This week's TNB comes to you from Glasgow: the venue for British Car Auctions' Scottish LCV Forum.
I always enjoy these events where I both present to and debate with the knowledgeable audience on the LCV market. With the UK van registrations up strongly this year and forecast to end the year by passing the 250,000 unit mark, there was much interest in the state of the market. Today's release of manufacturing figures makes for less uplifting reading on the surface, but dig a little deeper and there's a silver lining. Domestic demand for UK-built vehicles was up a quarter in April, with the year-to-date figures around 10% ahead of 2012. Let's hope that our domestic confidence can spread to the troubled eurozone countries. Nigel Base, SMMT Commercial Vehicle ManagerFollow @TNB_News on Twitter |
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