Save money and reduce your companies carbon footprint. Free site audit and activities to reduce how much you spend on business travel. Help staff get fitter and improve how environmentally friendly your business is, more info on our website www.smartersmetravel.com

1. Sustrans SME Business Programme
Rachael Cherry
Workplace Project Officer
Sustrans

2. Working with businesses
5 step approach
Step 1: Business Proforma and Site
Audit
Step 2: Staff travel survey
Step 3: Travel Action Plan Report
highlights areas where company can
save money, reduce carbon footprint
and improve staff wellbeing
Step 4: Staff engagement activities
Step 5: Grant application for item
such as cycle storage

3. Free staff benefits
• Cycle training
• Bike maintenance courses
• Discounts on cycling gear
• Electric bike loan
• Watt bike challenge
• Smoothy bike fun day
• Pedometer loan
• Eco driver training
• Online travel challenge
• Personal travel planning
• Car sharing network membership
• Training and networking events
• Discounts on public transport
(March 2015)

18. Staff benefits
• Walking and cycling to
work help improve
health and wellbeing
• Walking, cycling,
public transport and
car sharing help save
money spent on
commute
• Better knowledge of
other ways to travel
to work should there
be a problem with
preferred mode of
transport
Cost savings
• Reduced cost of
business mileage
claims
• Reduced amount
of time lost
travelling to
meetings
• Healthier more
productive staff
who take less sick
days
Environmental Benefits
• Reduce the C02
contribution of transport
and travel
• Reduce congestion and
pollution in busy
industrial area
Other benefits
• Recruit from a
bigger talent
pool of entry
level and
graduate staff
who may not
have a car to
travel.