Free e-scooters for Auckland home deliveries

A Beam Shuttle Program aims to provide free rental e-scooters to restaurants, cafes and specialty grocery stores in Auckland that need updated options to deliver products to customers during alert level three.

New Zealand will shift from level four to three after the long weekend, at 11.59pm on the Anzac Day public holiday, Monday April 27.

“Hundreds of restaurants have been deeply impacted by COVID-19, and this is the time to do what we can to support them,” Beam operations manager Frederick Conquer says.

“We will be renting our e-scooters for free to help restaurants get back on their feet as quickly as possible.”

Store partners will be able to pick up e-scooters from Beam’s central Auckland warehouse, where training, helmets and charging accessories will be provided free.

The programme will run until May 11 when it will be reassessed in line with the government’s review of the alert level.

The first restaurant to sign on to the Beam Shuttle Program is Bar Céleste on Karangahape Road.

“We are stoked that Beam reached out with free e-scooters to help us with the launch of our new takeaway offering as we go into level three,” Bar Céleste owner Emma Ogilvie says.

“This will really help us to easily redeploy our staff for central city deliveries, and to have some fun while doing it!”

Beam will provide e-scooters and support to restaurants on a progressive basis while fleet capacity remains available.

“This challenging climate has seen a lot of innovation and goodwill come to the fore,” Heart of the City chief executive Viv Beck says.

“This is a great opportunity for city centre businesses planning on doing local deliveries to consider.”

Visit www.ridebeam.com/the-beam-shuttle-program

to sign up.