Forest has announced a new agreement with Hammersmith & Fulham Council to offer more sustainable and affordable travel options to local residents. The new agreement will see Forest support the council’s introduction of more dedicated parking bays across the borough to ensure that bikes are parked safely and tidily. As part of …
Read More »Virgin Red and Forest team up to make riding across London, “more rewarding”
Forest, London’s home-grown e-bike operator, and Virgin Red, Virgin’s Group-wide loyalty rewards programme, have partnered to give Londoners a new way to use their Virgin Points on everyday rides across the Capital. From today, Virgin Red members can redeem their Virgin Points on Forest bike packages, turning points into journeys …
Read More »Forest invests in Islington Council’s cycle training scheme
Forest, London’s homegrown e-bike operator, has partnered with Islington Council to sponsor their Adult Cycle Training programme – an initiative designed to help riders improve their cycling skills and confidence, so they feel safe on the roads. Forest has invested £12,500 to support the initiative, which is open to anyone …
Read More »Richmond Council’s Transport Committee has approved Forest as preferred sole e-bike operator in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
London’s homegrown e-bike operator, Forest, has been approved by Richmond Council’s Transport Committee as the preferred sole e-bike operator for the borough. The decision follows a thorough, competitive tender process, in which the company was the highest scoring operator. The new agreement will see Forest roll out up to 1,500 …
Read More »Forest Bikes to launch in Hounslow this August
Forest has announced that it will launch in Hounslow on Monday, 11 August 2025, following their selection to deliver e-bikes to the local community by Hounslow Council. Founded in London by Agustin Guilisasti (ex-Cabify) alongside co-founders Caroline Seton and Michael Stewart in 2021, Forest announced that it had recorded a …
Read More »Forest publishes new Sustainability Report
Shared micromobility operator, Forest Bikes, has released its latest Sustainability Report, highlighting how the company is “supporting London’s shift to more sustainable and affordable forms of travel.” Forest says the new report reveals that their riders covered nearly 24 million km in 2024*, with every journey taken by a Forest …
Read More »Bolt and Forest announce e-bike partnership in London
Bolt, the global shared mobility platform and largest micromobility operator in Europe, has partnered with Forest, London’s most affordable and sustainable shared e-bike service, to improve urban mobility in London. Week commencing Monday 10 March, Londoners will be able to rent any of Forest’s 15,000 e-bikes through the Bolt app …
Read More »Communion and Forest partner to ‘spread message of financial freedom’
With a shared goal of facilitating financial security, Forest and Communion have launched a digital marketing partnership. Communion will be reaching out to Forest riders via Forest’s in-app advertising platform, to share its message of financial freedom through the creation of “positive money habits”. Both companies believe that small daily …
Read More »Forest launches new bike design to mark partnership with The Great Reserve
As Forest’s “River Bike” partnership with The Rivers Trust comes to its end, the company is redesigning its fleet of blue bikes to celebrate the natural world by launching a Planet Earth inspired bike design. The River Bike fleet, launched in August 2023, has helped to raise more than £30,000 …
Read More »Forest builds a ‘Partner Perks’ marketplace within its app
Following feedback from Forest users requesting more access to partner deals, Forest has integrated a new marketplace into its app called “Partner Perks”. The Partner Perks page allows Forest partners to connect with riders in one centralised space within the app with the intent of driving connection between corporate partners …
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