29 Jan 2009
More than £3.5bn of London 2012-related work has been won by around 860 companies, a year on from the launch of the London 2012 Business Network, figures published today by London 2012 show.
ODA Chairman, John Armitt speaking at the London 2012 Business Network launch a year ago
The
Business Network includes
'CompeteFor' – an online dating agency to which over 54,000 companies have registered for updates on the 1,700 opportunities that have been advertised on the service in its first year.
Almost all of the companies are UK-based. Today a number of Scottish businesses, from a range of sectors, visited the Olympic Park. They had the chance to meet contractors and learn more about gaining opportunities created by the Games.
Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) Chairman John Armitt said: 'We want to work with the best in British business to deliver the venues, infrastructure and parklands for the London 2012 Games and legacy. Companies of all sizes from across the country have won work directly with the ODA. We still have significant Olympic Park work to place. However, the bulk of opportunities are now through our contractors and CompeteFor is already helping companies access this work.'
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