Ukraine war - impact

    Sales by car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to Russia has been suspended following the invasion of Ukraine. The firm announced that it made the decision due to the “wellbeing” of its workforce and those “within our extended network”. Sanctions imposed on Russia have heavily restricted the ability of companies to sell goods there. JLR, [...]

  • Vertu exceeds market expectations in six-month results

    Vertu exceeds market expectations in six-month results

    Automotive retailer Vertu has exceeded market expectations, registering a £51.8m adjusted profit before tax on revenues amounting to £1.9bn. In the six-month period ending 31 August, the company reported a gross margin of 11.6 per cent as well as a £57.3m net cash flow, compared to £36.5 registered in the first quarter of FY2021. “The [...]

  • Vehicles are the UK’s most valuable export as revenues reach £27bn

    October 12, 2021

    UK export revenues for vehicles have reached £27bn in 2020, making vehicles Britain’s most valuable trade good. In a report published today, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) highlighted how the British automotive sector kept on generating revenue even during the Covid-19 pandemic. As a whole, the country’s industry produced a £74bn total [...]

  • Exclusive: ‘Petrol anxiety’ fuels interest in electric cars, says Auto Trader exec

    September 29, 2021

    Since panic buying of fuel started at the end of last week, there has been a significant increase in interest in electric vehicles. Searches for used EVs increased by over 60 per cent versus the previous weekend, according to Auto Trader, by far the UK’s largest automotive marketplace. “The events of the past few days [...]

  • Glencore invests in Britishvolt’s electric battery gigafactory plans

    August 17, 2021

    Mining giant Glencore is investing in the battery start-up Britishvolt and its construction of a gigafactory to support the UK’s car industry transition to electrical vehicles. As part of the partnership, Glencore will also supply cobalt, one of the key raw materials used in electric batteries, the Financial Times reported. As the biggest producer of [...]

  • Motorways and A-roads to benefit from £200m injection amid staycation boom

    August 9, 2021

    The government is set to inject £200m into improving motorways and major A-roads in the southwest of England, so Brits can have smoother rides to see long-missed families. Now domestic travel restrictions have eased, Brits are well on their way to seeing the family and friends they had missed over the previous 15 months of [...]

  • UK shoppers sticking with online shops despite restrictions relaxing

    June 29, 2021

    Online e-commerce sales continued to grow in April, despite the reopening of non-essential retail across the UK. Demand for e-commerce packaging, a barometer for industry and sector performance, grew 11.7 per cent in April, despite brick-and-mortar shops reopening in the same month. This followed a 35.6 per cent increase in demand in the year up [...]

  • European car sales soar 250 per cent after lockdown

    May 19, 2021

    European car sales soared back from lockdown lows last month, new figures from continental auto body ACEA showed today. Sales across the EU, EFTA, and UK rose 256 per cent altogether, rising from just over 292,000 cars last April to nearly 1.1m a year on. The massive rise is down to the fact that a year [...]

  • Europe car sales pick up speed in March to erase early-year declines

    April 16, 2021

    Europe’s monthly car sales leaped 63 per cent in March as markets overcame Covid restrictions to recover from a pandemic crash, according to new data. Registrations in the EU, EFTA and UK markets rose to 1.39 million year-on-year, data from industry association ACEA showed on Friday. The resurgence erased an early-year decline to shoot sales [...]

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