Private plates
Private registrations, age identifiers, area codes and new plate releases explained.
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When Do New Number Plates Come Out? The 76 and 27 Plates Explained
New registrations arrive every March and September. Here’s how the 76 plate works, what the 27 plate will look like in March…
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Personalised Plate Ideas (and the Ones the DVLA Bans)
Clever ways to personalise your plates legally – names, initials, dateless numbers and show plate slogans – plus the combinations the DVLA…
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Private Number Plates: Buying, Transferring and Retaining (V750, V778)
How private registrations work in plain English – buying one, the V750 and V778 certificates, putting it on your car, taking it…
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How to Read UK Number Plates: Age Identifiers and Area Codes
What every part of a UK registration means – the memory tag, the age identifier and the random letters – with a…