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Business
Marc Reeves Business Desk 31 Mar 10
Business secretary Lord Mandelson claimed today the car scrappage scheme has been a resounding success. Demand for new cars stimulated by the scheme had saved 4,000 jobs, he said, and helped several UK plants retain or reinstate shifts.
The scheme – which closed yesterday – has helped up to 400,000 customers to buy a new car through scrappage since its launch in May 2009. Drivers were offered a £2,00o grant to scrap an old car in exchange for a new to stimulate sales of more environmentally friendly vehicles…
Automotive news
Peter Plisner BBC News 8 Nov 09
The much-publicised government scrappage scheme, where new car buyers get a discount in exchange for scrapping an old vehicle, may not be providing the promised boost to all parts of the UK’s motor industry…
Business news
Mercury 05 Nov 09
New car sales soared last month as buyers continued to take advantage of the Government’s “cash for bangers” car scrappage scheme…
Automotive business
Jonathan Walker B'ham Post 29 Sep 09
Motor manufacturers have welcomed Business Secretary Lord Mandelson’s decision to pump £100 million into the automotive industry by extending a scheme which allows customers to part-exchange old bangers for new models…
Automotive
Graeme Brown B'ham Post 7 Sep 09
Lobby groups are calling for more money to be ploughed into the Government’s car-scrappage scheme – or face a return to falling sales…
Automotive news
John Cranage Birmingham Post 3 Sep 09
Sales of new cars rose for the second month running in August thanks to the Government’s scrappage scheme, figures are expected to show tomorrow …
Business
B'ham Post 13 Aug 09
The West Midlands has accounted for nine per cent of the new cars sold under the Government-backed “bangers and cash” scrappage scheme, figures have shown…
Business
Times 6 August 09
Car sales grew for the first time in 15 months during July as people took advantage of the Government’s “cash for bangers” scheme…
Automotive
B'ham Post 29 June 09
Consumers who buy a new car under the Government’s scrappage scheme can make a “tidy profit” by selling them immediately, according to Glass’s. It says healthy demand for certain second-hand cars coupled with low levels of availability in the used car market means buyers of new cars can cash in…
Automotive business news
Birmingham Post 25 June 09
The Government’s scrappage scheme subsidising the replacement of old cars has given motor traders their best month for more than a year…