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7 Feb 2025

ACT parent company Bira has warned that retailers across Britain face troubled times ahead despite today's Bank of England interest rate cut to 4.5%, as the Bank halves its growth forecast for...

4 Feb 2025

The ACT and legal partner WorkNest are hosting an exclusive webinar on how to remain compliant with employment law while making necessary business changes.

31 Jan 2025

New independent research has confirmed OEM e-bikes are effectively exempt from risk of battery fires, with unsafe post-purchase replacement batteries, conversion kits, and other equipment that...

31 Jan 2025

The UK Government has decided not to go ahead with proposals to increase the maximum power output of e-Bikes to 500W and to permit throttle assistance following a lengthy consultation process.

23 Jan 2025

ACT parent company Bira is calling for urgent government intervention following disappointing December retail figures, which show sales volumes fell by 0.3% following a modest 0.1% rise in...

22 Jan 2025

Cytech's Australian training provider The Bicycle Academy,  which delivers their courses in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, paid visits to UK Cytech centres late last year...

21 Jan 2025

The ACT is set to deliver a seminar at both the North and South iceBike* events discussing the current challenges and opportunities facing the UK cycle industry.

17 Jan 2025

The ACT has teamed up with employment law, HR, and health and safety experts WorkNest as the association's new legal partner.

10 Jan 2025

The ACT have presented a formal complaint to the BBC, with Director Jonathan Harrison claiming the program was misrepresentative and made "incorrect claims about regulations".

9 Jan 2025

ACT parent company Bira has warned that disappointing footfall figures for December show mounting pressures on independent retailers, with concerning implications for 2025 as business costs...

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Coventry cycling route reopens after £1.5m upgrade

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

A £1.5m project to refurbish a walking and cycling route in Coventry has been completed.

Coventry

The 500m stretch of the route between the University of Warwick and Charter Avenue reopened this week, Coventry City Council said.

Dedicated cycleways and walkways have been created and improvements have been made to the public realm area next to Cannon Park shopping centre.

The work is part of a wider scheme aiming to improve access to amenities for both university students and residents living in the southern part of the city.

Councillor Jim O’Boyle said: “We are beginning to build us a really good network of top-quality segregated cycle routes – and this is important because the biggest barrier to cycling is perceived safety.”

The work has been funded by a grant awarded through the Department for Transport’s Sustrans programme, which aims to improve cycling and walking routes across the country.

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