UK car registrations fall less than feared - Financial Times

New car registrations fell 21.2 per cent in the UK last month compared with December 2007, but the pace of decline was less than the expected 35 per cent. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said the cut in value added tax from 17.5 per ...

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UK car sales tumble by 20 per cent amid calls for Government help - Times Online

The British car industry will suffer a fresh blow today when new figures are expected to show that sales fell by more than 20 per cent last month. The sharp drop coincides with mounting concern over whether the Government will deliver an aid package ...

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Car insurance costs set to soar - Times Online

Motorists face double-digit increases in their car insurance premiums this year, insurers and brokers have warned. AA Insurance estimates premiums will rise by between 10 per cent and 11 per cent during 2009. Some insurance companies claim premiums ...

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King of Punk Iggy Pop Recruited to Front GBP25 Million Car Insurance ... - Yahoo Finance

LONDON, January 2 /PRNewswire/ -- swiftcover.com, the UK's only online insurance company, is launching a major GBP25 million advertising campaign fronted by 70's rock icon Iggy Pop. Launching Sunday, 4 January 2009, the new campaign marks a step ...

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Car insurance premiums to rocket - This is Money

A rising tide of fraud and the increasing cost of personal injury claims are fuelling increases for the UK's 33m motorists. They could push the average premium of a driver with a full noclaims bonus from around £400 to £480. Even conservative ...

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Iggy Pop Fronts A Car Insurance Ad - Undercover Music News

Hell has frozen over. Iggy Pop is doing a car insurance commercial across the UK. Swift Cover car insurance has tapped the rock icon for an advertisement. Iggy adopts an online life for the ad telling people how he hasn't seen his birth certificate ...

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Woman crashed car into family home - Evening News Norwich

A woman who took her landlord's car without permission and crashed it into the front garden of a family home has been sentenced to 200 hours' community service and told to pay £650 compensation to the car's owner. Kirsty Smith, of Helsinki Way ...

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