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.

New GP Number Plates

Johannesburg – Gauteng motorists will have to fork out about R400 for a set of number plates when the province introduces its new intelligent plate system in April. The new plates will be made of aluminium, with security features such

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  • 15th Jan, 2010

New Montana License Plates

Plain blue Montana license plates with white letters boasting “Treasure State” went on sale this week in motor vehicle offices for the first time in 35 years, as the new retro design gradually replaces old plates over the next five

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  • 14th Jan, 2010

A brief history of car number plates

Since their humble begining in 1903, cherished numbers have continued to increase in popularity often adding the finishing touch to our prized posessions and very often prove to be a valuable investment. The Motor Car Act 1903, which came into

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  • 13th Jan, 2010

January DVLA Auction approaching

Our next auction is fast approaching and we need your completed bidding agreement forms back soon to enable us to secure your perfect private plate. The number plate auction is to be held on the 26th, 27th and 28th January

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  • 13th Jan, 2010

World News – DNR reveals wild license plates

Two new Iowa license plates to help fund natural resources will be available for purchase at county treasurers’ offices this spring. The plates were unveiled by Lt. Gov. Patty Judge Saturday at the State Capitol during the Resource Enhancement And

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  • 12th Jan, 2010

January Sale Madness!

It’s that time of year again when the pre-Christmas cherished number plate buyers rush subsides and the Image Registrations team are looking to discerning investors for offers on our stocks of private plates. Why not give the guys and gals

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  • 11th Jan, 2010

Tory swindler’s secret sports car found at kennels

Tory swindler’s secret sports car found at kennels Jan 10 2010 Steve Smith, Sunday Mail A RARE luxury car bought by Tory swindler Janet Perrie has been discovered hidden in the grounds of her kennel business. The convicted fraudster purchased

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  • 11th Jan, 2010

SIMI Number plate changes

The motor industry plans to lobby the government to change the registration system for new cars to avoid the concentration of sales in January each year. Industry figures believe that a new number plate system would help to spread business

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  • 11th Jan, 2010

Number Plate Scanners

A controversial tool police say helps catch stolen cars and dangerous drivers could become a common sight on Island roads. But civil liberties advocates worry that automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) technology lends itself too easily to misuse and abuse.

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  • 11th Jan, 2010

Hurdles Number Plate

Commonwealth Games medal hopeful Rebecca Wardell has come up with a novel way of giving her campaign budget a much-needed leg-up – selling off her prized personalised number plate. Wardell is chasing a medal in the heptathlon at this year’s

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  • 11th Jan, 2010