Author: Jon Cherry
Jon Cherry is a Director of leading personalised number plate dealer Regplates.com. Jon has over 25 years industry experience handling some of the most expensive plates ever sold with many high profile and celebrity clients. Active since 1991 in the number plate industry, Jon is currently Chairman of the Cherished Numbers Guild, a trade body representing number plate dealers in the UK. Jon has written many articles on the industry and insight into the future of numberplates and the market as a whole.

DVLA Personalised Number Plate Auction Results

The January DVLA Personalised number plate auction brought some amazing results. The registration number DH11 LON sold for £61,000 hammer price and JO11 NNY sold for £24,000 on the hammer. Thankfully not all of the private plates sold for such

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  • 8th Feb, 2012

Introduction Of New Number Plate System

The order from the Supreme Court regarding the implementation of the number plates scheme came on a PIL by former Youth Congress president Maninderjit Singh Bitta, seeking implementation of the recommendation of an expert committee set up by the government

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  • 8th Feb, 2012

Private Number Plates Made Easy To Remember

Hoping to make it easier for crime victims and witnesses to recall personalised number plate numbers, Massachusetts may begin handing out plates with fewer characters and a symbol in place of one digit. The proposal is the brainchild of Gary

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  • 1st Feb, 2012

DVLA Personalised Number Plate Auction Approaching

February 2012 sees the latest bout of personalised registration number plates to be auctioned by the DVLA. The auction held at Stratford Upon Avon will see 1500 lots offered. As usual the Regplates team will be on hand to bid,

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  • 30th Jan, 2012

Personalised Number Plates For Dubai

Transport bosses in Dubai are looking into rolling out a personalised registration plate system for drivers in the emirate. The RTA already auctions off a range of distinctive numbers, such as ‘K111’ or ‘K20’, raising millions of dirhams a year.

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  • 26th Jan, 2012

Personalised Number Plates Help Pay For School Fees

The most popular personalised car number plate in Washington just went crimson. Dispensing with fancy graphics and multiple layers of color, Washington State University unveiled a simple red number plate with white lettering and the WSU Cougar logo on the

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  • 25th Jan, 2012

Update On High Security Personalised Numberplates

The number plates will help the police keep a tab on cases of vehicle theft, which register a rise of 11-12% every year. In 2010, nearly 2,331 cases of vehicle theft were registered in the city, while the number rose

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  • 23rd Jan, 2012

Personalised Number Plates For Rickshaws!

The rickshaws fitted with scooter engines used to move freight – may start having number plates, if this Government proposal were to be implemented. Jugaads are tricycles, usually fitted with scooter engines and cost about Rs 20,000. They can handle

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  • 19th Jan, 2012

Regplates.com Number Plate Ipod App Arrives

Man & Woman buying reg plate online

The team at Regplates.com have been hard at work building an Ipod application. The app is now live and ready for download. You can click on the link below or simply search for “Regplates” in the app store. The number

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  • 17th Jan, 2012