Posted on 23/01/12
With just under 200 days to go it is almost impossible to have missed the building excitement as the nation and world looks forward to an amazing summer of sport.
One thing is for certain, come the Opening Ceremony on 27th July 2012, the London 2012 Games will be part of every conversation.
Your staffing levels, transport plans, technology and security requirements and what you’ll do to mark the 2012 Games for your staff and customers will all require planning. Now really is the time to consider how your operations might be effected during the 14 weeks of the Olympic festival starting with the Olympic Torch Relay on the 19th May through to the closing ceremony of the Paralympics on the 9th September.
PREPARING YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE GAMES
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a great opportunitiy for businesses of all sizes across to UK and you may already be planning so that your business may take full advantage of it.
As we get nearer to Games time many businesses are gearing up for the Games and seeing their levels of preparedness as a competitive advantage. As a start ask yourself these questions;
Is your business is in an affected area?
What about your staff?
How about your deliveries and collections?
Click here to access London 2012’s diagnostic tool that will take you through these above points and help you plan contingencies, and click here to watch a video of how some businesses are gearing up and getting prepared.
There are some excellent resources to help keep you running during the Games on the London 2012 website, click here to view them.
EMBRACING THE OPPORTUNITY
There are still plenty of opportunities for Businesses in the South East to secure contracts to supply goods and services to the Games. Many of the contracts now are for smaller values but there are more of them and they are turning around at a much faster pace. If you are ready you will find details of them published on www.competefor.com.
KEY DATES FOR THE 2012 DIARY
May
19th Olympic Torch Relay starts
June
2nd – 5th Queens Diamond Jubilee
8th Start of the European Football Championships in Warsaw
11th/15th/19th June England’s matches in the European Football Championships
21st Opening of the London 2012 festival 25th Wimbledon Tennis Championships
July
1st Final of the European Football Championships in Kyiv
7th – 15th Big Dance 2012
9th July – 20th July Olympic Torch Relay visits South East 27th Opening Ceremony
28th – 29th July Cycling Road Race in Surrey28th July – 11th August Rowing at Eton Dorney
August
1st August – Time Trial Cycling at Hampton Court Palace
4th Super Saturday
12th Closing ceremony
24th Paralympic torch relay
27th Light a Lantern festival
28th – 29th August 24 hour Paralympic torch relay from Stoke Mandeville to the Olympic Stadium
29th Paralympics opening ceremony
31st – 2nd August/September Rowing at Eton Dorney
September
5th – 8th September Para Cycling at Brands Hatch
9th Paralympics closing ceremony
14 WEEKS OF SUMMER
In your area there will be a progamme of events and celebrations from the Queens Jubilee on the 2nd June – 9th September find out what is going on near you so that you can maximisie the opportunities and prepare for the disruptions.
SOME USEFUL LINKS
For everything Businesses need to know about the Games click here
Find out where the Olympic Torch is going click here
To view the full Olympic competition schedule and find out whats on when click here
To view the full Paralympic competition schedule and find out whats on when click here
To find out about events happening near you are part of the London 2012 Festival click here
This story has been written by Ian Parkes, South East 2012 Business Lead.