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Allbase Intelligence scans the markets every day: official statistics, producer notices, trade rulings and research, checked at source, each with our view. Newest first.
Used car sales edge up in Q3 as electric share reaches 4.8%
Used car trading barely moved, and second-hand sales put no new demand on composite body panels or battery enclosures. The 23.2% jump in used electric cars is a slow, long-run signal: nothing to act on yet.
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October car registrations up 5.4% as battery electric share reaches 32.0%
Car registrations are up and battery electric keeps gaining share, though SMMT expects the gap to the Mandate to widen. Steady support for glass and carbon fibre in battery housings and panels, but nothing to act on yet.
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UK factory output grows fastest in 25 months as PMI reaches 52.8
UK factories are busier and paying more for inputs, with deliveries slowing. That busier demand competes for the same resins, glass fibre and adhesives that roofing and composite work draws on, so firmer quotes and longer waits look likely this winter.
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