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12 Nov 2026

Wales is investing £4.5 million in cycling tourism ahead of the Tour de France Grand Départ in 2027, with funding supporting cycling hubs, bike hire, trail...

11 Nov 2026

New powers to give local leaders greater control over shared e-bike schemes, including tackling nuisance parking and antisocial behaviour, are among a number of proposed...

10 Nov 2026

Fairer business rates and better support for independent retailers will be the priorities of the new president of ACT parent company Bira.

10 Nov 2026

The ACT and Cytech joined industry experts for a NextGen Mechanics webinar exploring Europe’s bicycle mechanic skills shortage and the work under way to strengthen...

9 Nov 2026

ACT parent company Bira has warned that Scottish shops risk falling further behind unless next month’s Scottish Budget closes the business rates gap with England and Wales.

9 Nov 2026

The ACT, along with parent company Bira, has joined dozens of trade bodies, safety organisations and businesses in calling on the Government to introduce stronger rules to prevent unsafe...

6 Nov 2026

ACT has published guidance for retailers following SRAM’s stop-sale and stop-ride notice affecting certain RockShox ZEB forks.

3 Nov 2026

Independent retailers must keep evolving and innovating to survive and thrive, according to the former president of ACT parent company Bira.
 

29 Oct 2026

The E-Bike Summit will return to London on 26 April 2027, with the E-Bike Positive campaign, co-managed by the Association of Cycle Traders (ACT) and the Bicycle Association (BA), confirmed as a...

28 Oct 2026

Cytech technical three, the highest attainable qualification in professional cycle maintenance within the Cytech syllabus, is now available through training provider Life Cycle.

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Get your free retailer pack now by signing up on the Local Bike Shop Day website

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

LBSDay 

Independent cycle shops can sign up free of charge to take part in this year's Local Bike Shop Day taking place this Saturday 28th August!

This year Local Bike Shop Day is focussing on:

Back to School; what better time than now to start encouraging the younger generation to start using an efficient, environmentally friendly and healthy mode of transport? With people currently being discouraged from using public transport cycling is the perfect solution to get children to school safely.

Keeping the nation cycling through to autumn; 2020 saw the use of bicycles reach an all-time high, with data showing that cycling levels during lockdown rose by up to 300%. Let's show these new cyclists that there are endless reasons to continue cycling throughout 2021.

Once you have signed up spread the word to your community and encourage more people to get involved with the hashtag #SupportYourLocalBikeShop and #LocalBikeShopDayUK!

 

Get your hands on a FREE retailer pack!

Retailers have until 1st August to sign up on the Local Bike Shop Day website and receive a physical pack in the post to help them promote their business on the day and drive footfall into their store. This will include a poster, door stickers and flyers.

To get yours now make sure you sign up at: localbikeshopday.co.uk/sign-up-now/.

 

Sign up now

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