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Shared transport operators have had to rapidly shift their focus in the past year. Tier’s regional general manager for Northern Europe, Fred Jones, explains What are the latest developments for Tier?  It has been an exciting time at Tier over the last few months! We recently acquired Nextbike (now called …

More than 50 organisations have signed a letter to the UK’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, urgently calling on the government to legalise e-scooters. The signatories, including environmental charities and campaigners, local authorities, disabled people’s organisations, micromobility operators and retailers, have warned that the UK is at risk of falling behind …

Zinc Sports is one of the biggest micromobility brands in the UK, but COO Chirag Shah believes the Government can do more to support sustainable transport. Rebecca Bland finds out more    More and more companies are joining the micromobility fold and looking to increase their consumer reach throughout the …

Entries are officially open for the micromobility category in the 2023 BikeBiz awards.  The awards, hosted by MMB sister publication BikeBiz, aim to celebrate the inspiring and exciting work being done across the cycling and micromobility industries. For 2023, the awards will be decided by a panel of expert judges …

HumanForest, the company behind one of London’s sustainable shared e-bike schemes, has launched a new venture – Forest Parcel – a zero-emission, on-demand parcel delivery service allowing Londoners and businesses to send packages across the city. Despite 87% of Londoners reported to be motivated to help tackle climate change, parcel …

A new independent report released by global transport consultancy, Steer, and commissioned by shared mobility provider Lime, is calling for the creation of over 10,000 e-bike parking bay locations in London by 2025. This is to meet growing demand for shared and green transport as Transport for London (TfL) and …

Cowboy, the Belgian e-bike brand, has announced the launch of two new initiatives. Cowboy Connect, described as the platform for software innovation, and Core – a bike configuration available on Classic, Cruiser and Cruiser ST with streamlined hardware and software features for the more price sensitive customer. With the introduction …

Dutch e-bike brand VanMoof has been declared bankrupt. The company said in a statement that a judge at the Amsterdam District Court had declared Dutch entities VanMoof Global Holding BV, VanMoof BV and Van Moof Global Support BV bankrupt on Tuesday, July 17. Administrators are now in the process of …