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Cycle SOS, a leading legal firm for cycle accident claims, has been named as the exclusive legal partner of Cycling UK. The charity’s 70,000 members will now be legally supported by Cycle SOS from 1st July. This is the first time in 20 years that Cycling UK has changed the provider of its …

The first half of 2022 has been “disappointing” in terms of bike sales, the Tandem Group has said in its latest trading report.  In a statement to the market, published on 23rd June Tandem Group plc, parent company of distributor Tandem Group Cycles, said that trading has remained “challenging” in …

Bike light and data company See.Sense have announced a new platform designed to encourage more cycling. The Commuter Platform, which will be launched at the Reset Connect conference in London next week, will allow businesses to give See.Sense lights to their employees to get more people cycling to work.  See.Sense …

Transport for London (TfL) will begin issuing fines to vehicles that drive within, or cross, the white lines of cycle lanes that are marked by a solid white line and cycle tracks on TfL’s Road Network (TLRN), from next week. The Government has introduced new powers allowing TfL and London …

Laka has secured additional funding from Porsche Ventures, the venture capital unit of Porsche AG. This brings its Series A, led by Autotech Ventures and followed by Ponooc, a Dutch sustainable mobility investor with close ties to Pon, and ABN AMRO, to $13.5 million. Laka said it will use the …

While cycling is a green mode of transport, bike production may be lagging behind on sustainability. Duncan McCann, IBD Manager for United Wheels, is on a drive to reshape the cycle industry’s relationship with carbon

Cycling UK’s CEO Sarah Mitchell tells Rebecca Morley about the charity’s recent campaigns and winning the Cycle Advocacy Award, sponsored by Bikesy at last year’s BikeBiz Awards

Joanna Flint, marketing director at the Green Commute Initiative, recently took over the day-to-day running of the organisation alongside her colleague Katherine Stather. Here Flint looks to the future for the social enterprise

This year, British cycling clothing brand Altura hits the quarter century milestone. The BikeBiz team hopped on a train to County Durham to meet the team and test some kit on the local gravel