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meant to get to work? Scooters is the answer for that last mile, to get from A to B. “And, personally, I think that needs to move up the
agenda, to at least work through the legalisation of scooters. It’s massively important. “I agree they need to be regulated and controlled,
however, I think it all needs to speed up, to make it a legalised product to use and a safe product to use.” “We have a crisis at the moment with affordability,” continued Kimberley. “We have a crisis with our transport systems being on strike. We need to move this forward. For me, let’s decide what the legislation should be around the scooter - speed limits, helmets or not helmets, what that scooter should consist of and legalise it. Things can be done, we’ve seen that with Covid. If we need to make things happen, we can make things happen. “I’d like to work more with the Government to help them
understand e-scooters and how they will be used. We’ve got the wealth of knowledge and we’re prepared to share it.”
Moving forward Tandem is well placed to look at the future, Kimberley added, with the distributor set to open its new 80,000 square feet warehouse at the end of January/early February.
Tandem Group opened its new e-mobility showroom, Electric Life, last year
“That helps because we’ve now got a state of the art distribution network, all in house. We manage it all.” Looking to the future, Tandem Group is aiming to grow its distribution network, to work with brands themselves, to be a first-class distributor and deliver great products, great content and services from the office to the end user. “I always say running a business is no different to running a house. If you can’t afford it, you can’t have it. If you do want it and you can afford it, you need to work out how you can afford it. There’s a lot to do and it is going to be tough, there’s no doubt about it. But I do believe we have great products, we have a fantastic network, and a fantastic dealerbase as well. “From my point of view, it’s also about supporting change with legislation and helping that along as well. It’s not just about selling products, it’s about supporting change and being part of change, as well as doing all the cost efficiency things we’re doing in our business like moving away from third party warehousing, bringing it all in house. “The world is evolving by the month. It’s just keeping
on top of those changes and seeing how the consumer comes through these changes we’ve got ahead. It’s still very uncertain times. “At the same time we are working on new product
development. We do have some new innovative product development that we’re working through.” ●
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