How a Guaranteed Ride Home boosts car-sharing at Tesco

The challenge at Tesco’s newly formed head office at Welwyn Garden City, with some 4,500 employees, was to reduce the number of cars coming on to site. Already an existing… read more

Liftshare and Oxfam enter festival car share partnership

Liftshare and global charity Oxfam’s festivals team have announced a partnership that will provide car share schemes to their volunteers throughout the 2015 festival season. Oxfam Stewards provide a… read more

Whitbread reduces car park congestion with Liftshare

Whitbread is the UK’s largest hotel, restaurant and coffee shop operator with 45,000 employees who are passionate about making everyday experiences special for our millions of customers both in… read more

Interview: Burlesque, fire shows and busking at Barefoot Festival

The music festival format has been so ingrained that it can be hard to imaging a big open air event with tents, stages and camping without a dedicated musical… read more

Lowestoft Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival recommends Liftshare

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Following on from our coverage of Solid Entertainments’ superb Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival in Southampton, they’re back with yet another stellar event for blues fans to check out.… read more

Budget 2015: Car sharing recommended as money-saving measure

The British Government unveiled its latest Budget yesterday, and among the many changes and recommendations released, the sharing economy was billed as an advised means of saving money. This… read more

Southampton Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival: dates and acts announced

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Following on from Liftshare’s coverage of Solid Entertainments’ blues festivals in Norwich, Doncaster, St. Ives, Yeovil and Lincoln, the organisers have just announced another all-day festival to their stellar… read more

Interview: reducing festival tent waste with Camplight

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Liftshare members regularly travel to UK festivals each year. But whether they’re going to the sprawling epicness that is Glastonbury, or smaller community-led events like the wonderful Village Pump Folk… read more

Good green fun: Introducing the award-winning Wood Festival

Liftshare holds green matters close to its heart, so when we started looking at festivals to cover and interview on our blog, we simply couldn’t overlook Oxfordshire’s Wood Festival –… read more

Northern Ireland strikes: how to avoid transport delays with Liftshare

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Northern Ireland trade unions are on strike today, which is causing disruption to public transport services and other areas of the public sector. Among the striking bodies, public transport provider Translink has… read more

Interview: Embracing Americana at Maverick Festival

Liftshare has been looking at a lot of festivals that bring something different to the table recently, and we thought we’d keep the ball rolling with a look at… read more

5 things we hope Peter Kay’s Car Share gets right about car sharing

Liftshare is eagerly awaiting the debut of Peter Kay’s new comedy show Car Share, which is heading to BBC iPlayer this Spring, and will premiere at the Blackpool Opera… read more

Competition: Win a pair Peter Kay’s sold out “Car Share” show

Peter Kay fans, listen up! The hugely popular comedian is coming to the Blackpool Opera House to give a sold out audience a look at his new show. Why… read more

Check out myPTP’s results at GeoVation

myPTP was developed as a result of winning the GeoVation challenge ‘How can we improve transport in Britain’ – A few year’s on, GeoVation caught up with Liftshare to… read more

Interview: Cheltenham celebrates 11 years of Wychwood Festival

Liftshare ran a piece last week on the wonderful Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham racecourse in Gloucestershire, and we thought we’d get in touch with organisers to get the inside… read more

5 shows about car sharing you need to watch

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Liftshare is looking forward to the Spring launch of Peter Kay’s new comedy series Car Share on BBC iPlayer, so we thought we’d take a look at other shows… read more

Everything you need to know about Saturday’s London tube strike

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The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has declared its staff will strike from 21:00 on Saturday March 7, until 04:00 on Sunday night over the sacking of a… read more

Interview: celebrating Tenterden Folk Festival’s 23-year legacy

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Our look at the UK festival scene continues with the wonderful Tenterden Folk Festival, a celebrated event in the heart of Kent. Managed by folk enthusiast and long-time event… read more