Jazz up your automobile with a personalised number plate!

First thing’s first – you need to work out what you want your number plates to display! It can be you name or nickname, your initials – or even those of your nearest and dearest! You can even include your date of birth. Try these ideas on for size:

- N16 GKM November 16th (date of birth) George K Moore - X40 JHD Kiss, 40th birthday, Jannet Hannah Davies - G4 STH Garry South

You can have snazzy little phrases such as IM AOK, CYA L8R or I LUV U…as long as you are creative, and the number plates haven’t already been registered, the sky’s the limit!

Once you have chosen your number plate idea, a good place to start is Reg Transfers UK.

Generally, when registering a new plate you need to provide your V5, MOT if applicable and a copy of your tax disc or a note of your current tax expiry date. The transfer fee is around 80GBP. If your vehicle happens to be stolen and has not been recovered after a year you can apply to have its registration number re-assigned to your replacement vehicle providing certain conditions are met.