Businesses in Nuneaton are being given free support to get ahead in the race to win London 2012-related contracts.From a total of 59 parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands, Nuneaton is one of just five still waiting to win contracts to supply London 2012 or related projects.But that is set to change with organisations in the area invited to attend a London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Business Opportunities for Nuneaton workshop on Wednesday, November 24.The event will be held from 9.30am at Camp Hill Sports and Education Centre, in Cedar Road, and is organised by Business Link West Midlands, Advantage West Midlands (AWM) and the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership for the 2012 Games.Tom Clift, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership manager for the 2012 Games, said: “As a whole our sub region has performed magnificently well when it comes to securing London 2012 related business contracts.“With the correct guidance and through workshops like this we have no doubt the quality of the organisations in the area and the skills offered by Nuneaton will lead to businesses securing a whole host of opportunities surrounding London 2012.”There will be advice on how to secure contracts through the CompeteFor system as well as talks from double Olympian Dave Long, Phil Gray, from Commercial Doctor Ltd, Jim Johnston, from AWM, Margaruite Edwards, from Business Link West Midlands and Tom Clift.Chris Egan, from community regeneration organisation Pride in Camp Hill, will also be speaking at the event to explain how the scheme is aiming to transform the area in and around Camp Hill for the benefit of local people and businesses and how 2012-related opportunities could provide similar benefits to Nuneaton.He said: “I will be talking about the Pride in Camp Hill scheme and how we have supported the local economy through supply chain management.“The scheme is a £200 million project and we want to and ensure local firms have the opportunity to tender in order to keep as much of that money in the local economy as possible.“The Olympics is a huge event so tendering for these contracts is worth the time, it can work and we have examples in Camp Hill which shows these tendering processes can work.”For more information or to register attendance please email Nicol Wagstaff on N.Wagstaff@wmcc-llp.co.uk.ENDSNotes to editors:The Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership for the 2012 Games (CW2012) is a unique combination of public, private and voluntary organisations, working together to maximise opportunities for the sub-region arising from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. To see how Coventry and Warwickshire as a whole is maximising the benefits from London 2012 visit www.cswp.org.uk/london2012. * The Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership for the 2012 Games is hosted by the Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Partnership (CSWP), funded by Coventry City Council, Warwickshire County Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, NHS Coventry, University of Warwick, Coventry University, CV One and Rugby Borough Council and supported by The Ricoh Arena, Coventry Sports Foundation, WM Police, C&W Chamber of Commerce and CSW Sport.* Coventry has been named as a Host City for London 2012 and will host Olympic football matches in 2012 as part of the UK-wide Olympic football competition at the City of Coventry Stadium in Phoenix Way.* Coventry has been awarded a London 2012 Live Site which will join the national network of 21 large Live Site screens around the UK in showing news, events and live screenings of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games from its location outside Coventry Transport Museum. * CW2012 has uncovered over 100 Coventry and Warwickshire Olympians and Paralympians dating back to 1900 to create a Hall of Fame and the first ever archive of its kind. The project has received special recognition from London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) – having been awarded the London 2012 Inspire Mark.* Coventry and Warwickshire has 10 venues in the official London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camp (PGTC) Guide and has hosted visits from several national Olympic committees in an ongoing attempt to attract teams to use the region as a training base.* Coventry and Warwickshire has over 1,500 registrations from companies interested in applying for 2012 Games-related contracts via the CompeteFor system, and businesses in the sub-region have won more contracts than any other area of the West Midlands.* Imagineer Productions’ Godiva Awakes will represent the whole of the West Midlands as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Part of Artists taking the lead, a series of 12 public art commissions across the UK, Godiva Awakes re-imagines Lady Godiva as a contemporary icon for the region, a symbol of courage, fairness, social justice, self sacrifice and sustainability who will create a unique spectacle as she walks to London to take part in the London 2012 celebrations.* Coventry and Warwickshire organisations have ten London 2012 Inspire Mark accredited projects. The Inspire Mark is awarded for excellent projects that promote the Olympic and Paralympic values and are inspired by the London 2012 Games.
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