For Business
Every day, over 220,000 people travel to 50,000 different workplaces in Somerset.
Your company’s journey to effective travel management will
- reduce capital expenditures
- enhance the strategic positioning of your company in the marketplace
- attract customers by providing opportunities for positive publicity – you can use it as a commercial tool
- empower your staff
- increase the learning capital of your company
- encourage interaction between service areas and departments
This section explains how businesses and their staff can work together to reduce the impacts of travel.
In this Section...
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Getting started
Introduction for employers to the rewards of smarter travel management and how to get started.
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Explore Your Workplace
Interactive self-help guide to supporting smarter travel and developing a travel plan.
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Awards for Business
Apply for one of this year's awards to business for smarter travel management.
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Business Networks
The Junction 25 project and examples of how other employers can work together to reduce traffic in Somerset.
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Testimonials
Feedback on the advice provided to businesses by Somerset County Council to assist with the development of travel plans.
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For Employees
Information on smarter travel to work and what your employers can do to support you.
Business Facts
Part-time telework (working from home at least one day a week) is the most common form of telework. About one and three quarter million Britons telework this way - ways2work website
According to the Harvard Business Review, a nap rejuvenates the mind, fortifies the memory and should be taken between 1pm and 3pm for 30 minutes - ways2work website
Traffic congestion costs UK businesses £22billion per year (CBI).
A single car parking space can cost a business up to £500 a year.
90 minutes exercise per week can halve the annual number of sick days taken by employees.
The average worker in Somerset spends 46 minutes a day commuting to/from work.
100,000 workers in Somerset live within walking/cycling distance (up to 5km) of work.
Business Contact
Telephone:
0845 345 9155
Postal Address:
Moving Forward Team
Somerset County Council
County Hall C7
Taunton
TA1 4DY
Business News
- 20/01/2012 - 10:16Google have added a public transport planner to their online maps and mobile applications.
- 09/12/2011 - 09:28Learner drivers to be allowed to take lessons on motorways




