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ONLINE WEEKLY<br />
MOTORTRADER<br />
ISSUE 4 THE VOICE OF THE CAR RETAILING SECTOR 15 MAY 2009<br />
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Scrappage scheme<br />
prepares to go live<br />
Government backed initiative did not<br />
got far enough, according to the SMMT<br />
<br />
<br />
Curtis Hutchinson<br />
<br />
<br />
THE government's scrappage<br />
scheme, which goes live on<br />
Monday (18 May), fell short of<br />
what the industry requested<br />
during its intense lobbying<br />
process earlier this year.<br />
“It's not the scheme<br />
we asked for. We would<br />
have preferred to have<br />
seen a more generous<br />
government contribution<br />
and greater flexibility in how<br />
manufacturers and ONLINE WEEKLYMOTORTRADERISSUE 4 ONLINE WEEKLYMOTORTRADERISSUE 4 02 NEWSVan sales plummet inApril as firms str 02 NEWSVan sales plummet inApril as firms strNEWS 03Used car values beginning to “settle d NEWS 03Used car values beginning to “settle d04 NEWSHigh Court rules ondemo VAT refunds 04 NEWSHigh Court rules ondemo VAT refundsNEWS 05Nissan hit by £1.6bn losses in 2008 as NEWS 05Nissan hit by £1.6bn losses in 2008 as06 NEWSFraudsters may targetV5s in scrappage 06 NEWSFraudsters may targetV5s in scrappageNEWS 07US dealers issue warning on Chapter 11 NEWS 07US dealers issue warning on Chapter 1108 NEWSRECOGNITION: New category forproduct a 08 NEWSRECOGNITION: New category forproduct a