Last year, 13,720 drivers faced hefty fines of up to £1,000 after being caught with illegally modified number plates. Without legal plates it can be difficult to trace drivers in the event of an accident, speeding camera flash or […]

Many people are hesitant when it comes to purchasing a personalised number plate as they are unsure of the fees involved. On top of the initial purchase price, you’ll typically incur other additional costs, payable to the DVLA in […]

A short but sweet update today… We are proud to announce that we’ve, once again, been selected as Best Online Private Number Plate Marketplace at the 2020 Transport Awards from SME News. This years award makes us back to back winners, […]

With the DVLA’s online services, it’s now really important that you keep the reference numbers and codes displayed on your documents confidential. That’s because, with these codes, a scammer could steal the rights to your personalised registration without you knowing. Removing a […]

Private number plates are a common sight on UK roads nowadays, but it’s not often that they cost more than the cars they adorn – or indeed than a mansion. But two private plates currently listed for sale here […]

Duncan Bannatyne, Chairman of the Bannatyne Group, serial entrepreneur and investor, best known for his appearances on TV show Dragon’s Den, has sold his number plate, 6 AVS, via the fast-growing number plate classifieds website Plate-Trader.com He initially posted […]

The Government seems to always be telling us that they’re short of money, so anyone whose reg is held on a retention certificate and not on a vehicle may have been looking nervously at the yearly renewal fee of £25. That fee has not […]

If you followed the 25th anniversary DVLA number plate auction like us, then you’ll probably now consider yourself a Ferrari expert after Ferrari plates stole all the headlines and broke a record! If you missed it, here’s what you need to know […]

If, like us, you’re fascinated by number plates, then you may be as excited as we are about the 150th DVLA auction, which is now well underway. With this in mind, we’ve carried out extensive research on the sales of […]

Many people are now using private number plates to promote their businesses. Charlie Mullins, for example, has made his fleet of vans at Pimlico Plumbers stand out with a clever range of reg numbers as you can see above. This […]

The fact that you’re reading this post means that you probably have some interest in personalised number plates, and if you’ve looked for a personal plate before you’ve probably seen some of the crazy, out of this world, downright […]

The DVLA yesterday announced the list of numbers available at its 25th Anniversary Auction at The Vale Resort, Hensol near Cardiff in late November. Hidden in the middle is the number 25 O (i.e. the number 25 and the […]

Hello again number plate buyers and sellers. Just wanted to let you guys know that we’ve recently updated our eBay fees page to reflect eBay’s newest charging structure, and thought it was worth a mention on our blog for those […]

The DVLA carefully tiptoe down the line between good and bad taste. Their decisions spare us those up and coming registrations that may cause offence. Just recently, they spared us WA11 KER at the last minute, only to change […]

New private number plate ideas are hard to come by. If you’ve searched for your name or initials and not found anything you like, you may be tempted to give up looking…   …we know, we’ve been there in the past! This […]

Great cars deserve great plates and whilst there are millions of registrations available, every now and again you see one that stands out above the rest. Below you will find 10 of our favourite private and cherished number plates. 1. F1 […]

If you’re looking to sell your number plate fast and for instant cash then you’re in the right place. In this post we’re going to go over the options if you want to sell your private reg now, and the […]

I was talking to one of my friends the other day who is currently looking to buy a private plate and naturally approached me for advice. I won’t bore you with the full details of our conversation (mainly because […]

We’ve had a few of you guys asking about the legal spacing and lettering on plates since we started producing them and launched our online number plate designer, so we thought we’d write a post to hopefully clear the […]

Okay, so we were checking our search engine rankings as we often do, and noticed that every time we type in “sell my number plate” or “sell number plate” etc. Google suggests adding “to the DVLA” at the end, […]