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Pure Electric is accelerating its growth by taking over 11 of Halfords’s Cycle Republic stores earmarked for closure, securing a total of 85 jobs. Halfords made the announcement to colleagues at the 11 Cycle Republic stores today, informing them that their jobs would be safe and employment transferred to Pure …

Halfords is expected to close its Cycle Republic and Boardman Performance Centre operations following a strategic review. The Halfords Group will today enter consultation with colleagues affected with a view to mitigating redundancies “wherever possible”. “The Board have come to the difficult, but necessary, decision to propose the closure of …

Following an uncertain 2019 for retail, Rebecca Morley asks bike shops how they have fared during the winter period

Follows the news that Peter Kimberley has been recruited as international managing director

Group online sales grew 27% with around 80% of Halfords.com orders collected in store

The cycling tool featured on Dragons’ Den: Pitches to Riches? on Christmas Eve

He is expected to join the business early in January

"I know I will be leaving these brilliant businesses in strong hands"

The like-for-like growth was driven by performance ahead of expectations in the last six weeks

Retail cycling sales declined in line with expectations, given the "exceptionally warm and dry" summer last year