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Ten reasons to #unlockUKauto
1 - Safe Spaces: Car showrooms are some of the easier retail premises to accommodate social distancing
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
Ten reasons to #unlockUKauto
1 - Safe Spaces: Car showrooms are some of the easier retail premises to accommodate social distancing
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
2. REDUCING THE BURDEN ON GOVERNMENT: Reopening showrooms will allow many to get back to work, saving the tax payer up to £41m a day.
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
3. RETAILERS ARE READY: Dealers have been preparing to reopen for weeks, with many already offering ‘click and collect’.
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
4. SUPPORTING JOBS: UK automotive retail employs 590,000, who together work to drive a sector worth £200 billion. Opening dealerships now will accelerate the market’s recovery.
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
5. BOOSTING THE ECONOMY: Automotive retail, including aftersales, contributes an annual £36bn to the public purse, and with new car sales to private buyers alone generating £5.4bn in VAT and VED
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
6. HELPING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK SAFELY: Government is encouraging people who cannot do their jobs from home to return to work if they can. For many, this makes access to a car more important than ever.
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
7. CUSTOMER DEMAND: Many people were unable to take delivery of new vehicles or shop around as their finance and lease deals came to an end before lockdown, and re-opening showrooms will allow this demand to be fulfilled.
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
8. ACCELERATING FLEET RENEWAL: With every new model to market emitting on average 8.3% less CO2 than those they replace, boosting fleet renewal will support a greener recovery for the UK.
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
9. SUPPORTING UK MANUFACTURING: British car manufacturing delivers £18.6bn to the economy every year, supports 168k highly skilled & well paid jobs across all regions & as our biggest exporter of goods
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
10. TECHNOLOGY AND CHOICE: There are more than 440 car models to choose from in the UK in shapes, sizes and fuel types to suit all driving needs, with almost a quarter (23%) alternatively fuelled.
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
#unlockukauto
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/uk-auto-calls-for-car-showrooms-to-re-open-as-new-calculations-reveal-61-million-daily-cost-of-closure/
