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Get people fit before they get fat. The National Health Service faces costs of up to £16 billion over the next decade as a result of increasing obesity and related illness, say academics at St Andrews University

There we went waxing lyrical about the Munich Call-A-Bike scheme (see the November mag) when news about their financial troubles came through. A quick stop-press was added, but now weve been clobbered by Dave Holladay of Custom Folder. Call-A-Bike type schemes have been running in the UK for years, says he

The money to secure the deal was wired through last week. The Taiwanese manufacturer now adds internal hub gears to its current line up of mechs and other components

Isons Team Identiti MTB squad will now be known as Team Identiti Relisys

BikeBiz gets a sneak preview of the bikes Raleigh will be unveiling to IBDs in January

Lottery distributor Sport England has rewarded high-achieving governing bodies by introducing four-year funding agreements.

Shimano Europe wants to donate £9000 to a worthy cycle promotion project. Please pass this news on to any cycle organisations, advocacy groups or national cycle bodies you know of. But do it soon because the closing date is 31st January! (And dont expect a Christmas card from Shimano this year, the cash tp pay for a mass maili-out is going to the best cycle promotion project instead)

The new owner now owns the Sturmey brand name, intellectual property, work in progress and sheds full of specialist tooling and machinery. Everything will be shipped to Taiwan.

Supported by a growing list of suppliers, an ACT training conference will be held in February

40 MPs have signed an Early Day Motion calling for cycle helmets to be issued to postmen and women.