Entries by James Saperia

Ugly Number Plates

We have had a busy few weeks here at Simply Registrations. We are receiving a steady level of enquiries and several of our stock personalised registrations have left the portfolio recently. We recently found new owners for the registrations 997 EMY, 10 SDM, 9 MGM, 9 JBT and just today have completed the transfer of […]

How to Buy a Set of Front & Rear Number Plates

Today we are focusing on how to buy a set of front and rear number plates. A few years ago it was possible to walk into a motor accessories shop and simply request a set of number plates. The rules were tightened to prevent people obtaining number plates which they had no right to display. […]

CNDA, CNG, MIRAD – Number Plate Dealer Associations

When buying a personalised number plate you want to make sure you are buying from a reputable dealer. A good starting point is to determine whether the dealer you are potentially going to be doing business with is a member of a trade organisation. There are currently three such groups in the UK:     […]

Grantee and Nominee Explained

DVLA use the terms Grantee, Purchaser and Nominee on the V750 Certificate of Entitlement (pink) and the V778 Retention Document (green). These terms are not used in everyday conversation and often confuse owners of personalised number plates. In this blog post we will attempt to explain in plain English what the terms actually mean and […]

Why We Need Private Number Plate Dealers

Why do we need private number plate dealers? Or what about this one; why would anybody buy a private registration from a number plate dealer when they can go direct to the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)? In this blog post we will focus on the first question and to find the answers we […]