Milton Keynes Council has leased its first fully electric e-cargo bike to a female entrepreneur who launched an online marketplace for local businesses in Olney during the pandemic.
Milton Keynes Council secured funding from the UK Department for Transport to purchase 21 e-cargo bikes last year.
Since then, council tree inspectors and landscape officers have been using some of the bikes in their day-to-day duties and 12 are being made available for lease to local businesses.
The three remaining e-cargo bikes were donated to a local food redistribution charity in December.
The council has now leased its first e-cargo bike to Olney entrepreneur and business owner Helen Knight, founder of RySync Deliveries, an online marketplace of local shops, traders and businesses that also provides a door-to-door delivery service, which will now largely be able to be completed using the council’s leased e-cargo bike.
Helen Knight, owner of ReSync Deliveries, said: “I’m so excited to start using the e-cargo bike to complete my local deliveries, and I’m grateful to the council for providing me with this opportunity.
“My business is committed to reducing the environmental impact of shopping habits and make it easier for people in the Olney area to shop locally using carbon-free deliveries.”
