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Ride Concepts has added Marine Cabirou and Rae Morrison to its Factory Athlete team, which already includes Rachel Atherton, Caroline Buchanan and Isabeau Courdurier. “Both Marine and Rae raced in the women-specific Traverse shoe in 2020, but it was more than time to officially bring them onto the program,” said …

Almost one-fifth of women (17%) are considering starting their own business, in a sign of a potential fresh wave of female-led start-ups that could help power the UK’s economic recovery. Small Business Britain’s f:Entrepreneur campaign, which commissioned the research to mark International Women’s Day, has called for more support to …

A group of women of colour have joined forces to form a new charity, Women of Colour Cycling Collective, to actively help and promote women of colour to cycle. The newly elected chair of the board, Jenni Gwiazdowski, first founded the informal group with Jools Walker in 2018. Initial meetups …

World Bicycle Relief has announced the return of Pedal to Empower on 5th June. The inaugural ride last summer saw just under 800 riders from 31 countries collectively raise $294,000. Pedal to Empower aims to unite riders from around the globe to provide women and girls in need with life-changing …

Weldtite Products Limited was sold on 2nd March via a management buyout led by Paul Davis, the incumbent managing director. Davis has acquired the majority shareholding from the Bennett-Baggs family who have owned the business for many years. David Bennett-Baggs, who previously led the business, recruited and eventually handed over …

By Mark Almond, director, Red Cloud Marketing and founder, Revo Bikes

Yellow Jersey pens an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson

By Edward Pegram, business manager, Cycle to Work at Raleigh UK

Founder Chris Bairstow tells Rebecca Morley how VeloSkin stands out from the crowd