Behind the scenes of the UK's e-scooter boom with Lime's Florence Milner

Cecilia Keating
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Micromobility firm's general manager for the UK and Ireland speaks to BusinessGreen about competition, councils, and shifting travel attitudes

It's prime time for electric scooters in the UK. Over the last six months, the world's largest e-scooter operators have flocked to British shores, after the government fast tracked trials of rental e-scooters...

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