Another cycle to work scheme Q

nigeve

Is my company obliged to allow me to purchase a bike on this scheme or is it solely at their discretion whether or not they opt in..? They don’t seem the most cycle friendly organisation despite employing 600+ full time and another few hundred part time staff…

andy83

they dont have to do it if they dont want to

took 7 months for me to get my work to agree

UndercoverElephant

It's all in the way you spin it. They can save quite a lot of money by writing down the value of the bikes over the year against tax, and they also save employers NI. If the employee signs up to a £1000 bike on the scheme, the company saves about £500; as does their happier/more productive employee.

Wallace1492

Entirely at their discretion. My company only allow you in at a certain time each year, couldn't wait, so just got bike. Good news is that I get 20% discount through work, so was a decent trade off between CtW scheme savings and having bike now.

socrates

Spare a thought for us in Northern Ireland. The Govt is one of the few organisations who are not implementing a Govt scheme.

Skippy2309

I was told you have to be on the books for a year before they will even consider it.... and I work for a company that is meant to promote fitness

spen666

socrates wrote:

Spare a thought for us in Northern Ireland. The Govt is one of the few organisations who are not implementing a Govt scheme.

Many Govt departments in Eng & Wales refuse to operate the scheme