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Over 2100 members and growing

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News , Creative News, Outdoor News

With over 2100 members, ActSmart are growing in strength with more retailers and supplier partners joining than ever before.

ActSmartThis growth reflects the increased value in becoming an ActSmart member. Since last reporting that membership figures were up to 1900 earlier in the year, ActSmart have introduced and improved more services to benefit your business.

Card processing

To ensure our members are always getting the best rates possible, ActSmart re-negotiated the HSBC Card Processing rates down by a mean 15% off the already competitive tariff for all Gold and Platinum members. Click here for more information.

Cycling to Work

WorkRiders was launched at the Cycle Show to a great reception, and over 800 retailers have now signed up. The new commission free cycling to work programme has proven to be an attractive service since its launch and will only continue to grow as employer engagement commences in January 2012. Click here for more information

Foreign Exchange

ActSmart partnered with Caxton FX to offer their retailer and supplier members free currency transfers with no transaction or commission fees and preferential rates for members. Click here for more information

Future Growth

With new initiatives and developments in 2012, membership will only continue to grow. The launch of WorkRiders to the public in January will see authorised retailers saving on administration costs - a huge incentive to become an ACT member and be part of the WorkRiders retailer network.

With four membership packages available, including FREE Bronze ActSmart membership, Tony Jones from ActSmart encourages every cycle, snowsports and outdoor pursuits business to become at least a FREE Bronze member. "Bronze membership enables a business to take control of their promotion to c4million consumers p.a - every owner / manager should invest 5 minutes of their time to ensure they are being promoted to an increasing audience."

2012 will also witness the introduction of the gift card service which will be available to all ActSmart members, including Bronze members - another reason to join for free today and become part of the fast growing ActSmart community.

Find out what other members have said about the ActSmart community by clicking here.

With a membership package to suit any business, join now and take advantages of our services

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