New car sales dipped for the 11th month running during May, but it was their smallest decline since sales began falling last July after the cash-for-bangers scheme ended... more
Despite the launch of the 11 registration plate last month, new car sales fell by 7.9% to 366,101, according to the trade body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders... more
The launch of new registration plates featuring the digits '60' failed to halt another slide in new car sales in September amid fragile consumer confidence... more
New car sales plunged 17.5% in August after the scrappage scheme was phased out and ahead of the new 60 registration plates which came in this month... more
Sales of new cars slumped by 13% in July, mainly due to the ending of the scrappage incentive scheme, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders says ... more
New car sales in the UK sped up for the 11th consecutive month in May, rising 13.5% on the same time last year despite the end of the scrappage scheme... more
The British car industry today renewed its pleas for Alistair Darling to announce more support for the sector in Wednesday’s pre-Budget Report, after latest trade figures showed car sales climbed 58% to 158,082 in November... more
The pace of decline in the number of new car sales slackened dramatically last month as the Government’s £2000-for-your-old banger scrappage scheme kicked in with a vengeance ... more
The number of new cars produced last month in the UK crashed 59% according to new figures, but manufacturers can still survive, Lord Mandelson has said... more
New car sales, a key indicator of consumer confidence, fell sharply again last month, registering a 21.9 per cent dip against the same period last year... more
Vehicle production in the UK slumped by nearly half in December from the same month the year before as the credit crisis continued to hit demand hard... more
Consumer: One of Britain's leading motor dealers admitted that its profits have been wiped out this year - although it claims it is seeing a pick-up in used-car sales now... more
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of these extraordinary times is the pace of the adjustment. Redrow, the builder, this week announced that its year-on-year house sales have fallen by 45%, while figures for the housing market yesterday revealed that prices declined by 15% in the year to October.... more
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