Cyclescheme is the UK’s leading provider of tax-free bikes for work. We pride ourselves in giving you the best service available. Participants can choose from over 2,000 retailers and enjoy the ability to shop in-store or online. Cyclescheme is simple to set up and managing the scheme requires only a few clicks per request.

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Transcript of Cyclescheme Presentation

Top line cycling stats

• UK cycling population in 2014 8.7 million (SMS INC)
• 43% of the population owns or has access to a bicycle (National Travel Survey)
• The National Travel Survey also says that around 8% of the population cycle 3 times a week or more.
• In total 34% of the population say they cycle once a year or more.
• According to the 2011 Census, 741,000 people use a bicycle as the main form of transport for getting to work in England and Wales, 
• By 2021 we could see over 1 million people regularly commuting to work by bike.

• The cycle to work scheme was one of a series of measures introduced under the Government's Green Transport Plan.
• The 1999 Finance Act introduced an annual tax exemption, which allows employers to loan cycles and accessories to employees as a tax-free benefit. 
• We ensure peace of mind that our scheme adheres to HMRC, and Department for Transport (DfT) 

Cycle to Work guidelines

• It's completely free to join, and easy to administer online bikes hired on the scheme
• Cyclescheme operates as a Salary Sacrifice benefit. The Salary Sacrifice is taken from gross salary (before tax), which means that you will pay less Income Tax and National, insurance.
• Cyclescheme enables your employees to get a bike tax-free, saving at least 25% with nothing extra to pay.
• The payment is spread typically over 12 months. With payment made via weekly or monthly salary deductions.
• Employees have the choice to shop in-store or online

Why it’s good 

• A strategic approach to CSR is increasingly important to a company's competitiveness.
• Cycling to work could halve the number of sick days we take and provide a £13.7 billion annual boost to UK businesses, according to Sustrans.
• The average worker takes 4.5 sick days each year compared to 2.4 days taken by people who cycle 66% of employees who cycle to work say they’ve been more productive since taking up cycling 77% feel more focused in the office. 80% have more energy and 82% are less stressed.
• Introducing a cycle to work scheme will reduce traffic congestion and pollution on the roads
• Cyclescheme' s unique Ownership process ensures that savings are protected for employees and is approved by HMRC. 
• Cyclescheme offer this service free of charge and removes liability and administration from the employer.
• 96% of employees agree to extended use 3 year extension
• As a service provider and not a retailer, we can take an agnostic view to choice of retailer and brand…. Our efforts are around partnering with people who can get more people cycling!

Benefits to employers and employees

• 86% of employees believe that cycling to work has led to health benefits
• Of those who had noticed health benefits, 89% believed that it had improved general fitness; 52% believed that it had contributed to weight loss; and 46% believed that it had contributed to them being less stressed.
• 77% of employers consider that the scheme has had a positive impact on their organisation in relation to employee health.
• Over half of employers (56%) identified improving staff wellbeing as the main motivator for offering the scheme.
• 60% of employees participating in the scheme believe that cycling to work has improved their productivity at work.
• 52% of employers agree that the scheme plays an important role in staff engagement, emphasising the wider benefits to the workplace.
• Having joined the scheme 79% of users described themselves as enthusiastic cyclists.
• Cyclescheme can arrange on-site visits where either Cyclescheme or a local bicycle store will bring example bikes and accessories and talk to staff about how savings, accesories and cycling in general, all easy requested from the employer portal. 
• If on-site visits are not appropriate, Cyclescheme can deliver all the promotional materials you need to provide employees with everything they need to understand the Cyclescheme benefits and application process.

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