‘London
2012: You can STILL profit’ will feature a guest appearance by sports
broadcaster and journalist Steve Rider, who has covered every Olympics since
Moscow 1980 and will give his personal perspective about the business side of
the Games.
The
free seminar, hosted by the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP),
will take place at West Bromwich Albion’s Hawthorns stadium on Friday 20
January between 9am and noon.
Black
Country cycling legend and commentator Hugh Porter MBE will also attend as
Master of Ceremonies for the morning.
Attendees
will find out how to apply for lucrative contracts to convert the Olympic &
Paralympic Games sites, as well as supplying goods and services to companies
adapting the facilities for future use. New build on the Olympic Park will
include office blocks and several thousand new homes, while the major venues
will be converted for ‘legacy’ use.
Three
hundred companies in the West Midlands have won contracts totalling over £500m
in value. The organisers say the event will give local companies an advantage
over the competition and a head-start towards winning more work.
‘London
2012: You can STILL profit’ will include a hot breakfast and networking lunch
thanks to sponsorship from EBC Group and Zaun Fencing.
The
Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership event is being held in association
with finditintheblackcountry and supported by the Department of Business,
Innovation & Skills (BIS) and West Midlands Chambers of Commerce LLP.
Free
places can be booked online at www.finditintheblackcountry.co.uk
or by emailing p.mccarron@wmchambers.co.uk