From Covid impacts to component shortages, supply chain disruption to trade uncertainty, and regulatory change to rising inflation, the challenges the sector faces are immense. The pressures are compounded by...
SMMT’s International Automotive Summit has embedded itself as a key date in the UK automotive calendar. Taking place on Tuesday 28 June at the IET in London, the Summit brings...
This week, Autocar’s Great Women in the British Car Industry 2022 awards took place with a record number of entries – congratulations to all the winners. SMMT is delighted to...
Last month was another challenging one for UK automotive, with the new car market declining by a fifth (-20.6%), the second worst May in three decades. Similarly, registrations of LCVs...
Last year saw the first consecutive annual fall in cars in more than a century, according to SMMT’s latest Motorparc data released earlier this week. While the total number of...
Another busy week for SMMT kicked off in Birmingham at the annual Commercial Vehicle Show, which opened its doors on Tuesday to thousands of visitors eager to see all the...
Next week will see the Commercial Vehicle Show – the largest and most comprehensive road freight transport, distribution and logistics event in Britain – return to the NEC Birmingham from...
As the new car market continues to be impacted by the global shortage of semiconductors, there was some good news this week as the used car market returned to growth...
Following March’s disappointing ‘new numberplate’ registration figures, April felt all too familiar with the same pandemic-related headwinds continuing to restrict a recovery in the new passenger car and light commercial...
The incredible diversity and ingenuity of the automotive sector was out in full force on Tuesday at SMMT’s 42nd annual Test Day. This is an event that, by definition, cannot...
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