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11 Oct 2024

ACT parent company Bira has responded to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor for September 2024

10 Oct 2024

Cycle to Work scheme provider Gogeta has reported a significant increase in the number of employers signing up to its scheme.

9 Oct 2024

A UK cycling charity focused on recycling unused bikes and providing them to disadvantaged people has set up a fundraiser to help tackle significant increases in its costs.

9 Oct 2024

Long-standing independent bike shop Cyclesense has revealed a complete rebrand as it seeks to reflect its evolution from a local shop to a nationally recognised cycling retailer.

3 Oct 2024

The Federation of Small Businesses has launched a new initiative, which it says aims to transform high streets across the UK, by advancing economic, social, and cultural benefits, while also...

3 Oct 2024

3 in 4 Britons (77%) would ban paper receipts if they knew how many trees were cut down to generate them – and millennials are the most eco-conscious (rising to 87%).

25 Sep 2024

Major media outlets, including the BBC and Sky News, as well as regional and cycling-focused media to the growing  have been giving significant coverage to E-Bike Positive, the largest-ever...

25 Sep 2024

The Association of Cycle Traders (ACT) is excited to announce its new partnership with Renticy, the dynamic platform transforming retail through rental solutions. This collaboration brings a...

24 Sep 2024

The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) is set to address critical issues facing the UK's high streets at its upcoming Annual Conference, marking the event's return after a six-year...

23 Sep 2024

Madison is teaming up with Cytech and the Rediscovery Centre in Ireland, to offer a first-class bicycle mechanic training facility by providing a full Park Tool workshop.

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ULEZ London expansion supported by a range of bike offers.

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

Offers designed to help Londoners 'make the green transition' following the expansion of the ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) last month include a range of discounts, offers or trials available for the following brands of electric, hire and folding bikes:

  • Dash
  • Velorution
  • Fully Charged
  • Lime
  • Tier
  • Dott
  • Human Forest
  • Santander Cycles
  • Brompton Bike Hire

TFL & ULEZ

 For those wishing to purchase instead, offers worth up to £200 are available from the following brands:

  • Brompton
  • Peddle My Wheels
  • Volt Electric Bikes
  • Bikeworks
  • The Electric Bike Shop
  • Velorution

 E-cargo bikes and scooters can also be hired or purchased more cheaply from Micro Scooters, Bullit, Tern Cycles and the Electric Bike Shop.

In addition, Swapfiets – Dutch for swap bikes – has dropped the cost of monthly rental of its high-end ebikes to the same price as the new emissions charge. The ebike comes with a battery that can last for 60 hours as well as a lock, and the firm provides maintenance too should anything go wrong.

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