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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...

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6 Mar 2024

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29 Feb 2024

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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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Activate Cycle Academy's New Cytech Training Facility Opens

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

Activate Cycle Academy logoCytech logoThe new cycle mechanics training facility at Merrist Wood College in Guildford, managed by Cytech training provider Activate Cycle Academy (ACA), has oficially opened and courses are being delivered from today.

This brand new Cytech workshop is perfectly located to deliver cycle maintenance training to the bicycle trade across the South of England.

Merrist Wood College

Merrist Wood College Matt Grant, Sales and Marketing Manager at ACA commented “In keeping with the majority of the cycle trade, we have seen a massive increase in business over recent weeks with a record number of course bookings, so the launch of this new training facility couldn’t have been timed any better. It will significantly increase our much-needed training capacity and reduce the lead times for people looking to book onto one of our courses. We are constantly looking at ways to improve our training delivery and by opening this strategically placed third venue, will help keep us at the forefront of cycle maintenance training in the UK.”

Cytech logoCytech logo The Cytech courses will start to run from today (7th September), where full details and course dates can be found on their website; activatecycleacademy.com/cytech-courses. With course demand currently being very high, early booking is essential and more dates will be added in due course. Please contact the ACA sales team on 01865 550324 or at cycles@activatelearning.ac.uk for more details.

To celebrate the new location, for the rest of September Cytech are also offering £50 off the full price of their introductory Theory one course which can be completed online and in your own time, to get you started with you Cytech journey. The distance learning course compliments the Technical one – practical course and the two together combine to give you the full Technical one qualification. For more information head over to the Theory one website: cytechtheoryone.co.uk and to access the discount just use the promo code GUILDFORD at the payment review page. Offer expires 30/09/2020.

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