Entries by James Saperia

DVLA Personalised Number Plate Fees Explained

There are fees payable to DVLA to perform certain tasks relating to personalised number plate ownership. Here is a brief summary of the various types of fees and what they cover. Put a registration mark on retention; £80 (used to cost £105 – reduced 9th March 2015) This is simply when you wish to separate […]

How Long Can You Keep a Personalised Registration on Retention?

This particular number plate question is asked at least once a week so I decided to make it the topic of today’s blog post. So how long can you keep a personalised registration on a DVLA Retention Document (V778) or on a Certificate of Entitlement (V750) without transferring it to a vehicle? The answer is […]

How are things with the Private Number Plates Business?

When we meet up with people we haven’t seen or spoken to in a while it is normal to ask how they are doing. This is often followed by; how is work? or, how is your business doing? Whilst we don’t like to spread the doom and gloom at Simply Registrations, there is no escaping […]

DVLA 11 Registrations – Advice

As predicted, the DVLA website could not cope with demand for the 11 series launch. The site spent most of the day offline leaving eager purchasers angry and frustrated. When the DVLA Personalised Registrations website eventually returned to normal, many customers were disappointed to discover the plate they wanted had been bought by someone else. […]

DVLA Release New 11 Series Registrations

The DVLA will soon release one of the most exciting registrations series for a long time. The 11 series, suitable for cars registered on or after the 1st of March 2011 goes on sale from 8.30am on Tuesday 7th December 2010. There is already a lot of chatter ahead of the release of the 11 […]