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The City of Edinburgh Council is set to introduce ’emergency’ measures to help pedestrians and cyclists travel safely while observing physical distancing guidance. It has been working closely with Transport Scotland and Sustrans to develop an approach to redesignating road space. This will benefit from support from a £10 million …

36% of drivers will walk, cycle or run more after lockdown is over, according to a new AA survey. The AA-Populus poll of nearly 20,000 drivers also revealed that 22% will drive less (increasing to 24% of those over 65), 51% will drive as before and 1% will drive more. …

Raleigh has recently awarded the Cycle Friendly Employer scheme certification achieving a Gold award. The Cycle Friendly Employer Scheme (CEF-UK) is an international standard for workplace cycling which allows companies to compare against others through a holistic evaluation of workplace cycling facilities, culture and incentives. As part of the evaluation …

Shimano has released its latest summary of financial results, running from 1st January 2020 to 31st March 2020. It revealed that its net sales from the bicycle components segment decreased 15.4% from the same period of the previous year to 58,868 million yen, and operating income decreased 26.1% to 10,298 …

Newly-launched research company Cycling Insight has shared indoor and virtual riding trends during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The significance of the search trend spike for turbo trainers from 15th March 2020 correlates to the start of the COVID-19 lockdown. The term ‘Turbo Trainer’ has 12,100 March monthly UK Google searches, up …

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Is the trade overlooking the emotional connection to cycling and getting bogged down in the technical specifics?

'Basing a business on turnover alone is not a long-term strategy'

Kieran Howells talks to Jenni Gwiazdowski about the past, present and future of the London Bike Kitchen