Ellie and Ethan MacDonald with-registrations 979 E and 801 E

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Gordon MacDonald’s children, Ellie and Ethan were featured in Issue 54 of The World of Personal Number Plates. Both had superb dateless 'E' plates although, at the time, Ethan was just 14 years old. Well, he is now 17 and finally able to join his sister behind the wheel.

“I bought the plates for Ellie, who is now 20, and Ethan, as a long-term investment and hopefully get them a deposit on buying their first property,” Gordon tells us.

“I see buying number plates as a better investment than money in the bank or an ISA. I’ve been a long-time buyer and seller of number plates and regularly purchase from Regtransfers.”

The above article appeared in Issue 54 of The World of Personal Number Plates, our very own free magazine.

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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.

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