Asia gives UK's Brompton bikes a leg up

Business is booming for British bicycle-maker Brompton - but it’s cyclists in Asia who are snapping up its nifty folding models in their droves.

In a world where outsourcing has become the norm, London might not seem the most obvious place to mass-produce bicycles. But that is where Brompton manufactured 36,000 bikes last year -- and it shows no sign of slowing down.

“We’ve been growing for the last eight years at about 20 per cent a year. That means we’re doubling the size of the business every four to five years,” managing director William Butler-Adams told AFP.

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