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21 Jan 2008
Aimed at all sectors of the market, including IT, the London 2012 Business
Network, launched by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and London Organising
Committee, is predicting more than £6bn worth of work with over 75,000 contracts
up for grabs in the run-up to the Games.
The Network has three main parts: information on upcoming opportunities;
business events; and the CompeteFor service, which matches companies to
available contracts.
An ODA representative told CRN: “This is all about supply chain
opportunities and working with the contractors for those opportunities. IT will
play a major part in this as it is a huge sector.”
Simon Briault, representative for
the
Federation of Small Businesses, said: “This is good news for SMEs although
there is a danger that the contracts could still go through the normal supply
chains. The acid test will be whether the sub-contracting opportunities will
come the way of firms that have registered.”
Mike Gammie, IT services development manager at
Misco,
said: “This is going to be a huge opportunity for the IT channel. We will
definitely be taking advantage of it.”
British athletes get Olympic technology boost
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