Author: Reg Plates Editor
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.

Cherished Number Plates To Carry Victorian Logo

“The place to be” is a slogan that has been a feature of Victorian number plates for many years, an uplifting message for proud Victorians, but its days are numbered. Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu thinks it is time for a

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  • 19th Oct, 2011

Road Safety Number Plates

Announcing the plan at the Liberal Party State Council in Bendigo, Premier Ted Baillieu said having a road safety message on number plates would effectively mean hundreds of thousands of reminders for motorists to drive safely. “What better place to

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  • 18th Oct, 2011

Single ‘W’ Registration Number Wanted

Regplates.com are looking to purchase a nice single digit W with a maximum of 2 numbers ie 22 W, or W22. Top cash prices paid so please email us or call if you have something you with to sell. The

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  • 3rd Oct, 2011

Tamper Proof Number Plates Announced

In a few months all vehicles in Tamil Nadu will have ‘tamper proof’ High Security Registration (HSR) Plates. This is part of a pan-India project that the Union Ministry of Transport and Highways initiated way back in 2001. The State

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  • 26th Sep, 2011

Car Number Plate Prices Reach Record High

CAR plate prices in Shanghai rose to the highest in 45 months to 52,622 yuan (US$8,222) on average in September, prompting some complaints. With automobile demand still solid, many car buyers said the license plates are turning into a hedging

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  • 19th Sep, 2011

Personalised Number Plates For Everyone?

Like Marmite and Jedward, personalised number plates are one of life’s great dividers, you either love ‘em or hate ‘em. Thanks to a new survey from insurers Elephant, we now know that down here in Dorset, in Sandbanks, they can’t

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  • 5th Sep, 2011

Britains Oldest Car Still On The Road!

Britain’s oldest car is still running like a champ after a whopping 107 years on the road, and can be seen on regular runs around Sherborne, Dorset. The car, a Wolseley 6, was built in 1904 and has just passed

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  • 31st Aug, 2011

New Number Plate System Introduced In September

A massive overhaul of the vehicle registration fee structure is about to get under way. Beginning Sept. 1, more than 1,700 registration fee categories are reduced to nine weight classifications that create a more equitable, standardized and simpler registration fee

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  • 25th Aug, 2011

Car Registration Plate Prices Rise

CAR plate prices in Shanghai rose for the eighth consecutive month in August to 52,228 yuan (US$8,173). The average price for a license plate rose 1,054 yuan from July, Shanghai International Commodity Auction Co said yesterday. The lowest price rose

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  • 22nd Aug, 2011

CHANGES ANNOUNCED TO NUMBER PLATE SYSTEM

Every year, about 300,000 cars are registered in Connecticut, so it might come as no surprise that state is running out of number and letter combinations for the marker plate alphanumeric scheme now in effect. The passenger car plate number and

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  • 18th Aug, 2011