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Employees told “on your bike”

 

Cyclescheme has been confirmed as the Government's choice as the UK's number one provider of tax-free bikes for the Government's Cycle to Work initiative.

Cyclescheme is a straightforward programme where employees make big savings on new bikes, employers get a healthier workforce and save money too. Now, Cyclescheme has won a Central Government tender that effectively templates their provision throughout the UK.

The recent DCLG (Department for Communities and Local Government) open tender will be available for use by all UK contracting Authorities including, but not limited to, Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Fire Authorities and Educational Establishments.

Gary Cooper, Co-Director of Cyclescheme, said, "This is fantastic news and is a great reward for all our efforts. It will save thousands of pounds in man hours and, being an open tender, it can be used by any applicable Government body considering a Cycle to Work scheme".

The current economic crisis has seen many employees looking to cycling to work to save money and the opportunity to get a quality bike for up to 50 percent off means that many new cycle commuters have hit the roads in 2009. A survey to participants has shown a positive outcome from joining the scheme. Employees commuting to work a few times a week went up threefold from 12 percent to 33 percent. Respondents using a Cyclescheme cycle used it for 25 percent of work trips compared to seven percent before.

Cyclescheme currently works with 129 Councils (approximately 27 percent of those present in the UK), 26 Fire and Rescue Authorities, 50 percent and 20 Police Authorities, 32 percent. Cyclescheme has over 10,000 clients on their database and partner with over 1450 cycle retailer partners throughout the UK.

 www.cyclescheme.co.uk