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Association of Cycle Traders

“The Saturday lad or lass is under threat”: Bike shops say minimum wage increases and better sick pay prevent them taking on part-time staff

The Association of Cycle Traders want to see targeted support for businesses to make it cheaper to hire younger, part-time workers

Mon, Jun 29, 2026 13:51

Labour ditched Cycle to Work cap two weeks before Budget after deciding it “wasn’t worth the revenue”, as bike shops hail “common sense prevailing”

“E-bikes and cargo bikes cost more, but they’re the tools that make cycling practical for people who couldn’t otherwise manage it. A cap would have slammed the door on exactly the people we should be helping,” the Association of Cycle Traders says

Thu, Nov 27, 2025 12:24

Bike shop (Credit: Manny Becerra via Unsplash)

No discounts! Bike shops boycott Black Friday as majority of independent bike shops ‘believe event negatively impacts their businesses’

Association of Cycle Traders reports 69% of independent bike shops to avoid Black Friday discounts as local businesses "caught between rising operational costs and the pressure to match unsustainable online discounts"

Tue, Nov 26, 2024 15:08

Cyclists at traffic lights, London © Simon MacMichael

“Cycle to work schemes are sucking the lifeblood out of cycle shops”: Bike shops tell Parliamentary Committee of “need for urgent systemic change” to Cycle to Work scheme

The Association of Cycle Traders was joined by figures from Balfe's Bikes and JE James to meet with MPs, two months on from Cycle to Work provider Cyclescheme preventing retailers from charging additional fees on bikes purchased under the scheme

Thu, Jan 25, 2024 16:42

Cyclists at traffic lights (©Toby Jacobs)

Cycling retailers demand changes to “flawed” Cycle to Work scheme that puts “business profits well ahead of cycling development”

The Association of Cycle Traders says Cyclescheme’s recent decision to prevent retailers from charging additional fees on bikes purchased under the scheme was “the straw that broke the camel’s back”

Sat, Dec 02, 2023 16:41

Retailers and public urged to get behind Saturday’s Local Bike Shop Day

This weekend's event seeks to boost support for independent sector

Wed, Sep 02, 2020 13:38

BBC’s Watchdog to highlight bicycle shaped object dangers

Tomorrow night's show challenges five cyclists to assemble flat-pack bikes

Wed, Nov 04, 2009 10:23

Recession pushes bike sales up by 20%

Specialist cycle retailers report business is booming

Tue, May 12, 2009 12:30