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This New HMRC Van Rule Will Cost You Thousands

What to study

Loss Avoidance

  • Tradespeople often pick a pickup or crew van because they think it counts as a van for tax.
  • NOT A VAN, pinned on HMRC, sits over four familiar work vehicles.
  • The title puts the cost at thousands, so owners click to check theirs.
How the packaging works
Title

'Will Cost You Thousands' makes the rule change a direct hit on the viewer's own money, and 'New' tells them the rules they know may be out of date.

Thumbnail

The grid of four vehicles lets a pickup or crew van owner find their own at a glance, and the red banner reads like an official warning.

Remix this

When a rule change affects some versions of a thing your audience owns, show the versions side by side under a blunt verdict from the authority. Let viewers find their own, and put the cost in the title.

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The transferable lesson

Show the options side by side, and let owners find theirs.

NichePersonal FinanceAutomotive
Click driverLoss AvoidanceIdentity & Self-RelevanceCuriosity Gap
Visual signalNo face

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