Small Businesses Expect Domestic Travel To Grow In 2025 - London Business News...

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New research from Trainline Partner Solutions , the B2B arm of Trainline, reveals over three quarters of UK SMBs expect to increase both domestic travel volumes (76%) and business travel budgets (79%) in 2025 according to their business travel decision makers.

In parallel with this growth, SMB decision-makers are prioritising sustainability considerations within their corporate travel policies. Over one third of decision makers (33%) identified increasing use of rail as a key initiative to reduce their carbon footprint.

The vast majority (85%) also have clear policy and financial support in place to encourage use of lower-carbon modes of travel. While UK SMBs are not impacted by regulations like the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the growing regulatory environment is already influencing their corporate strategy ⁘ emerging as the number one driver for those SMBs that have established policy and financial support for lower carbon travel (34%).