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Tom Thewlis

'Fairer' Cycle to Work scheme boss looking to end 'fatalist mindset' amongst independent bike retailers

Bike shop with gravel bikes.

The founder of one of the "fairer" Cycle to Work schemes says that independent bike retailers have the power to force change and "shape their own destiny" as the row over the effects of the legacy schemes on the high street rumbles on. 

When initially set up 25 years ago, the aim of the UK Cycle to Work program was to give employees of enrolled companies tax deductions on bikes and equipment, which are paid through salaries, in a bid to get more people commuting by bike. 

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