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Supercar Driver Secret Meet 2026

06 July 2026

The Regtransfers team attended our fifth consecutive Supercar Driver Secret Meet. The UK's outstanding supercar event is hard to access but totally unique.

Fungames

12 May 2026

Potholes: the never-ending story?

23 March 2026

We look at the underlying causes of those infuriating road potholes that caused £579 million worth of damage to cars in 2024

Looking back at the UK new car market in 2025: ups and downs

27 February 2026

New car sales in the UK have actually grown for three consecutive years. In fact, sales in 2025 topped the two million mark for the first time since the Covid 19 pandemic.

UK Motoring news: February 2026

27 February 2026

A selection of UK motoring news: Ban on in-car vaping; Shocking drink-drive figures; Conviction for MOT fraud; Honda Civic safety recall and more

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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.