Cyclescheme

Not far off. She's 5'1" and I'm 6'3".

It's the head of that who gave me the long company reply.

My company is thinking of taking up the cycle2work scheme (in one way or another, not sure who they are doing it with) and seem wholly positive about it - good news or bad news depending on how you look at it. Good news, because I might be able to get a new bike for cheap. Bad news, because I already have 3 bikes and my flat is too small to fit more in. But I didn't realise the agreement said anything about breakfast? What's the deal with that?

This was the Head of Corporate and Social Responsibility's reply [...]

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[...] these schemes are at best an inordinate amount of additional admin, [...]
The main reasons for not running the scheme are:
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Such a credit agreement scheme places additional admin burden upon the Company to check and administer the payment-recovery system from each employee.
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Not really solving any of the above issues as it obviously introduces initial overhead (business case justification, contract negotiations, etc.) in which some organisations may be reluctant to invest (and presumably a cost offset against the number of employees, etc.), but fwiw, the company for whom I work and who offer the cycle2work scheme (Halfords), sub-contracts the management and administration of the cycle2work scheme and similar employee benefits to a third party company (Watson Wyatt, fwiw). It has run pretty smoothly for the past 4 years since first introduced.

My company is thinking of taking up the cycle2work scheme (in one way or another, not sure who they are doing it with) and seem wholly positive about it - good news or bad news depending on how you look at it. Good news, because I might be able to get a new bike for cheap. Bad news, because I already have 3 bikes and my flat is too small to fit more in. But I didn't realise the agreement said anything about breakfast? What's the deal with that?

Don't know. That's the response I was given. I can't find anything about it on the cyclescheme website. I know my company has 'looked' into it thoroughly though. We have a big, fully stocked kitchen already. Everyone has cereal here, so I can't see their point on that. Wouldn't want a fry-up every day anyway.
Most of the people I work with are 20 years older than me and well into their 2nd marriage and next heart attack. They all have company cars and seem to think I am abnormal for riding to work. I hate paying for the over-priced and totally unacceptable underground service. The few occasions I have used it, I have been late. My garage is full of bikes and bits. With home shopping I have no need of a company car.

Mental. Although, if I can find any mention of it on the net, I might try and con my way into a free fry up at least once!

Funnily enough, whenever I get the tube, I am late too. It takes me about 60 mins, door-to-door, on the tube. It takes me 25 mins to cycle in. It's a no-brainer unless I'm planning to go out after work or something where riding a bike might be a bad idea. Plus, I arrive at work about 60 times more awake than when I used to try and grab an extra 40 winks on the tube.

People need to get over the breakfast thing. The guy who told Crimonape's boss that is an idiot.

People need to get over the breakfast thing. The guy who told Crimonape's boss that is an idiot.

I figured as much. I think I just fixated on the word 'breakfast' as it's coming up to lunch and I'm starving.

I tried using my impeccable time keeping as a business benefit citing those who use public transport and drive and are frequently late and was told with a smile "well done for being at work at the time you are paid from".

We have many green certificates for reclycling and a worm farm (a box of earth in a carpark in south London) which goes in all the company propeganda.

People need to get over the breakfast thing. The guy who told Crimonape's boss that is an idiot.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM21664.htm

It's not an obligation, just another non-taxable benefit. If your employer does offer it, then you can have up to six a year

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/consult_new/minor_bens.pdf

Very good analysis, tom. Yes, unfortunately this kind of resistance is still encountered, but as has been shown upthread, most of these concerns arise out of misinformation.

People need to get over the breakfast thing. The guy who told Crimonape's boss that is an idiot.

I was offered a free blow job.............. but it was from 57 year old Derrick in the postroom I declined (wish I hadn't now)

6 a year wouldn't be bad going.

Its shit.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/h/option/cycletowork

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Thats not 'cyclescheme' it is a specific wiggle set up, I understand. And as most of us cannot compel our employers to sort any of it out, youra kinda stuck with what youve been given.

http://www.tredz.co.uk/

I literally love you.

Shit. They don't do Bromptons.

Nodder

why dont you just go to evans or something?

Cos they is shit and dont do cool stuff

They're a rip off that whty

Go to BLB or 14, they have it.

Thats not 'cyclescheme' it is a specific wiggle set up
My understanding is that Cyclescheme is just a scheme administrator. Any employer could, in principle, do salary sacrifice purchase of bikes for its employees without cyclescheme or wiggle or anyone else. They are just facilitators.

It worked really well for me. At least with this scheme you can go to real bike shops. Previous one where I worked meant you had to go to Halfords. You can imagine how popular that one was.