A leading economic think tank has highlighted the importance of encouraging private sector research and development (R&D) and has said that improving the availability of finance will be crucial to sustaining the recovery and rebalancing of the UK economy.
August saw sustained improvement in new van registrations and some positive signs from the truck sector, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) have given van manufacturers a small element of hope for the recovery of the market. New van registrations for the month of July was 17,309, up 25% on the corresponding month last year, and up 0.1% to 204,514 for the rolling...
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has just published UK vehicle registration data for July, which shows 20,069 vans and trucks registered in the month; down 4.4% to 236,629 for the rolling year. There were 2,760 trucks registered in the July, down 25.8% to 32,115 for the rolling year. For vans the total...
