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Car production ends 18 months of decline
- 29/04/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK car production grew in March ending a run of months of consecutive decline. According the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, UK car production rose 46.6 with 115,498 cars manufactured. Compared with the five-year March average, production was down 22.8%, equivalent to a loss of 34,047 units, and some [...] -
SMMT Business Preparedness Programme: People – Immigration and Mobility (webinar)
- 30/03/2021
- Posted by: Simon Wait
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SMMT will be joined by the Home Office who will provide attendees with an overview of the UK points-based immigration system and what companies are required to do if they are looking to recruit from outside the UK. The mobility provisions agreed as part of the UK-EU trade and co-operation agreement and how these [...] -
SMMT Production Outlook (webinar)
- 24/03/2021
- Posted by: Simon Wait
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Ian Henry of AutoAnalysis will present his latest outlook for UK and European car and light vehicle production through to 2026. The outlook is the first since the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement was reached in December, followed by a Q&A. Free for members; £120 for [...] -
Motor industry looks for female talent
- 23/05/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The UK motor industry is on the search for the most influential British women in the sector this summer, after research by the Automotive Council found that women working in automotive manufacturing are outnumbered by men three to one. In the UK as a whole, just nine per cent of UK engineering employees are female, [...] -
Manufacturing sees best Q1 since 2004
- 28/04/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Categories: Magazine, News
British car manufacturing continued its strong growth in March with output increasing 9.8% to 159,074 units, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Overseas demand showed the biggest gains, up 14.3% in the month, while production for the home market was broadly [...] -
Van overloading undermines tech advances
- 26/04/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Advances in van safety technology could be undermined by dangerous overloading, warns the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) today. Almost nine in 10 (88.5%) of the 2,381 vans weighed last year by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were found to be overloaded, a worse record than the [...] -
UK car production reaches record high
- 19/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
British car manufacturing has hit its highest level for the year-to-date in a decade, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 1,318,452 new cars rolled off UK production lines in the first 10 months of the year, the best performance since 2005 and up [...] -
2015 record year for car sales
- 12/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
According to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), new car sales dipped by 1.1% in October. However, CAP urges the industry and the public to look at the bigger picture and applaud a record year for new car sales in 2015. No growth in November and December will still result in [...] -
Automechanika Birmingham to host SMMT Forum
- 02/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) will host its next Open Forum event at Automechanika Birmingham, the UK’s first trade show dedicated to automotive supply chain and aftermarket companies. SMMT Open Forum brings together UK automotive industry delegates for a day of insightful discussions and [...] -
UK moves towards record vehicle production
- 13/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The UK automotive industry is on course to break manufacturing records by the end of the decade, according to a new forecast report launched today by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Annual car production is expected to pass the two million milestone by 2020 – breaking the current record of [...]