Firms hope to Olympic winners
by HELEN PERKINS CUMBRIAN business bosses are competing with companies across the United Kingdom in the race for 2012 Olympic contracts.
Sainsbury’s signs up as 2012 Paralympics sponsor
The supermarket chain is the first to sign as a Paralympics-only sponsor in the largest deal in the event’s history
Sainsbury’s has signed up as the first sole sponsor of the 2012 London Paralympics, in what the organising committee claims is the largest sponsorship of the event in its history.
Sainsbury’s, the first partner to sign as [...]
Learning from the recession
The recent recession has made it a tough time for most businesses, and the story is no different for these four female entrepreneurs. But how did they trade through it?
More than 10,000 businesses engaged on London 2012 opportunities
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has now engaged with more than 10,000 businesses from across the UK about the opportunities to build the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Games, it was announced today.
Businesses get Olympics advice
Businesses across Surrey are advised how to recognise the potential of the London Olympics for the county.
England 2018 WC bid puts business case
Andy Anson, the chief executive of the England 2018 World Cup bid, talks about everything from ticketing prices to tourism, as the country fine tunes its strategy.
Olympic firms in £1bn loan pledge
Lloyds Bank says it is earmarking a special fund to alert businesses around the country to Olympic-related opportunities.
BBC’s Salford move brings upheaval
With a £150m move to Salford prompting staffing and financial turmoil, the BBC faces a tricky 2010
A BBC presenter with a £16.9m contract may have dominated headlines over the past few days but the corporation also starts the new year with a project costing upwards of £150m increasingly mired in political controversy. Tonight marks a [...]
Letters: Child abuse is not the sole province of the IRA
Nick Cohen’s article (“The IRA’s culture of silence extended to child abuse“, Comment) would have been more powerful had he included the fact that sexual violence against children does not have political allegiances. Surely you cannot be so naive as to imagine the Protestants and their armies have no paedophiles? Nor the police? And that [...]
Olympics minister visits county
The Olympics Minister visits Oxford to see how businesses and sports are capitalising on the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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