Motorcycle leases are popular with many businesses as the rental is tax deductible and provides employees with a cheaper mean of transportation, that is also extremely efficient in avoiding traffic congestion. The hire and leasing sector has an annual turnover of around £38 million.
Motorcycle couriers, on the other hand, are most useful in transporting items that require urgent, safe or discreet delivery. They also provide a same-day delivery service, or even quicker for source and destination locations within the same city. The motorcycle courier industry has an annual turnover of almost £800 million.
According to the MCI, there are currently around 100,000 courier workers in the UK, 20,000 of which are estimated to be motorcycle couriers. Motorcycle couriers are concentrated around heavily congested urban areas, where motorcycles offer customers a rapid and low cost courier solution relative to other means of transportation.
“Economic and practical factors mean that including a bike into modern business is a sensible option. As businesses have an increasing need to move items and people around quickly and safely a bike or scooter makes sense,” Steve Kenward, MCI CEO, said in a release.
“Services such as motorcycle taxis in cities have lots of potential and organizations dealing with emergencies would benefit from deploying motorcycles. People from plumbers to the emergency services are seeing the value of motorcycles and we expect this to grow in the coming years,” added Kenward.
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