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Laka has bolstered its leadership team with Kelly Barnes and Simon Hiscox. Barnes joins Laka as VP for marketing and currently sits on the Board of Directors at British Surfing. Prior to this, Barnes worked across over 100 territories as the global head of business development at Wiggle and Chain …

Sheffield-based SME Roadmender Asphalt has developed a new road repair material, Elastomac, which seeks to provide local authorities with a solution for permanent pothole repairs. The product aims to be “greener, faster to install and more cost-effective” than traditional asphalts, with trials showing that it can halve the costs of …

Pro-Lite has teased its new Prologue range of wheels in a video for UK dealers. In the video, CEO Steve Fenton said Clarks has invested over £500,000 to extend its warehouse facilities to ensure dealers can get a “very quick delivery”. In most cases, orders are going to be dispatched …

Councils in England, Scotland and Wales are being urged to follow the examples of Brighton, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Glasgow and install measures to make cycling and walking safer. Cycling UK has written to council leaders in Great Britain providing a guide on how councils can put in place measures during …

Tomcat has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation with its Bullet range of tricycles. For over 22 years Tomcat has built on its innovation of Carer Control, whereby the steering, braking and speed of a trike are controlled by a carer, with nearly 50 further innovations. “The outbreak …