Olympic workforce set to surge with 30,000 new jobs on the way
Posted: 16 January 2009Olympic chiefs believe 30,000 new jobs will be created between now and 2012 as preparation for the London Games hit the halfway point today.
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London Olympics hit halfway milestone - PHOTO
Posted: 16 January 2009Olympic chiefs have issued the latest photos of work on site as the Games reached the half way point between winning the bid and London 2012 getting underway.
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Olympic Village funding deal won't be final until spring 2009
Posted: 14 January 2009It will take until spring 2010 to strike a restructured funding deal for the Olympic Village.
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David Fison joins ODA board
Posted: 09 January 2009Olympic minister Tessa Jowell has appointed former Skanska chief executive David Fison to the board of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).
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Foundations laid for Olympic Village - PHOTOS
Posted: 08 January 2009The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and Lend Lease have released photos and details of the latest progress on the construction of the Olympic Village.
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London Olympics Basketball Arena - Venue Guide
Posted: 01 January 2009The London Olympics basketball arena has been subject to a raft of cost cutting strategies, including suggestions it be cut in favour of holding events at Wembley Arena and that it be imported as a flatpack.
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London Olympics Hockey Centre - Venue Guide
Posted: 01 January 2009The London Olympics Hockey Centre will be a venue to watch as cost pressures and deadlines bear down on the final designs.
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London Olympics Media Centre - Venue Guide
Posted: 01 January 2009The London Olympics international press and broadcast centre has been hard hit by the credit crunch and could be bailed out by taxpayers.
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London Olympics VeloPark - Venue Guide
Posted: 01 January 2009The London Olympics VeloPark is an integral venue for the 2012 Games, with cycling one of Britain’s key Olympic sports.
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Olympic Aquatics Centre roof progresses - PHOTOS
Posted: 15 December 2008Work has been completed on the first roof support at the southern end of the 160-m long wave shape roof of the Zaha Hadid-designed London Olympics Aquatic Centre.
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Olympic venues may need bail out, Jowell admits
Posted: 09 December 2008Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell has told MPs that efforts to raise private cash to build the 2012 Olympic Village and media centre could fail.
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£250m Olympic powerlines project on time and budget - PHOTOS
Posted: 09 December 2008The two-year, £250m powerlines project on the Olympic Park has been delivered on time and to budget, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has announced.
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Southern Housing to help solve £1bn Olympic Village funding woes
Posted: 08 December 2008Housing association Southern Housing has stepped-in to help solve funding problems on the £1bn Olympic Village.
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ODA claims two thirds of Olympics workers are British
Posted: 05 December 2008Only three out of 10 construction jobs on the London Olympic site are going to foreign workers, according to figures released by the ODA.
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ODA spending £100m a month on Olympics
Posted: 03 December 2008The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is spending £100m each month on construction work on the London 2012 Olympics, according to Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell.
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LDA calls for less Olympic venue spending
Posted: 03 December 2008LDA chief executive Peter Rogers has called for planners to rein in spending on London 2012 Olympic buildings to allow more money to be spent on infrastructure.
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National Lottery Olympic funding hits £375m half-way mark
Posted: 28 November 2008The National Lottery has hit the half-way mark in its target to raise £750m for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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First Olympic venue ready today
Posted: 28 November 2008London 2012’s first venue – the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy – will be handed over today (Friday) six weeks ahead of schedule.
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IOC will not rescue the troubled 2012 Olympic Games
Posted: 28 November 2008The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stressed it has no resources to help 2012 chiefs combat the recession or keep its £9.3bn budget on track.
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Latest progress on Olympic Velopark and Village - PHOTOS
Posted: 27 November 2008The Olympic Delivery Authority has released new aerial photos showing the progress being made on the London 2012 Olympic Velopark and the Olympic Village.
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