National Business Travel Network
What is the National Business Travel Network?
 Travel plans are an effective way for businesses to reduce car use and CO2 emissions, as well as providing a range of other benefits. The Department for Transport’s National Business Travel Network (NBTN) works with businesses to promote workplace travel plans.
The British Chambers of Commerce are key partners in the National Business Travel Network.
What are Travel Plans?
Travel plans promote greener, cleaner travel choices and cut down the reliance on cars, and case studies have shown that travel plans can reduce car use by 10% to 25%. Each travel plan is tailored to the needs of each business and can include a range of measures such as cycle parking, discounted public transport tickets, car sharing schemes or flexible working.
The benefits of travel plans:
Financial
Travel plans can benefit companies financially by reducing costs associated with car parking, business trips & congestion and reducing the need for expansion and office space.
Human resources
Travel planning can increase staff retention, reduce staff sick days and improve staff health, improve staff motivation and morale and provide further opportunities to win employer awards.
Environmental
By implementing travel plans businesses make positive contributions to environmental targets, reducing CO2 emissions, increasing transport sustainability, improving staff awareness of environmental issues & benefiting the local community.
Facilities
Travel plans make better use of space, reduce congestion on and around the site, improve health and safety and can help secure planning permission.
How can the National Business Travel Network help?
The National Business Travel Network enables companies already familiar with travel planning to share best practice and their experiences with other businesses and key stakeholders such as transport operators, local authorities, the Highways Agency, the DfT & other government departments and business groups and networks - such as the BCC.
Aims of the NBTN:
BEST PRACTICE and RESOURCE
To provide a forum to develop shared ideas and best practice on business travel planning
To provide business services and one stop shop for information and advice on travel plans
BUSINESS CASE
To develop a strong business case for business travel planning through research
PARTNERSHIPS and NATIONAL UMBRELLA
To develop partnerships to create synergies on business travel planning
To provide guidance and support for local business travel networks
POLICY
To highlight policy opportunities for increasing the take-up and effectiveness of travel plans by UK businesses
Why join the NBTN?
- Free membership
- Regular meetings with other business members
- Dedicated member area on the website and access to resources
- Direct access to the DfT to provide advice and feedback on policy interventions
- Direct access to other network members and partners
- Benchmarking tools to measure reduced CO2 emissions relating to business travel
For further information contact the NBTN at info@nbtn.org.uk
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