How’s Business? April 2021

In April 2021’s edition of How’s Business, we ask we asked, ‘If you could have an abundant supply of any three stock items delivered to your shop right now, what would be your top three choices?’

Ebike Fire a Reminder of Potential Risks

With ebikes becoming so commonplace, it’s easy to become complacent about the fact that ebike batteries are high density stores of chemical energy in a potentially highly flammable form.

A fire that engulfed a three-level house in Sydney on Friday 19th March was started by an e-bike that was ‘left on to charge overnight, according to firefighters.

A Wheelie Good Rack!

Bicycle parking is a critical piece of the puzzle when it comes to encouraging more people to ride. But before anyone starts drilling holes in public space to install ‘permanent’ bike parking hoops, enclosures or other facilities, they have to jump through expensive hoops themselves in terms of approvals, ensuring they’re not potentially disrupting any…

When Will Our Governments Start Joining the Dots?

In this article I’ll look at two recent decisions by two different governments, that are equally disturbing for a slightly differing set of reasons.  Banning Scooter Trials  Andrew Constance has deep roots in the Bega region on NSW’s far south coast. In the 1860’s his great-great-grandfather, James Constance, drove a team of bullocks through the Bega…

Advance Traders Creates NZ Based Management Team

Matt Turner

Advance Traders has just hired two key people to run their growing New Zealand based operations.

David Gulliver started on 1st March 2021 as General Manager. David does not come from a bike industry background but has management level experience in wholesaling and importing within the engineering industry.