This blog has been set up by Platinum Plates Ltd. The blog’s purpose is to provide news and information regarding DVLA number plates, private number plates, cherished numbers, car registration numbers call them what you will.

There are many different names given to distinctive vehicle registration numbers. Our business has been supplying private number plates since 1998. As well as selling car registration numbers, we can also assist registration number owners find a buyer and provide valuations free of charge. The databases that feed the Platinum Plates website are updated several times a day.

Private number plates can vary considerably in price from less than one hundred pounds up to hundreds of thousands. The record was broken in January 2008 for the price of a UK car registration number with F1, sold by Essex county council for £440,000.

The buyer of F1, was a Bradford based business man, who was delighted with the purchase. The buyer was quoted as referring to the purchase as a bargain. One thing is for sure the value of DVLA number plates continues to increase and has out performed many other investments.