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14 Mar 2024

The Association of Cycle Traders has held productive discussions with the Cycle to Work Alliance around the issue of Cycle to Work reform, following the news that more than 650 independent bike...

12 Mar 2024

ACT parent company, Bira – the British Independent Retailers’ Association -  has said that the Chancellor’s decision to reduce national insurance rates could offer a...

11 Mar 2024

The Cycle to Work Alliance and the Association of Cycle Traders have identified common areas of interest around Cycle to Work reform.

11 Mar 2024

Cytech, the internationally recognised training and accreditation scheme for bicycle technicians, has launched a new Facebook group - the Cytech Tech Forum –...

11 Mar 2024

Proposed government changes to regulations and legislation governing EAPCs (Electrically assisted pedal cycles), which could see a doubling in the power of e-bikes to 500W and allowing ebikes to...

8 Mar 2024

Daniel Blackham, editor of industry magazine BikeBiz, has been writing about his experience of completing the Cytech technical one qualification at training provider Spokes People in Milton...

7 Mar 2024

ACT member and Cytech-accredited retailer JE James Cycles – one of the largest independent cycle retailers in Europe – is to open a new 7,874 sq ft store shop in Barnsley town...

6 Mar 2024

Cytech partner Activate Cycle Academy, the largest and most recognised training provider of bike maintenance and technical training courses to the UK’s cycle industry, recently welcomed a...

29 Feb 2024

Retailers looking for a payment solution that facilitates in-person, remote and online payments should look at what’s on offer from ACT partner Global Payments.
 

29 Feb 2024

The ACT is happy to confirm the date for Local Bike Shop Day 2024 as Saturday 4 May, the weekend of the early May Bank Holiday.

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IBD Freewheel programme

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

bike pedal Madison created an IBD-focussed e-commerce website, Freewheel.co.uk, and after iceBike* 2019 it will be open to all cycling retailers in the UK.

This programme was designed to offer a "cutting-edge online presence" for independent bicycle retailers. Madison developed this programme to drive business in the direction of local bike shops within the UK through click and collect service or through receiving commission from home delivery sales.

How does Freewheel.co.uk work?

Freewheel is there to blend the real-world and the online shopping experience by asking consumers to select a local bike shop where they shop from, the shop chosen will then receive all commission or collections. Madison discusses how attributing every sale to a local bike shop could be the support local bike shops need to complete with large e-commerce websites.

If you are a retailer interested in Freewheel.co.uk, you are encouraged to attend this year's iceBike* in February to get all the details about the programme and what it entails as well as how you can get involved.

Register your interest for iceBike* 2019 here.

Click here to listen to the full article on Cycling Industry News.

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