I am currently sorting a cherished number plate transfer for my brother who is in the process of buying a newer car. The task is straightforward enough; to transfer his personalised registration from his current car to the car he is buying. It is a task I perform on a regular basis, but sometimes I [...]

Today, transferring a cherished number plate is a fairly straightforward task. It hasn’t always been that way though. When the business of buying and selling car registrations was in its infancy back in the 1970’s, things were very different.

The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) was still unsure what part it wanted to play in [...]