Cycle to Work – The Perfect New Year Resolution

As we enter 2014 and many of us plan to improve our lifestyles, cycling to work is an easy and practical way to get more exercise.

The government Cycle to Work Scheme initiative is there to help make the transition from car to bike as easy and affordable as possible.

During the last decade we have seen constant warnings about the problems effecting the earth such as our global warming, etc,, and how the things we do day-after-day could have a dramatic effect down the road. This can include those things we think nothing of, like leaving a light bulb turned on, a television on standby, or boiling a kettle a few times prior to making a cup of tea. As a result of this the recent few years have experienced a barrage of campaigns, and appeals to help mend the environment.

One of the greatest sorts of pollution to affect the environment may be caused by cars and other vehicles. As an incredible number of cars, vans and other motorised vehicles now-a-days travel the length and breadth of the country in the daily grind; this might possibly result in a detrimental effect on the areas in which we live.

In an attempt to counter act this drain on the environment, the cycle to work scheme exists to facilitate
cycling to work as opposed to driving, and this has an assortment of benefits for you and your agency, not to mention the environment.

Just how does the Cycle to Work Scheme work?

The way it works is reasonably easy, a business must first register to participate in the cycle to work scheme and when it has been approved they simply make their staff aware of it. Employees may then look for the bike they want, request a certificate, which is then authorized by the employer and an order can be placed for a bike of choice.

When approved, a certificate will be issued and the employee can redeem it in-store or by phone.

Employees are made aware that they pay for the bike themselves, normally in a period of twelve months through their salary tax contribution, but they are also made aware that the overall price of the bike can be around 42% less that what she might have paid when she wasn’t included in the scheme.

Benefits of the Cycle to Work Scheme

Independent of the clear money incentive to both employers and employees and the benefits to the environment, the scheme has got an array of other perks.

Research conducted recently suggests that cycling to your place of work could help strengthen the overall economy by roughly £13.7 billion. The reason this happens is because those that bike it are thought to be not as likely to take a day off sick than those that use different types of transport.

Who’d have thought that cycling to work would improve the economy?

With the significant health advantages of cycling, plus a saving of money due to not using petrol, why wouldn’t you give the cycle to work scheme a go and change your life for the better.

For more information, you can view the writer’s Cycle to Work Scheme page on their website.
Also, you can visit http://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/

In collaboration with Global Bike