Cycle 2 work scheme

[yokel]

thank you custard

[Hedge]

recently got offered a job as a postie and im pretty excited

Hate to disapoint you but you have to be employed for a year to qualify for the cycle to work scheme, I tried and it got rejected as I am a month short of a year

I had a feeling this might have been the case. It looks like i might have to pay full whack.

And like someone said, Yeah halfords is a crap choice. Somewhere like Evans or Wiggle.co.uk would give the oppurtunity to get a much better bike for the money. And a range of more specialised bikes, which is what im looking for. Funnily enough the postal depot is literally 2 minutes down the road from me on foot, they would probably tell me to bugger off for cycling it anyway haha.

[Hedge]

Actually ive looked through the FAQ and yeah its definately 12 months working with them before qualifying. And also they limit the spend to £500 with accessories.

I woulda probably been looking at spending about 7-800 on a bike after discount. I want something pretty high end.

Nevermind!, ill stick it on Buy now pay later! lol

[DB1100]

If you look on Evans cycle web site under the sale section,you can get some crackers with XT gearing and chainsets for £800.00,I wouldn't buy a bike light from Halfords let alone a full bike.

[not me]

Thanks for the reply mate.

The only thing that bothers me is that Halfords dont often seem to stock the kind of bike i would be looking for. I want a pretty high end bike for my own personal leisure use. Ideally i would buy from elsewhere, but I guess it wont do me any harm to wait a month from now until im In the job, and start asking for as much info as possible then.

part of the deal is that supposedly you use the bike to and from work...however doubt anyone is likely to check on how you use it or insist that you cycle to work

when i got mine, if i remember rightly you could choose how much you want to spend, and the amount deducted from your salary reflected this.. i got a bike worth £450, and paid it off my wages for 18 months maybe about £6 per week or so....and then the last payment to clear the repayments was £27

did this show on your wage slip?
i got a bike a few months ago yest ive till to see money off my wage

[tcblue]

You can use the halford vouchers in condor cycles in london they will deliver, or halfords will get any bike you want

[not me]

Thanks for the reply mate.

The only thing that bothers me is that Halfords dont often seem to stock the kind of bike i would be looking for. I want a pretty high end bike for my own personal leisure use. Ideally i would buy from elsewhere, but I guess it wont do me any harm to wait a month from now until im In the job, and start asking for as much info as possible then.

part of the deal is that supposedly you use the bike to and from work...however doubt anyone is likely to check on how you use it or insist that you cycle to work

when i got mine, if i remember rightly you could choose how much you want to spend, and the amount deducted from your salary reflected this.. i got a bike worth £450, and paid it off my wages for 18 months maybe about £6 per week or so....and then the last payment to clear the repayments was £27

did this show on your wage slip?
i got a bike a few months ago yest ive till to see money off my wage

nobody?

[not me]

c'mon,someone must know?
ive yet to see any deductions from my wages
bike was purchased 22/7/08 and ive yet to see anything show on my wageslip

[TrueBlueTerrier]

c'mon,someone must know?
ive yet to see any deductions from my wages
bike was purchased 22/7/08 and ive yet to see anything show on my wageslip

Check the basic wage level it may have dropped. I pay for 2 weeks holiday and it does not get shown as a separate item on my payslip just the basic weekly wage drops to take it into account.

[not me]

c'mon,someone must know?
ive yet to see any deductions from my wages
bike was purchased 22/7/08 and ive yet to see anything show on my wageslip

Check the basic wage level it may have dropped. I pay for 2 weeks holiday and it does not get shown as a separate item on my payslip just the basic weekly wage drops to take it into account.

only slip i have to hand has OT on it

basic pay 347.61
early allowance 12.37
OT 1st 10 hours 92.30
OT over 10 hours 5.00 £41.05
(i was due backdated OT , ;)

deductions
income tax£74.80
NI £42.72
charitable deduction £1
CWU £2.80

gross pay £493.33
deductions 121.32
net £372.01

how does that compare to others?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

The bit I have coloured in red you need to check with your own older pay slips if you can but that £10 more than my basic so it looks as though they may not yet have started deducting it. But wait till someone else confirms this before contacting Sheffield.

[Lounge Lizard]

c'mon,someone must know?
ive yet to see any deductions from my wages
bike was purchased 22/7/08 and ive yet to see anything show on my wageslip

Check the basic wage level it may have dropped. I pay for 2 weeks holiday and it does not get shown as a separate item on my payslip just the basic weekly wage drops to take it into account.

only slip i have to hand has OT on it

basic pay 347.61
early allowance 12.37
OT 1st 10 hours 92.30
OT over 10 hours 5.00 £41.05
(i was due backdated OT , ;)

deductions
income tax£74.80
NI £42.72
charitable deduction £1
CWU £2.80

gross pay £493.33
deductions 121.32
net £372.01

how does that compare to others?

How do you pay not much Income Tax ?

[not me]

i believe that may have been the week we got that tax refund/low tax week IYKWIM
my tax is standard with no credits or the like

[Caketaker]

c'mon,someone must know?
ive yet to see any deductions from my wages
bike was purchased 22/7/08 and ive yet to see anything show on my wageslip

I think it works the same way as the computer scheme... I got a PC thru the scheme
a few years ago in November and they didnt start taking deductions until the following
April!! It will clearly say in the comments part of your payslip the deduction amount etc.

[not me]

c'mon,someone must know?
ive yet to see any deductions from my wages
bike was purchased 22/7/08 and ive yet to see anything show on my wageslip

I think it works the same way as the computer scheme... I got a PC thru the scheme
a few years ago in November and they didnt start taking deductions until the following
April!! It will clearly say in the comments part of your payslip the deduction amount etc.

cheers for that