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Thanks for all the info! Done a bit more research and I don't think they do it where I'm currently working unfortunately so I'm going to have to hold out for a while.
Also someone please buy this and save it http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/253784/#comment11872583
Rikki
Back to the off topic, I did get a bike via the cycle to work scheme a few years back from Evans.
The thing went pretty easy, went to the shop for an order or bike + accessories for £600, went back to the office, was given a URL where to enter my information, company, employee number, voucher value etc.
The HR would get an e-mail from the scheme, and after a few days I got my voucher which I printed and went to Evans to make the actual order and walked away with my bike and accessories (which they had all in stock.)
I paid £24 a month net for 12 months which was ridiculously low as it was less than half what I actually got! (£288 was the total I paid for some reason)
I think Evans automatically extends the lease to 5 years to avoid you paying back 18% of the bike value if you want to keep it. I sold the bike last year although, technically, is not mine.
But I suspect Evans or my company just forgot about the whole thing and after few years the value of the bike goes very low anyway (there's a table on the scheme pages)