Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) Chairman, John Armitt urged businesses in the East Midlands to ‘seize the moment’ to get involved with London 2012 and announced that the organisation had engaged with 10,000 businesses across the UK around opportunities on the construction project.
The 12,000 seat London 2012 Basketball Arena is coming out of the ground on the Olympic Park with the first of 20 10-storey high steel arches already lifted into place. The Arena is being built by companies from almost every UK nation and region.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced it is giving 15 bright and talented school or college leavers the chance to play their part in the biggest show on earth.
School children from five schools in Haringey, North London, today welcomed Seb Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and teachers from Trinidad and Tobago this week as part of a celebration of the International Inspiration programme.
New aerial images released by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today show the Olympic Stadium’s lighting towers have all been lifted into place 60 metres above the field of play, taking the flagship venue to its full height and another step closer to completion by the summer of 2011.
Planning permission has been given for the construction of a new Polyclinic in the London 2012 Athletes’ Village providing state-of-the-art healthcare and community facilities to ensure a long-term legacy for local people, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today.
Greenwich Council’s Planning Committee last night (23rd March) granted planning permission for the temporary use of Greenwich Park, the National Maritime Museum, the Old Royal Naval College and Blackheath Circus Field for the London 2012 Equestrian and Modern Pentathlon events.
- British film stars Nicholas Hoult, Georgia Groome, and Thomas Sangster launch Film Nation:Shorts - Winning films to be screened at iconic London 2012 venues during the Games, and seen by millions - Programme to include young people’s workshops across the UK offering hands-on experience in filming techniques using state-of-the-art Panasonic equipment
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced more details of its ticketing plans and invited sports fans all over the country to ‘sign up’ and register their interest.
New images released by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today show the structure of a key footbridge in the centre of the Olympic Park being lifted into place.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today announced the construction contract award for Eton Manor, a key Paralympic venue that will also deliver essential training facilities during the Olympic Games and first-class new sports and leisure facilities in legacy.
- Over £400,000 committed to the first commissions from the unprecedented three-year programme to create new work for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad - Applications for the second of three rounds of awards now open
The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announces that Panasonic has become the presenting partner of a London 2012 Cultural Olympiad short film competition for young people, Film Nation:Shorts.
The site of a new White Water Canoe Centre for the London 2012 Games has been visited by Team GB canoeist Laura Blakeman to see the good progress being made in construction work.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today revealed the designs of the ‘Landmark London’ pin badges which will go on sale later this month. Each of the landmarks has now been re-created into a metal pin badge incorporating the London 2012 logo.
Forty two members of the guarding team helping to ensure that the London 2012 Olympic Park construction site is safe and secure have graduated with flying colours from a recent training course to obtain a professional security qualifications.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has today announced that the first of the Olympic Stadium’s lighting towers have been successfully lifted into place, taking the flagship venue to its full height at 60 metres above the field of play.
The engineering project that laid the foundations for the long-term regeneration of the Olympic Park site has been awarded the 'Greatest Contribution to London' award at this year’s ICE London Civil Engineering Awards, it was announced today.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has confirmed that Links of London has become an official licensee of London 2012. Links of London will create the Official Jewellery Collection of London 2012.
