The ultimate guide to evil number plates. Not really, we're just joking, but after some of the nonsense we've read on the subject over the years, one might be excused for thinking that the country's morality is under threat.
A few days ago the press cottoned on to the fact that private plates are still a lucrative investment and that the market is as lively as it ever was. "Plate Prices Boom!" they declared, and "Top Prices Paid!".
It's that sinister time of year again: the time of mutilated pumpkins, grotesque masks, zombies, ghoulies, ghosties and creeping Americanisms. Terrifying.
We wrote just a while ago about the surprising resilience of the private plates market. Well, the virtual ink is barely dry on that previous post and already we find ourselves bringing more news of big sales.
The personal registrations market has repeatedly proven itself to be surprisingly resilient during difficult times: the industry fared well in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and has remained very active even during the Covid-19 epidemic.