SMMT
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Market Insight 29 SepNew SMMT support scheme offers car dealers 'Safe Harbour' from COVID-19
Car retailers could avoid COVID-19 insolvency and help retain automotive sector jobs after being offered support from the Society of Motor Manufacturer and Traders’ (SMMT) Safe Harbour scheme.
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Car Dealer News 29 SepSMMT launches fund to save at-risk automotive apprenticeship jobs
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has launched a new support programme that will provide up to £100,000 to cover the salaries of apprentices that are at risk of redundancy.
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Market Insight 25 SepSMMT fears ‘disturbing times’ ahead after 44.6% August car manufacturing decline
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has expressed its fears of “disturbing times” ahead after UK car manufacturing declined 44.6% by volume in August.
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Market Insight 14 Sep
Automotive leaders unite in plea to avert £100bn no deal Brexit ‘disaster’
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has teamed-up with automotive industry bodies from across Europe in a plea to avert what they have referred to as a “€110bn no deal Brexit disaster”.
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People News 11 SepGreat Women in the British Car Industry event to live stream on September 16
PSA Group's Linda Jackson, former England Cricket captain Clare Connor and Bentley Motors board member Astrid Fontaine will appear in Autocar’s annual Great Women in the British Car Industry event as it goes virtual for 2020.
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Market Insight 4 SepPaving Road to Zero demands £16.7bn EV investment by 2035, says SMMT
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMTS) has called for a Government incentives and binding charge point infrastructure commitments to boost electric vehicle take-up on the ‘Road to Zero’.
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Market Insight 4 Sep
Retail new car registrations 'stable' as August market declines 5.8% overall
The new car market fell by 5.8% in August, but private demand remained steady to absorb the majority of losses that came from business and fleet registrations.
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Market Insight 27 AugNo room for ‘no deal’ Brexit to stifle UK car manufacturing, says SMMT
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has warned that the car manufacturing sector must not endure the “further shock of a ‘no deal’ Brexit” as it fights back from COVID-19 lockdown.
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Used Cars 11 Aug
SMMT reveals COVID-19’s ‘devastating’ impact on Q2 used car sales
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has revealed that used car sales volumes declined by 48.9% as COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic delivered a “devastating” impact to trading.
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Market Insight 7 AugNew car sales show market promise for September plate change, says carwow
Carwow’s new car sales for July 2020 were up 10.43% compared to the same period last year, painting an optimistic picture for dealers.
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Market Insight 5 Aug
Pent-up demand drives 11.3% rise in July new car sales, reports SMMT
Car retailers’ efforts to embrace the demand pent-up among new car buyers during COVID-19 lockdown has resulted in an 11.3% rise in July’s new car registrations.
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Market Insight 31 JulA third of car buyers don’t know what a 'hybrid' is, survey finds
A new survey by DesperateSeller.co.uk has revealed that 30.9% of UK consumers, don’t understand what a hybrid car is.
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Market Insight 30 JulCOVID-19 and Brexit could cost UK car manufacturers £40bn by 2025, says SMMT
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) expects 32% fewer cars to be produced in UK factories in 2020 after volumes declined by 48.2% in June.
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Market Insight 29 Jul
Exclusive: UK's 2020 new car sales forecast downgraded again by SMMT
The forecast for the UK new car market has been downgraded again as the government continues to ignore calls for stimulus measures specific to the automotive sector.
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Market Insight 10 JulSMMT data ‘didn’t tell the right story’, says Vertu CEO Robert Forrester
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester has said that the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) June registrations data “didn’t tell the right story”, insisting that the reality was far more positive.
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Market Insight 9 Jul
SMMT ‘bitterly disappointed’ by Chancellor’s omission of automotive stimulus
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has expressed “bitter disappointment” over the omission of an automotive sector stimulus package in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s ‘mini budget’.
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Latest News 6 JulAM’s Retail Review webinar to rev-up retail for COVID-19 recovery
There is still time to register for the Automotive Management (AM) Retail Review webinar to gain insights from sector specialists from Auto Trader, BDO, Cambria Automotive and Suzuki GB.
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Market Insight 6 JulNew car sales reach 145,377 in first month from COVID-19 lockdown
"This is not a recovery and barely a restart," warned SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes today as its data showed 145, 377 new cars were registered in June, the first month out of lockdown for car showrooms in England and Northern Ireland.
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Market Insight 26 JunSMMT renews Government support plea after 95.4% May car production slump
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has called for “dedicated support to drive a successful restart” after revealing that COVID-19 shutdowns caused a 95.4% slump in UK car production in May.
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Car Manufacturer News 24 JunRecovery may take until 2022, Volkswagen boss warns
If there’s no second wave of COVID-19 there is plenty of hope for a V-shaped economic recovery, the SMMT Summit was told yesterday.
