Businesses aim to get green travel policies on track

James Murray
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Businesses aim to get green travel policies on track

New survey reveals four out of five SMEs intend to take steps to encourage employees to embrace lower carbon travel options

Over 80 per cent of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) intend to increase their support for lower carbon business travel through corporate travel policies and budgets for 2024. That is the...

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