Cycle to work scheme - is the RAF a member?
 

Chaps,

I'm away from work so can't ask an adminer. Is the RAF a member of the Govt's Cycle-to-Work scheme?

One rather fancies a new bicycle without having to pay tax, etc!

Blunty

Nope, 'fraid not. I looked into it recently and the MoD reckon we get enough perks as it is. I think it was also TFD to administer through JPArse.

That said, if you're an MoD civilian then crack on - scheme available to them...

No? In that case, permission for lip to wobble, sir?

Oh well. Best do it the traditional way - the secret credit card her indoors doesn't know about!

Blunty

It's not an employer-funded perk, though. It's paid for through the employer, but the Treasury pays for it as the cost of the bike is deducted from gross pay, not taxed pay.

It all shows how old I'm becoming.

We used to be able to obtain bycycles through MT. They were tough old fashioned types (the bikes that is) which were great for jousting competitiions held in the long corridor through Lyneham's OM.

Ah, nostalgic broken collar bones etc!:)

Did suggest that the RAF invest in tricycles with a flat board on the back
use em on the line instead of the LDV
will have several positives!! think of all the money saved by not running around in LDV/Tractors/cars
No diesel costs
no servicing
Good for the environment
Think of the fitness benefits

Worked for the lads out in GAMCO, they could carry tools spares quite easily


could even have them available for tootling round station as well

Companies don't do it for the goodness of their hearts, they do it becuase they save money as well. The employee saves on Income Tax, the employer saves on National Insurance. The saving more than covers the additional expense.

Except, of course, in the MOD where the work would fall on the existing staff and any NI savings would be recouped by the Treasury, so the don't bother - bad luck the members of the Armed Forces, you just lost your Income tax rebate.

The NHS can take advantage though. And MoD civilians. Nothing like promoting high value, low impact exercise on the UK's fighting forces. And this is...

;)
AA

Surely in the case of the Forces the Treasury is the employer.

Does the guy from the jinglie canteen in Bahrain still deliver food and drink if requested on his bicycle?

Not to the Deid he don't....

The employer has to pay for the bike upfront though which for the Army/RAF etc could potentially run into hundreds of thousands of pounds that they would have to find from somewhere.

Ducati

And the NHS only employ how many? 4/5? Doesn't wash with me dude.

DucatiSt4

No the employer doesn't have to pay upfront, it's done through a third party company whereby you effectively 'lease' the bike over 12 months (upto a maximum of £1000) and once the final payment has been deducted from gross salary then it is yours.

Back in the days

http://www.theliberator.be/BicyclesI...nesOct1944.jpg

Perhaps if they let us get bikes, we wouldn’t be so fat..................

http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...ghanistan.html

Cyclescheme (who my employer uses) generate a voucher which we give to the shop, to make them generate that voucher my employer sends them a cheque for the cost of the bike. So the employer pays for the bike in advance, Cyclescheme look after all the paperwork.

See here:

Tax free bikes for work through the Government's Green Transport Initiative - Cyclescheme, provider of Cycle to Work schemes for UK employers

Haha And how would you get out to Bay 12 with your butty box? Nav Bag and suitcase,

Sorry M cant see you on a bike....

Unless of course the master race sat on the flat back and the ground crew pedaled them....

Ducati

Looks like you can do it both ways! Apologies, only worked for companies where there is a finance company involved and thought that was the norm

Station Bikes
 

How times have changed. In the 50's & 60's nine out of ten cyclists on Camp would be junior Officers who had the millstone of uniform costs & high Mess bills around their necks, while the NCO's & Airmen drove around in their gas guzzling cars.