Olympics contracts won by 200 local companies
The number of West Midlands companies which have won business contracts linked to the London 2012 Olympics has now reached 200.
Regional development agency Advantage West Midlands says £461m worth of business has been bagged by firms in nearly all of the region’s 59 parliamentary constituencies.
Jim Johnston, AWM’s business manager for the 2012 games, said: “This is a remarkable achievement by West Midlands businesses and means we’ve sprinted past our ambitious £400m target well ahead of the games-time deadline.
“The West Midlands business community has truly embraced the opportunity and helped to net the regional economy more than its fair share of Olympic profits and related jobs.
“The fact that contracts have been won by businesses in nearly every part of the region is also hugely impressive and reinforces the West Midlands’ collective determination to compete for and win new business, both London 2012 games contracts and new opportunities emerging as the economy begins to recover.”
Many of these successes have been achieved through the CompeteFor procurement system. So far, there have been 9,500 registrations from the West Midlands on the CompeteFor system.
