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08 February 201310:00
LOCOG publishes 2011-2012 report and accounts
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd (LOCOG) today published its accounts for the 18 month period ended 30 September 2012. The Company expects that a final set of accounts for the six months to 31 March 2013 will be filed in June 2013.
29 December 201207:48
New Year Honour list 2013
A Special Honours List has been published today, recognising our Olympians, Paralympians, coaches and those behind the scenes at the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG).
26 November 201200:00
Secret of Olympic Park gnome revealed in book on Britain’s largest new park for more than 100 years
A smirking garden gnome hidden among the tall grasses of the Olympic Park features in a new book on the creation of what will become the largest new green space in Britain for more than a century.
08 November 201217:05
Disabled pool access redesigned as early legacy of London 2012 Games
A unique system to improve swimming pool access – designed for those who are disabled, less mobile or pregnant – has become an early legacy of the London 2012 Games.
07 November 201216:28
Olympic and Paralympic cauldron ‘petals’ sent as gifts to competing nations
Today the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) commenced the distribution programme of the handmade copper petals from the cauldron that burned so brightly during the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
30 October 201215:31
Interim results of London 2012 Festival shows scale and reach of Games culture offer
•   Attendances at London 2012 Festival events tops 19.8million with 80% of audiences coming from free events
•   85% of attendees say the Festival was a positive addition to the Games
•   70% of attendees say events exceeded expectations
•   London 2012 Festival inspires more than 10 million people to take part in further cultural activities
23 October 201210:51
LOCOG and the London Legacy Development Corporation begin Olympic Park handover
On Monday 22nd October the London 2012 Organising Committee and the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) marked the start of the handover of the Olympic Park, the centrepiece of the Games.
21 September 201212:57
Last chance to buy official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Posters online
• London 2012 Online Shop to close at the end of the month

Art and sport fans are still able to purchase Rachel Whiteread’s ‘LOndOn 2O12’, the official poster of the London 2012 Olympic Games, and Tracey Emin’s ‘Birds 2012’, the official poster of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, before the London 2012 Online Shop closes at the end of this month (September 2012).
21 September 201212:42
Learning Legacy’s ‘goldmine of knowledge’ kept by Cabinet Office to help other major projects
The future of an innovative industry resource designed to ensure that the lessons from the successful London 2012 construction programme are retained for other projects has been guaranteed.
10 September 201215:27
London 2012 Festival celebrates a summer of success as it hands the cultural baton to Derry~Londonderry, Glasgow and Rio
The London 2012 Festival today released audience figures to the end of August 2012. Figures for the remaining period of the Festival will be announced later this autumn.

• 19.5 million people join in UK wide London 2012 Festival
• 16.5 million free opportunities draw new audiences
• 9 out of 10 people attending events agree London was right to make culture a key pillar of the Games

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