London Calling Presentation For First Tuesday 03.02.09
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London Calling – opportunities of Olympic proportions
David Powell, British Ambassador to Norway, First Tuesday 03.02.09
It’s the economy, stupid!
Active Government Trade & FDI focus International co-operation:
London G20 Summit, EU, etc. Combat “financial mercantilism” ‘Green New Deal’ – not only
Obama
London 2012 - the Olympic and Paralympic Games 45 sports in 31 venues 17,000 athletes 20,000 press & media Over 9 million tickets 500,000 spectators per
day East London -
Urban Regeneration
Lower Lea Valley Where is it happening ?
Earls’s CourtVolley Ball
The DomeBoxing
Gymnastics
GreenwichEquestrianPentathlon
Lord’sArchery
WeymouthPortland
SailingEton Dorney
Rowing
TennisWimbledon
FootballHampden
MillenniumVilla Park
Old Trafford
Hyde ParkTriathlon
Regents Park
Cycling
HorseGuards
BeachVolleyball
ExCelBoxing, JudoTable Tennis
ArcheryTennis
Table TennisDiving
Swimming BasketballShootingFencingHandball
Wheelchair -Rugby
- goal ball -basketball
CyclingBMX
HockeyAthletics
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London Bridge
Marathon
Note : for guidance only
2012 Games – big event, big money
75,000 business contracts > £4 billion direct contribution to
the UK economy by 2012 -as much as £21 BN overall
Urban Regeneration – The Thames Gateway
2012 Games – so what’s in it for me?
www.competefor.com
a business brokerage site for the latest 2012 Games procurement opportunities
The UK – the 2012 Games …and then some
Business friendly No. 1 investment location in Europe 1st in attracting European HQs Top talent World leader in innovation Least barriers to entrepreneurship Springboard to global growth
ICT in the UK
Europe’s largest ICT Industry > 1 million people employed 10% of UK GDP 1st in EU on IT competitiveness 1st in EU on attracting software
companies World leading ICT eco-system State-of-the-art ICT infrastructure 16.5M households w/ broadband
UK Trade & Investment
Establish UK subsidiary Expand UK operations Indentify R&D partners in the UK Source British products Free & Confidential Service
Roy KristiansenSenior Market AdviserUK Trade & [email protected] +47 2313 2765www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
Sophie HelgesenMarket AdviserUK Trade & [email protected] +47 2313 2795www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk