Ground transport platform Free Now for Business has launched a new Mobility Budget solution allowing UK companies to give their employees more freedom on how they book different modes of travel.
The new initiative, which has already been launched in Germany, will give UK-based corporate clients the ability to set mobility budgets for individual employees on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
These budgets can be spent on travellers’ preferred forms of ground transport provided by Free Now, including taxis, private hire vehicles as well as electric scooters and bikes. Employees will be able to choose their travel option and pay for their trips through the Free Now app.
Corporates also benefit from the service as it automates tasks and reduces paperwork for managing ground transport. Free Now said it can also be used as a tool for employer branding and to help improve the retention of staff.
Mariusz Zabrocki, general manager of Free Now UK, said: “Shared mobility is the way forward when it comes to perks at work. Flexible, hybrid working is now the norm for millions of workers and access to sustainability-oriented employee benefits is the number one priority of millennials and Generation Z.”
A similar service was launched by Free Now in Germany in spring 2022 as part of its business travel platform.