News and Comment

UK motoring news: June 2025

30 June 2025

A selection of UK motoring news: Road deaths up; driverless buses by 2026, police to crush seized cars in 48 hours, UK's most popular cars

UK number plate news: June 2025

24 June 2025

In June's UK number plate news: comedian's plate sold at auction; stolen fuel linked to cloned and stolen number plates, and more

1 JG: the one million pound number plate?

13 June 2025

Sir John has decided that he will offer 1 JG up for sale. However, letting go of this superb registration that has meant a lot to him is not something he will do lightly or cheaply.

UK motoring news: May 2025

30 May 2025

A selection of headlines from around the UK: Dashcams grass on bad drivers, EV chargers not accessible to disabled, UK scrap tyres burned abroad

Number plate news around the world: May 2025

28 May 2025

The latest news from the world of number plates. Record-breaking auction in Dubai; concern over Estonian ANPR and new number plates for Ethiopia

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The role of DVLA

Car registrations and number plates, including personalised number plates, in the UK, are the responsibility of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, usually known as the DVLA. It issues new registrations twice a year and also maintains the central database that records details of all vehicles licensed to drive on UK roads, along with their keeper and registration information.

Regtransfers works closely with DVLA to complete registration transfers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Regtransfers is a DVLA-registered supplier of personalised number plates and is listed on the DVLA Personalised Registrations website. All number plates supplied by Regtransfers comply with DVLA's prescribed standards and regulations.

DVLA administers all UK registration transfers and issues updated registration documents when the registration number of a car is changed, or when a registration is removed from a vehicle and placed on a retention document in accordance with the DVLA Retention Scheme.

DVLA is a registered trade mark of the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency. Regtransfers is not affiliated to the DVLA or DVLA Personalised Registrations. Regtransfers is a recognised reseller of DVLA registrations.

Number plate regulations

When a car is on the road, it is an offence to display number plates bearing any number other than the vehicle's officially recorded registration number. If you purchase a private registration, learn how to transfer private plates before displaying the new number.

All registration number plates displayed on UK vehicles must comply with the official number plate regulations. DVLA oversees enforcement of number plates display regulations and maintains a register of approved manufacturers and retailers of vehicle number plates.

Regtransfers is not part of, and is not formally affiliated with DVLA.