{"id":1793,"date":"2012-06-27T13:03:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T13:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2024-12-04T08:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:58:03","slug":"mayors-personalised-number-plate-apr-1-could-raise-30000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/27\/mayors-personalised-number-plate-apr-1-could-raise-30000\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor&#8217;s Personalised Number Plate APR 1 Could Raise \u00a330,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A call has been made for the Mayor of Bornemouth to auction off his prized personalised number plate APR 1 to raise funds for the council.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/auctionbidding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1795\" title=\"Personalised Number Plate to be auctioned\" src=\"http:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/auctionbidding.jpg\" alt=\"Personalised Number Plate to be auctioned\" width=\"92\" height=\"57\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The suggestion comes from trade union UNISON, which represents some council workers, as one easy way to cut back while saving jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the APR1 number plate was valued at \u00a330,000, the same as the Mayor\u2019s car itself.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations between the council and the union on a raft of money-saving proposals, including a voluntary redundancy trawl, are due to end in the autumn.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Oxley, campaign manager of the TaxPayers\u2019 Alliance said: \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely shocking that Poole Council still has money invested in a vanity number plate.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great example of the rising values of high quality personalised number plates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A call has been made for the Mayor of Bornemouth to auction off his prized personalised number plate APR 1 to raise funds for the council. 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