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.

Beware of number plate thefts appeal

POLICE in Cambridgeshire are appealing for information following a spate of number plate thefts. Officers believe the stolen number plates are being used on other vehicles in a bid to avoid congestion charges or speeding fines. It is also believed

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  • 23rd Jan, 2010

Safeguard your number plate with free police kit

FREE kits to stop number plates being stolen have been launched. The packs include a set of non-reversible screws, which replace the existing screws on your number plate to keep it securely fixed to your vehicle. They also contain window

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  • 23rd Jan, 2010

Rapid number plate reader helps locate stolen cars

During a recent city council meeting, City Manager Eileen Bensen called on Police Chief Robert Schommer to outline a homeland security grant the department has received. He said the grant was to purchase a rapid license plate reader, a device

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  • 23rd Jan, 2010

New Push Made to Give Caps Fans Their Own License Plates

State Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-31st) is patroning legislation authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specialty license plates in honor of the Washington Capitals, whose headquarters and training facility is located in Ballston. The state Senate approved a

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  • 23rd Jan, 2010

Governor wants to delay new license plate issue

PIERRE — The governor wants to wait an extra year until 2012 on a new design for motor vehicle license plates in South Dakota.State law says a new design shall be issued every five years. Under that schedule, there would

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  • 23rd Jan, 2010

Screws to stop plate theft

VICTORIA Police will crack down on number plate thefts in Werribee from today. Motorists will be provided with a set of one-way security screws during Operation Safe Plate. Transit Safety Police will distribute the screws and offer security advice at

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  • 23rd Jan, 2010

VIP numbers at a cheaper price

KOCHI: Who will be the 8055 of KL 07? (8055 reads as BOSS on number plates!) Showing off fancy registration numbers has always been a craze for Kochiites. Cashing in on this craze is a money-minting racket operating from behind

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  • 23rd Jan, 2010

Sally Bailey: Melanie Slade is a WAG with a difference

I NEVER thought I’d find myself saying “I’m a fan of a WAG” (Cheryl Cole doesn’t count), but Melanie Slade puts other footballers’ wives and girlfriends to shame. Her boyfriend, Arsenal player Theo Walcott, bought her a Ferrari for her

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  • 23rd Jan, 2010

Ready to cash in on 2010 number plates

Amod Khan, 63, of QwaQwa in the Free State owns the number plates for eight of the provinces. He was unsuccessful in his Western Cape application. “I am now keen to sell all the plates, besides the Free State one,

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  • 23rd Jan, 2010

Ohio now fines drivers for registering plates late

Since the 1980s, it has been law in Ohio that vehicle registration expires on your birthday. But because license plate stickers merely reflect the month the plates are renewed in large enough type for another motorist to see, many drivers

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  • 23rd Jan, 2010