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Barclays bike sponsorship: TfL declines to explain contradictions in own statements while bank insists it’s in talks to pay more

February 21, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

As always with Transport for London’s sponsorship deal with Barclays, each statement and development leaves us with new questions to be answered.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cycle Hire

Local councils paid over £4m for the Boris Bike’s expansion into South West London, how much did Barclays pay?

February 19, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

Documents reveal that Transport for London wanted £10m for the naming rights to the South West expansion of the Boris Bikes scheme, how much of this did Barclays eventually pay?

Filed Under: Comment Tagged With: Cycle Hire

TfL: ‘You cost us £400 every time you ask a damn fool question’

February 18, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

Transport for London complains that answering Freedom of Information requests costs it £400 a time, yet it’s still failing to answer less formal and cheaper requests for information and data.

Filed Under: Comment Tagged With: Cycle Hire

Latest ‘Boris Bike’ user survey reveals lowest ever satisfaction with dock availability

December 16, 2013 - Martin Hoscik

The latest survey of Cycle Hire users is now available online and makes for interesting reading, especially given last week’s news that Barclays has decided to quit as sponsor three years early. In deference to the impending Christmas festivities, let’s start with the good news and note both that “overall satisfaction has reached a record […]

Filed Under: Comment Tagged With: Cycle Hire

Did slow negotiations and poor timing kill the Barclays deal?

December 13, 2013 - Martin Hoscik

How did Transport for London’s announcement that Barclays had agreed to sponsor the bike hire scheme for a further three years and provide an additional £25m end with the bank walking away without any prior warnings?

Filed Under: Comment Tagged With: Cycle Hire

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