UK car production nearly halves in August

There’s more grim reading from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders about the impact of the Covid-19 restrictions on the car industry. It says production declined 44.6% in August, with just 51,039 units rolling off factory lines as efforts to ramp up production stalled amid the coronavirus crisis. It adds there is weak demand […]

Heard takes over as SMMT’s Industry Forum CEO

The consultancy and training arm of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has a new CEO. Paul Heard will take up the role at the SMMT Industry Forum on the 1 July, replacing Dr Chris Owen. For the last 20 years Hard has been in management and consultancy roles with EV Cargo, QT Consulting, […]

Record fall for new car sales in April

New car sales were down more than 97 per cent in April, to their lowest level “in living memory”. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders says new car registrations numbered just 4,321 in the month and it expects 2020 to see the lowest number of sales since 1992. It wants car dealerships to be […]