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Rediscovery Centre Opens First Cytech Training Facility in Ireland

The Rediscovery Centre, the National Centre for the Circular Economy in Ireland, today announced its partnership with Cytech, the internationally recognised training and accreditation scheme for...

15 Apr 2024, more…

Talk the torque in the Cytech Tech Forum

Cytech, the internationally recognised training and accreditation scheme for bicycle technicians, has launched a new Facebook group - the Cytech Tech Forum –...

11 Mar 2024, more…

BikeBiz editor gets hands on with Cytech technical one

Daniel Blackham, editor of industry magazine BikeBiz, has been writing about his experience of completing the Cytech technical one qualification at training provider Spokes People in Milton...

8 Mar 2024, more…

JE James Cycles to open first Barnsley store

ACT member and Cytech-accredited retailer JE James Cycles – one of the largest independent cycle retailers in Europe – is to open a new 7,874 sq ft store shop in Barnsley town...

7 Mar 2024, more…

Activate Cycle Academy welcomes British Cycling to Cytech technical one training course

Cytech partner Activate Cycle Academy, the largest and most recognised training provider of bike maintenance and technical training courses to the UK’s cycle industry, recently welcomed a...

6 Mar 2024, more…

Local Bike Shop Day 2024 confirmed for Saturday May 4th.

The ACT is happy to confirm the date for Local Bike Shop Day 2024 as Saturday 4 May, the weekend of the early May Bank Holiday.

29 Feb 2024, more…

ACT tells Parliamentary Committee of the need for urgent systemic change to the Cycle to Work scheme.

With more than 500 cycle businesses having now signed up to its campaign for change to the Cycle to Work scheme, a delegation from the Association of Cycle Traders has met with All Party...

25 Jan 2024, more…

OPSS takes enforcement action over dangerous e-bike battery.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is taking enforcement action and warning consumers about a brand of e-bike battery – UPP – that has been linked to a number of...

24 Jan 2024, more…

Cytech training to help Go Outdoors boost number of cycle mechanics by offering apprenticeships to store staff.

Go Outdoors, which operates 75 stores across the UK, has announced an apprenticeship scheme involving Cytech training with the aim of addressing what it terms a nationwide shortage of...

15 Jan 2024, more…

Cytech Scotland training provider launches Young Bike Mechanic Programme to empower Glasgow’s youth.

Bike for Good, the Glasgow-based cycling charity and social enterprise, which delivers Cytech training in Scotland, has announced a Young Bike Mechanic Programme designed to create opportunities...

3 Jan 2024, more…

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The ACT is back at iceBike* 2019

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The ACT is back at iceBike* 2019

Posted on 30 Jan 2019

The ACT is back at iceBike* for another year.

The ACT will be at iceBike 2019 focussing on two key initiatives; why Ride it away retail finance partner V12 has the best online integration solution for IBDs and what booost, the first of its kind, three-in-one loyalty, gifting and promotions app can do for the cycles market.

Ride it away retail finance - the cycle industry's number one retail finance schemeride it away retail finance

The ACT's long standing partnership with V12 Retail Finance has never been better resulting in a bespoke scheme tailored specifically for the cycle industry.

Come and talk to us at the show and find out why the scheme has market-leading customer acceptance rates and why V12 have the best online integration solution - not to mention all of the other benefits and support the scheme offers IBDs.

booost

booost - the app that brings you new customers, retains old customers and lets you communicate with them effectively

Let the ACT talk you through the soon-to-be-launched app booost!

booost is an app that allows you to connect with your customers, new and old, via loyalty, gifting and promotions - all in one app. Start retaining customers with loyalty, attracting new customers with gifts and promoting events to your customers to bring them back through your doors.

You can watch a video on the benefits of booost for retailers here and register your interest in boost here.

 

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