- [Home](https://ovmtransport.com/) - [Blog](https://ovmtransport.com/blog) - For dealers Dealers # Vehicle movements for dealers, on trade plates Dealers search vehicle movements when something is in the wrong place. A sold car at the other roof. A part-ex still on a customer's drive. A lot paid for, still on a compound. A van the LCV team promised for Monday. The phrase is generic. The job is not. OVM Ltd, Companies House SC834621. Digital proof of collection and delivery provided. 0141 459 1302. OVM Ltd, 48 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BP. Telephone 0141 459 1302. Instant Quote0141 459 1302 Before we show the price This Instant Quote is an indicative price, not a booking. Subject to driver availability. We cover nationwide, but there is no guarantee of acceptance. I agree Your quote Collect Deliver Date required Movement cost Fuel charged separately Request a Callback View PDF Share this quote # Copy link Someone from our team will contact you We have your details and the quote is saved. Most calls go out within the hour during working hours. Share this quote # Copy link 0141 459 1302 **Who books:** Dealers and van centres **What moves:** One roadworthy unit **How:** Driven on trade plates **Office:** 0141 459 1302 - Our own software Every job is booked, tracked and closed in software we built for the motor trade. - Always driven Moved under trade plates by a driver, never loaded onto a transporter. - Fully insured Motor trade road risk while the vehicle is driven on our plates. - POC and POD on every job Digital proof of collection and delivery provided when the vehicle is handed over. On this page - Map the search to the afternoon - What dealers waste a day on - What to send so we can price the dealer job - Who at the dealer actually owns the booking - Why this post exists next to the hub - One registration, one job type - Common questions ## On this page - Map the search to the afternoon - What dealers waste a day on - What to send so we can price the dealer job - Who at the dealer actually owns the booking - Why this post exists next to the hub - One registration, one job type - Common questions Need a price? Registration and both postcodes is usually enough to price it. Jump to the form ## Map the search to the afternoon OVM is a Glasgow motor-trade office that drives one roadworthy car or van on trade plates, Nationwide. That is the vehicle movement we run. It is not a loaded truck and it is not a household courier. If you clicked this from a search that usually shows transporters, read the next two minutes before you send a non-runner. The hub that defines the method is [vehicle movements](https://ovmtransport.com/vehicle-movements). This post is which dealer job you actually have, so the click turns into a booking. Stock between your own sites. That is a site transfer. Duty manager at both ends. Condition recorded so the receiving roof cannot invent a scrape. The dealer split lives on [site transfers and retail handovers](https://ovmtransport.com/dealer-delivery). A named customer who already paid. That is a retail handover. Window, parking, walkaround, signature. Not a kerbside abandon. A lot at BCA, Manheim or Wilsons. That is [auction collection](https://ovmtransport.com/auction-collection) after release. House and site both matter. Storage keeps running until it leaves. A van, not a car. Quote it as a van. Height, weight, fuel. A fleet or lease unit coming off an employee. Named contact at a house or workplace. Not a dealer yard process. Same plates. Different notes. If you send "vehicle movement" with two postcodes and nothing else, the office has to guess which of those you meant. Guessing is how a stock price lands on a customer door. ### Site transfer or retail Duty manager at both roofs, or a named buyer at a door. Same plates. Different notes. ### Auction after release House and site both matter. Storage keeps running until the lot leaves. [Vehicle movements](https://ovmtransport.com/vehicle-movements)[Site transfers and retail handovers](https://ovmtransport.com/dealer-delivery)[Auction collection](https://ovmtransport.com/auction-collection) ## What dealers waste a day on Booking the house, not the compound. Sending a driver for a lot that is not released. Assuming plates cover a dead MOT. Promising the customer a time the distance cannot do. Leaving the receiving branch off the WhatsApp. Treating six cars as one job because they are going "the same way". Each registration is its own driven movement. If a true volume load on a flexible date is cheaper on a truck, we will say so. We will not load your stock. The choice is on [trade plate delivery versus a transporter](https://ovmtransport.com/trade-plate-delivery-vs-transporter). The geography question, if what you meant was "do you actually cover this", is [national vehicle movements](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/national-vehicle-movements) and the operating model on [coverage](https://ovmtransport.com/coverage). Scotland to England is one form, not a second supplier. [Trade plate delivery versus a transporter](https://ovmtransport.com/trade-plate-delivery-vs-transporter)[National vehicle movements](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/national-vehicle-movements)[Coverage](https://ovmtransport.com/coverage) ## What to send so we can price the dealer job Registration. Both postcodes. Date. Company, phone, email. One line of job type. "Dealer transfer, both roofs manned." "Retail handover after 4, customer aware." "BCA Glasgow after release, into our prep." If it is same-day, say that. It costs more because it pulls a driver off other work. Planned is the cheaper shape. That is already on [same day versus planned trade plate delivery](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/same-day-vs-planned-trade-plate-delivery). Valid MOT. Drivable. Keys. Fuel or charge for the first leg. If any of that is missing, tell us on the quote, not at the gate. [Same day versus planned trade plate delivery](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/same-day-vs-planned-trade-plate-delivery) ## Who at the dealer actually owns the booking Sales promised a time. Prep has the keys. Accounts has the purchase order. The driver needs one of those people to be named, not all three arguing after he is in the yard. Put a mobile that rings. If sales owns the customer handover, sales is the contact. If prep owns the stock transfer, prep is the contact. A switchboard that dumps us into the showroom is how a collection window dies. Do not copy last week's notes onto a new registration. Last week was BCA Glasgow after release. This week is a customer in a cul-de-sac. Same plates. Different job. ## Why this post exists next to the hub A dealer who searches vehicle movements is often ready to book. Then they land on a page that explains driven versus loaded for the tenth time, or on a truck firm that will take a non-runner. If the car can legally be driven, use the instant quote on this page. If it cannot, stop. If you needed the phrase explained, the live explainer is [what trade plate vehicle movements are](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/trade-plate-vehicle-movements). If you needed names unpicked, [trade plate versus collection and delivery](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/trade-plate-vs-collection-and-delivery) is the comparison. Call 0141 459 1302 . Email info@ovmtransport.com. Office in Glasgow. Work Nationwide. [What trade plate vehicle movements are](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/trade-plate-vehicle-movements)[Trade plate versus collection and delivery](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/trade-plate-vs-collection-and-delivery) In practice ## One registration, one job type Site transfer, auction collection or retail handover. Same plates. Different notes. Send the line that matches the afternoon. Questions ## Common questions Prefer to speak to someone? Call the team. Instant Quote0141 459 1302 Do you only work with franchise groups? No. Franchise, independent, van centre, auction buyer. The form is the same. We need authority to take the vehicle and someone who knows we are coming. Is a dealer vehicle movement the same as recovery? No. Recovery is a failed car. This is a roadworthy car or van driven on trade plates. If it will not start, do not send this form. Can you move a car we have not taken in yet, from a customer's house? Yes, if we have authority, keys, a valid MOT and a person there. Put the customer's mobile on the booking. A part-ex that is still their car on paper still needs a real collection, not a note on the sales log. Will you work off our purchase order without the registration? We can talk. We cannot finish a driven quote without the VRM and both postcodes. Lists are fine. Blank lines are not. Where should a new booker start if they only know the phrase vehicle movements? This page, then the widget. Hub for the method if they need to show a GM what driven means. Auction hub if the stock is still behind a gate. ## Other posts [All posts](https://ovmtransport.com/blog) [Dealers ### Dealer to dealer vehicle movements on trade plates A dealer to dealer vehicle movement is stock changing roofs, not a customer taking delivery on their drive. OVM drives one roadworthy car or van on trade plates from the branch that has it to the branch that needs it. Valid MOT. Condition recorded before it leaves and again when it is signed for. Digital proof when the job closes. Read the post](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/dealer-to-dealer-vehicle-movements)[Retail ### Retail handover on trade plates A retail handover is the job your sales manager is thinking about when they say "can you deliver it". Not stock. Not a compound. A named buyer, a promised window, keys in a presentable car and a signature that will stand up if they ring back at eight o'clock. Read the post](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/retail-handover-on-trade-plates)[Explainer ### What are trade plate vehicle movements? Dealers type trade plate vehicle movements when they want one roadworthy car or van driven on plates between two postcodes. That is OVM's work. It is not a loaded truck. The movements hub is the product page. This post explains the search. Instant quote on this page or call 0141 459 1302. Read the post](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/trade-plate-vehicle-movements)[Fleets ### Fleet vehicle movements on trade plates, Nationwide Fleet vehicle movements in the UK are rarely a truck full of the same model. They are one car coming off contract at an employee's house, one van going back to a remarketing site, one courtesy unit swapping roofs, one de-fleet going to auction after it has been released. OVM drives that unit on trade plates: roadworthy, valid MOT, photographs at both ends, digital proof when the job closes. 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Send the registration, both postcodes and one line of job type. Instant Quote0141 459 1302