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About Cycle to Work
A Government scheme exists that can save you around 50% off the price of a new bike*. It's called the Green Transport Plan, and it aims to make cycling more attractive and more accessible by taking advantage of some unique tax incentives.
Alpine Bikes have developed the Cycle To Work programme to help you take advantage of the benefits of the Green Transport Plan. Through the Alpine Bikes Cycle To Work programme we can supply bikes via your employer at a substantial discount.
Use our Cycle to Work calculator below to calculate the saving that you can make on our Cycle to Work scheme
Employer Benefits
- Reward Employees
- Cycle to Work enables you to give something back to your employees at no extra cost.
- Employee Health
- Cycling boosts fitness and overall health. Studies show that a regular cyclist can enjoy a fitness level of someone 10 years younger.
- Stress Control
- Regular exercise reduces stress and helps to maintain a healthy immune system and helps combat absenteeism.
- Increase Productivity
- Healthy employees are more productive. The connection between exercise and productivity is well documented and regularly cycling to work is an ideal way to boost this.
- Time Management
- Cycling is more time efficient, especially in bigger cities where there is traffic and the public transport system is overloaded. Cyclists can accurately anticipate arrival times and are much less affected by the unexpected hold ups that occur with public transport.
- Save Money
- For every £500 an employee hires on the scheme, the employee saves £64 in NI contributions. The employer may also save on salary related pensions and VAT. Private organisations can claim capital allowances while the employer has ownership of the bike.
- Save the Environment
- Cycling is an environmentally friendly form of transport and helps reduce your carbon footprint.
Employee benefits
- Save Money
- Cycling is a great way to save money as it has none of the associated expenses of a car or public transport. Add to this the great saving that you can make with the Alpine Bikes Cycle to Work scheme and the fact that Alpine Bikes will help you maintain your bike with special servicing at your work, and you could find yourself thousands of pound richer.
- Save Time
- A bicycle is virtually oblivious to congestion, queues and parking issues. For most city commutes, a bicycle gets you there faster: door to door.
- Save Your Body
- Cycling to work increases fitness and improves overall health. It is a simple lifestyle change that can keep you in good shape without any costly, time consuming gym memberships.
- Save Your Brain
- The serotonin-inducing ride to work makes you more alert. The ride home helps you wind down. This is one of the key reasons why cycling to work is linked to greater productivity in the workplace and is an effective way to decrease stress.
- Save the Planet
- With the environment being an ever increasing concern, cycling to work is an easy way to contribute daily to saving the planet by minimising ones carbon footprint.
What to do next
It’s easy to join our Cycle to Work scheme, just follow the section that applies to you.