Companies currently running the Cycle to Work scheme

jon208

I've been granted a meeting with my companys executive board to put forward the case for setting up the Cycle to Work scheme.

Could people please let me know of any large/high profile companies currently offering the scheme? It may help a little if I can list a few and use the "If they can set it up then I'm sure we can approach"

The Evans website has a qood Q&A section on the scheme - can anyone suggest any other info I should also be thinking about taking with me?

Thanks

Jon

Belv

Government advice on implementing a scheme:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/c ... mentat5732

Links to big providers at the bottom:
http://www.bikeforall.net/content/cycle ... scheme.php

Good luck!

squired

I believe JPMorgan does the scheme. They are certainly a big company worth mentioning.

snooks

Mine do Twice a year

IPC Media - We make magazines, around 80 or so from Wallpaper to Loaded to Marie Claire to Nut, to TV Times, Living etc, also some cycling magazines (but in gratitude to our hosts I won't mention them)

Oh and we're part of AOL Time Warner

Apparently they provide an interweb thingy and make films

When our swanky new offices were built, they made special provisions for cyclists, secure underground racked storage, showers and lockers.
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graeme_s-2

I know University of Warwick, Coventry University and Coventry City Council all offer the scheme. Not big companies per se, but they're all large organisations with many employees.

homercles

Our lot does - TNS. OK, so you've probably never heard of us (and no, we're not Total Network Solutions!), but we are a FTSE 250 company with turnover above £1billion.

tjm

Nokia UK do via cyclescheme.co.uk.
As do IBM locally at least according to my LBS.

Small Fish

The BBC offers the scheme.

scholarsgate

Capgemini, the IT supplier to last years Rugby World Cup, do cycle to work through halfords.

hamboman

snooks wrote:

Mine do Twice a year

IPC Media - We make magazines, around 80 or so from Wallpaper to Loaded to Marie Claire to Nut, to TV Times, Living etc, also some cycling magazines (but in gratitude to our hosts I won't mention them)


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[chants] MBR, MBR, MBR! MBR we love you!

snooks

hamboman wrote:

snooks wrote:

Mine do Twice a year

IPC Media - We make magazines, around 80 or so from Wallpaper to Loaded to Marie Claire to Nut, to TV Times, Living etc, also some cycling magazines (but in gratitude to our hosts I won't mention them)


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[chants] MBR, MBR, MBR! MBR we love you!

I don't work for MBR...Get the mag 1/2 price though
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alfablue

University of the West of England, Bristol uses Cyclescheme, Bristol Uni has a scheme.

benvickery

Kent County Council do as well

PhilTheFish

Network Rail. I purchased my bike through their scheme.

NR are one of the biggest employers in the country. Not sure of the employee numbers but it's big.

breszh

I can confirm IBM do the scheme, although they do not give back the VAT savings.

alfablue

breszh wrote:

I can confirm IBM do the scheme, although they do not give back the VAT savings.

Tight b*stards! I think this is almost fraudulent, profiteering from VAT!

Anonymouslemming

Royal Bank of Scotland offer it.

tjm

alfablue wrote:

breszh wrote:

I can confirm IBM do the scheme, although they do not give back the VAT savings.

Tight b*stards! I think this is almost fraudulent, profiteering from VAT!

To be fair, I don't think it is profiteering. I think a number of companies use the VAT to pay their costs, not just in admin but also to finance the scheme. Don't forget the company has to pay for the bike up front and then gets the money back from the "lease" payments. That is effectively an interest free loan to you which they have to pay for somehow.

Toby.

alfablue

But they do save on employers NI (12%, which should cover "loan" costs and more) and any employers pension contributions. And what about the company's environmental conscience, surely they should expect to pitch in a little bit for that? By all accounts admin costs are minimal. The cyclist is doing the company a favour by assisting with green transport obligations, if they are interested in that.

So the company takes VAT which is not payable, smacks of taking money under false pretences to me. I still think its "tight".

CyclingBantam

HBoS does.

option_click

as does News International

schminke

Bro-Morgannwg NHS trust did last year,but I don't know about the rest of the NHS.

Slurp

Bloomberg, the financial-information provider, recently introduced it.

You might also want to find out about some smaller companies. Don't want your bosses saying you're too SMALL for have the resources to implement the scheme.

Matteeboy

My company does.

The one that my wife and I run...

Avi

Salford NHS Trust through http://www.cycle2work.info/

russmcp

I work for the police, they don't. Been trying to get them to commit to this for the past 18 months with no joy. Keep getting fobbed off with 'we're looking into it'. Considering we need to keep fit as part of the role you would think they would take this on.

TheBoyBilly

My rail company Gatwick Express run a scheme too via Halfords. If they can get it up and running any decent company can. It only took them a year by which time I had given up and when out and bought my Langster. You will have to persevere but it will be worth it in the end. Question: Why have some managers got their heads so far up their own a*ses?

alfablue

TheBoyBilly wrote:

Question: Why have some managers got there heads so far up their own a*ses?

"Can't do" rather than "can do" mentality, problem seekers not problem solvers. I think that if they haven't got the vision and gumption to set up a cycle purchase scheme they are totally c"ap - it is a test!

TheBoyBilly

It always seems to be the same. Unless a manager thinks of an idea then it becomes nigh-on impossible to make headway. In this instance I contacted Evans Cycles (who have a shop right outside Victoria) to asked them to contact my company about the scheme and followed this up with letters to my HR. Dept. Evans took the trouble to do their bit but hit a brick wall. Everything was done to ease things for my company but it took , as I said, nearly a year to get it set up. Even then there was a £500 limit and they used Halfords (what for??) and we are not sure, completely, what the by-back price will be. The cynic in me thinks my company will ask for more than they really should.

Maymo

Shell do it through Halfords only.
Maymo

Mithras

Cambridgeshire Constabulary are not doing this....Allegedly it is too difficult to set up.......but that is no suprise because thier own officers who ride bikes still haven't got the apprpriate kit issued!