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Ticket sellers, Factory homes, Diesel cars

Two websites are closed in the battle against ticket touts, the growth in homes built on the factory floor and assembled on site, and is the market for diesel cars cooling off?

You and Yours reports on the latest developments in the battle against ticket touts.
This morning Ticketmaster - the UK's biggest official seller for concerts and events - announced it will close down its secondary ticket sales businesses in October.
The decision to close the two businesses, Seatwave and Get Me In, has been hailed as a huge victory of consumers who've been protesting for years about the sales of vastly inflated tickets on secondary sales sites.
We speak to Reg Walker, a ticket security expert from The Iridium Consultancy.

A growing number of companies are now building houses on the factory floor and then assembling them on site.
They're called modular homes and are constructed from pre-made parts and unit modules that can be easily transported and put back together.
In Scotland, these pre-made homes are providing housing in remote spots where it might otherwise be tricky to build.
Our reporter, Jon Douglas, goes to see what's involved.

We investigate whether the market for diesel cars is cooling off.
Last week we learnt that sales of new diesel cars fell by nearly 25 per cent.
Now You and Yours has seen figures that show sales of used diesel cars are falling too.
They reveal that 41 per cent of used car dealers are now selling fewer diesel vehicles than a year ago.
We visit a car dealership in Greater Manchester, to find out how consumer confidence in used diesel cars is holding up there.
We also speak to Pete Williams from the RAC who helped produce the latest figures.

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Tara Holmes.

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  • Mon 13 Aug 2018 12:15

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