Reaction to van sales barometer of business in UK

By |2015-09-15T16:32:06+01:00January 7th, 2015|Van News|

Home delivery has sent van sales soaring Home deliveries are driving the UK economy through the increase van sales reported by the SMMT, according to leading British automotive economist Prof Garel Rhys. The tremendous growth of on-line shopping and the parcels industry has driven this boom The emeritus professor with University of Wales Cardiff Business School said the [...]

Van sales soared 18.7% last year

By |2015-09-15T16:32:07+01:00January 7th, 2015|Van News|

Mike Hawes, Chief Executive of SMMT who released the figures today Figures from the SMMT show 321,686 new vans registered in 2014, the highest for seven years. With big truck sales slumping by over a quarter it shows that the van industry has driven the UK automotive recovery even more than cars, which saw a sales rise of [...]

Van sales take over the fast lane

By |2015-09-15T16:32:09+01:00December 10th, 2014|Van News|

Van sales are outstripping new car sales Top five van brands in the fast lane Ford Volkswagen Peugeot Vauxhall Mercedes NEW van sales are rapidly outpacing those of new cars, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. While car sales in November rose 8%, van registrations soared over 17% up on the [...]

Van badge snobbery means a boom in van sales

By |2014-08-26T09:00:58+01:00August 26th, 2014|Van News|

More vans than ever have been launched in 2014, but badge snobbery means some will fair better than others secondhand THIS year has seen more new vans brought to market than since 2006, as manufacturers vie with one another to take advantage of the UK’s economic recovery. But the bad news for some is that victory will be [...]

February van sales leap by 28% over 2013

By |2015-09-15T16:35:00+01:00March 11th, 2014|Van News|

Peugeot enjoyed a 144.3% increase on February 2013 sales IT seems business is good – if van sales are anything to go by. You continued to buy new vans in February, with strong demand driving the entire commercial vehicle market. The month saw a substantial increase of 28.2% over February 2013, with 11,731 registrations, boosting the rolling 12-month [...]

Business confidence boosts January van sales

By |2015-09-15T16:35:06+01:00February 11th, 2014|Van News|

Ford was the top sellling brand with over twice as many sales as the next best seller WE'RE told that the economy is picking up, and it seems a good start to the New Year for van sales is bearing this out. You were certainly in the mood to buy – van sales increased in January by 12.9%, [...]

Ford flies highest in soaring van market says SMMT

By |2015-09-15T16:35:29+01:00January 13th, 2014|Van News|

The Ford Transit topped the sales charts in the best van market for 5 years. The new Transit Custom found 11,000 buyers on its own EVERYONE wants to buy a new van it seems. While the UK car industry is celebrating an almost 11 per cent rise in registrations in 2013, van dealers did even better. According to [...]

Winners and losers as van sales rise again

By |2015-09-15T16:35:35+01:00December 9th, 2013|Van News|

Of all the manufacturers, Fiat has seen the biggest rise in sales while Ford stills tops the list THE inexorable rise in van sales continued in November, with sales of vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight rocketing by 19.4%. Figures for the year to date are up 11.7%. Ford stayed at Number 1 slot, as it [...]

Big jump in September van sales

By |2013-10-11T10:27:20+01:00October 11th, 2013|Van News|

Ford continues to lead the market with more than 52,000 vans sold so far this year DEMAND for new vans from businesses and tradespeople remains strong with September van sales up by 10.3% compared with September last year. There were 43,066 new 63-plate vans registered during the month bringing the year-to-date total to 205,004 sales. This equates to [...]

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