OSBORNE’S BUDGET
From April 1, 2017, Vehicle Excise Duty exemption will become rolling, permanently, on a 40-year basis. Previously, after the 2013 budget, the exemption was to be revised annually, however this years budget confirms it.
ASBESTOS EXEMPTION FOR CLASSICS
The sale of classic cars containing asbestos was, until recently, technically illegal. With many older classics using asbestos the FBHVC were seriously concerned about the ban on sale of items containing the substance. In December 2015, an agreement was signed exempting heritage cars from the ban.
SCRAPPAGE PHOTOS EMERGE
The furore caused by the emergence of a new set of photographs from within the Bedfordshire scrappage car storage site has had repercussions. An online petition to save the site’s classics from their fate has reached over 34,000 signatures at the…