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UK and world number plates news: September 2025

25 September 2025

The latest news from the world of number plates. Fake plates in Kent; plate persecution in Hong Kong; pricey plates in Australia and violent plate theft in Spain!

Historic plates DB 1 and HC 1 make headlines at Goodwood Revival

18 September 2025

A Bonhams auction at Goodwood Revival saw the historic number plates DB 1 and HC 1 sell for a combined total of more than half a million pounds...

UK and world number plates news: August 2025

22 August 2025

The latest news from the world of number plates. UK rise in plate crime, Jersey's super-expensive plates, Aussie crooks 3D-print fake number plates, Jeep patents a number plate flipper

Jersey's private number plate secrets revealed!

13 August 2025

In August 2025 the Jersey vehicle registration J5 was sold for £350,000 but, impressive though it was, that wasn't the most that has been spent on one of the island's plates.

UK Motoring news: August 2025

07 August 2025

A selection of UK motoring news: London fee hikes for SUVs; Happy 120th birthday to the AA; New gov discounts on EVs; Electric car sale up in June

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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.