London 2012 blog

Last week in Hackney 20 businesses gathered to learn more about London 2012 opportunities and how to get involved. It was an eclectic group - a delicatessen owner keen to know about how to supply food, a recruitment specialist already supplying people for special events, a property developer listening out for how the coming of the London 2012 Games will improve the area for his business. There was also the owner of a clothing shop who wanted to know about how she could position herself for increased sales and a corporate florist! Everyone arrived, intent on learning more and willing to sign up to CompeteFor in order to find success.

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The first 'Meeting of Minds' took place on 20 June. Eight businesses drawn from diverse sectors came to London 2012 headquarters to meet up with one of our tier one contractors. It was a very informal occasion designed to offer small businesses an opportunity to come and talk with London 2012 and a main contractor to better understand what it takes to do business with us. We were joined on this occasion by Jackie Connolly from the London Borough of Newham and Hemant Mistry from the London Development Agency (LDA) programme 'Diversity Works for London'.

Each business took five minutes to explain who they were and what their aspirations for participating in the London 2012 supply chain were. These were many and varied, from a wish to become involved in discussions over which tiles to use in the Aquatics Centre to how to sell ice cream to construction workers.

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