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Sustainable travel day
The first of two Sustainable Travel days
set to be held at Commercial Group’s
head office in Cheltenham has proved a
huge success with staff from Commercial
and neighbouring businesses that took
part.
The initiative provided the perfect
opportunity for people to see alternative ways
of commuting and was purposely designed to
get the sustainable travel conversation started.
A sustainable travel grant award by
Gloucestershire County Council means
that Commercial will be able to support its
employees further, possibly by providing car-
pooling car parking spaces, electric charging
points, an electric pool bike and an upgrade to
the company’s existing bike rack and shower
facilities.
Commercial says its philosophy is to make
the right option regarding sustainability the
easiest option. The company launched its hire
a bike initiative last year and building on that
success intends to offer even more choice to
the team.
Supported and attended by Gloucestershire
County Council and the Gloucestershire Bike
Project, the day has generated significant
interest in sustainable travel and has provided
a great platform for Commercial’s next
Sustainable Travel Day scheduled to be held in
September.
www.commercial.co.uk
DSales (UK) Ltd is sponsoring a team of
former and current rugby players brought
together by UK-based charity Joining
Jack, to enter the L’Etape du Tour, one of
amateur cycling’s toughest challenges.
The seven-strong Joining Jack Cycle Team
is participating in the event to raise awareness
about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a
presently incurable muscle wasting disease that
affects one in 3,500 boys.
Team captain and former Wigan Warriors
player Andy Johnson and his wife Alex established
the charity to raise awareness and fund vital
research into this rare genetic condition, after
Jack, their five year old son, was diagnosed with
the condition.
Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins
has supported the Joining Jack charity since it
was established last year. He is now lending his
support to the riders and knows exactly what lies
ahead for the team.
“I am really proud to support Joining Jack and
have been to a couple of their other fundraisers.
L’Etape du Tour is such a big part of amateur
cycling it felt like a natural way for me to really
get behind a fundraising initiative. I think it will
be a tough challenge but we’ll be lending lots
of support over the next few months and it’s a
great way to raise money and awareness for this
incredibly important cause,” he said.
www.dsales.co.uk
DSales supports Joining Jack
Working on regulatory
issues
As part of the Dept. for Business,
Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Better
Regulation Executive (BRE) has recently
begun working with Balreed and NAPPS
to achieve their goal of ensuring that
UK regulation is both fair and effective.
Through consultation with the UK’s
private sector, the BRE is seeking to
ensure that the voice of business is
heard in developing better regulation.
In a meeting at Balreed’s Maidstone
headquarters, the BRE team was able to gain
an understanding of Balreed’s operations and
its customer-centric, service-based business
model. With this knowledge, the two parties
were able to openly discuss the impact
that centralised regulation has had upon
the company’s employees, compliance and
efficiency.
Sue Bide, BRE Team Leader, said: “The
Better Regulation Executive at the Department
for Business were interested to meet Balreed to
understand more about their business including
discussing issues they had that were potential
barriers to their growth.
“BRE were also keen to hear about
Balreed’s experience of regulation in the
workplace and how the Government’s
programme of deregulation was having an
impact. We look forward to working with the
company on a case study of their experiences.”
Balreed’s Marketing Director Gary Downey
said: “As a rapidly growing business, we
believe the work the BRE are doing to remove
unnecessary regulation is of tremendous value
and enables us to focus on our clients. This was
a great opportunity to share our experiences
and the best practices we operate with NAPPS
and the BRE and I look forward to continuing
to work in partnership.”
www.balreed.com, www.napps.org.uk
Integra partnership with Beta
Dealer group Integra has announced its
partnership with Beta Distribution for the
supply of its Initiative range of toners.
This change of supply has enabled Integra
to improve its prices to members giving them a
competitive advantage in this product category.
Distribution via Beta will also improve Integra’s
route to market and open up the opportunity for
members to purchase Initiative-branded toners from
an existing supplier together with a wide range of
OEM consumables, hardware and accessories.
www.integra-office.co.uk, www.
betadistribution.com
Commercial Director Arthur Hindmarch