Cycling Sparks
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London Electricians. Sparking Change since 2017. Insured. NAPIT. Domestic & Commercial.
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Zack Polanski
19 days ago
"You can absolutely care about the planet but still need to drive your kids to school if public transport is not an affordable or accessible option." Talking climate & nature with The Times. 👇🏼
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Zack Polanski: You can fly, drive, eat meat and still be green
The leader of the Greens wants to widen his party’s appeal and has triggered a surge in membership since his election
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/zack-polanski-interview-environmentalists-green-party-flpkvw790?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_page=Politics&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1768168709
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What’s the opposite meme of “This is the way”…….
www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
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https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/cancellation-rotherhithe-canary-wharf-bridge
about 2 months ago
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View from one of the windows at the company’s new base
2 months ago
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Richard Leeming
3 months ago
When the NHS works: had a blood test yesterday. Was in and out of the Tessa Jowell health centre in less than 5 minutes. The results have just arrived by text within 24 hours. (All normal)
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Mark Sutton
3 months ago
Dubious 'e-bike' product listings from Argos and Very found without illegal for road use disclaimers. + I have again found evidence that eBay is still selling products flagged by the Office for Product Safety and Standards as a fire risk.
www.cyclingelectric.com/news/illegal...
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Major retailers listing illegal for road use & dangerous products as an ‘electric bikes’
National retail giants such as Argos and Very.co.uk are presently listing for sale so-called 'electric bikes' that would be illegal
https://www.cyclingelectric.com/news/illegal-electric-bikes
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Michael Burchert
3 months ago
Jealous! Netherlands "offers regions and municipalities the opportunity to choose measures that not only save energy but also contribute to climate and circular economy goals. This means a direct opportunity to include
#biobased
insulation materials as a preferred option"
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Nieuwe regeling biedt biobased kans voor gemeenten - Building Balance
Gemeenten kunnen vanaf nu gebruikmaken van de Specifieke Uitkering (SPUK) Isolatieopgave van het Nationaal Programma Lokale Warmtetransitie (NPLW). Met deze regeling stelt het Rijk €8,5 miljoen beschi...
https://buildingbalance.eu/actueel/nieuwe-regeling-biedt-biobased-kans-voor-gemeenten/
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Carsten Diekmann
3 months ago
3h free in a few outlets. It‘s a first step.
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He added: "We deeply regret the issue caused to our clients as they would have been under the impression that a licence had been applied for."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Letting agent apologises for 'oversight' on Reeves rental licence
The company says its property manager offered to apply for the required licence but this never happened.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2p55ejy88o
3 months ago
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No fan of the budgets, but this Rachel Reeves house rental story is utter bullshit. The right are terrified of working class women and they are trying to clear house. Rayner, Phillips and now Reeves.
3 months ago
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In France for a break. The sheer number of cargo bikes you see in cities and larger towns is really encouraging. It doesn’t seem to be a novellty or a fad.
3 months ago
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Peter Stefanovic
3 months ago
'It’s almost poetic that the loudest voices now decrying Britain’s immigration numbers are the same ones who fought hardest for Brexit’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
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People are just realising that we had a better grip on immigration within the EU
They gave us bar staff and builders - we gave them sunburnt pensioners and seaside property booms. It was win-win.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/people-are-just-realising-that-we-had-a-better-grip-on-immigration-within-the-eu-399377/
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Marina Purkiss
3 months ago
Imagine the life-long cocktail of ignorance, arrogance and obliviousness, for a man with the face of Jeremy Clarkson, to pass unsolicited commentary on someone else’s appearance…
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We’re in The Times this week amongst other great trades on bikes.
www.thetimes.com/article/7cb6...
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The cargo bike boom that could change London’s roads forever
More and more businesses have shifted away from delivery vans and cars to cargo bikes. If it continues, the white van drop-off may become a thing of the past
https://www.thetimes.com/article/7cb6cfc4-da7c-418a-b0c5-9f5264ec6e11
3 months ago
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Brilliant idea…..
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast
Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/16/fishing-nets-money-a-one-man-recycling-revolution-on-the-cornish-coast
4 months ago
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Today’s fact from my customer (a Scot’s) Tarmac was was invented and originally largely laid for cycling in Scotland!
4 months ago
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Got a flat on the front tyre on my way home in the rain, stranded in Peckham, my usual call out repair @lowkey_cycles is away on holiday but then Seabass Cycles step in to save the day. Love that there’s a community to back each other up when distaster strikes.
#cycling#london
4 months ago
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What is it with tech bros and their inability to have a original idea?
4 months ago
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Zak Bond
5 months ago
On this year’s cruise, we saw the future in action: ♻️waste collection services 🔧handymen 🥛a milk delivery company 📦delivery firms ⚡electricians 🎤even a mobile stage! If you're a business working in this space and want to be part of our Electrify London campaign - drop me a message! 2/
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#bikeweek
8 months ago
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KARIN TEARLE
9 months ago
It’s the lack of advanced information that is the problem for anyone with different needs. Aaron my electrician just won’t take the chance so he uses Tower Bridge.
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. What happened to the cargo bike charter?
@metecoban92.bsky.social
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Back out on the bike baby!
10 months ago
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Lives changed forever because some utter bell thought it would be fun to drive around central London off his face.” Oh but people on bikes…” RIP. Condolences to the family.
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Pictured: Student, 20, killed in horror 'drug driving' van crash on the Strand in central London
A 20-year-old student killed in a horror drug driving van crash on the Strand has been identified.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/pictured-student-20-killed-drug-driving-van-crash-strand/
11 months ago
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‘“Not surprisingly, the activities and operation of the premises use large amounts of electricity, and with tariffs rocketing … A solar-panel installation was seen as the most efficient option to bring down costs in the long term.”
12 months ago
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Engineer Like A Girl
about 1 year ago
Always a joy to come across a fellow cargo biker! Met Dom today on my way home from work - look at his magnificent new Urban Arrow 🤩 Well done Alumhurst Garden Services (on insta but I told him about BlueSky)
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Jonathan Kelly
about 1 year ago
Saw this on a local message group & made me laugh but could easily be an advert - would credit if it had been a dashcam 😉
#London
#cycle
#activetravel
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This is Joel, who’s retraining to be a sparks. He’s not with us full time , but he’s done some bits for us in the past. Here he is doing some 2nd fixing at a nicely fitted out garden office in
#crystalpalace
#cycling
#electrical
#electricians
about 1 year ago
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It's Simon, yeah?
about 1 year ago
What does it take to get a lifetime ban in the UK?
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
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Driver who killed boy, 12, in Birmingham jailed as dark history on roads shared
Azaan Khan, aged 12, was struck by a BMW as he crossed the Coventry Road in Yardley on his bike on June 8 last year
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/driver-who-killed-12-year-30421427
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I've seen Amsterdams pedestrianisation used as..........shit I nearly went Partridge there for real.
about 1 year ago
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Time for the long johns and waterproof trousers
#cycling
#London
about 1 year ago
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Sporting the £10 rain jacket I used to wear..
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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