Business contracts for the London 2012 Games have been won by
more than 200 companies across the West Midlands.
£461 million worth of business has been bagged by firms in
nearly all of the region's 59 parliamentary constituencies.
Jim Johnston, Advantage West Midland'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
£400 million 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, which has been set up by the London
2012 organisations to act as an online brokerage service between
London 2012 buyers and potential suppliers across the
country.
So far there have been 9,500 registrations from the West
Midlands on the CompeteFor system - the fourth highest regional
total in the country (after London, south east of England and east
of England).
Examples of businesses winning contracts across the West
Midlands region include:
Birmingham
* Glenn Howells Architects - designer for section of the
athletes' village
* DBK Group Ltd - the BREEAM (Buildings Research Establishment
Environmental Assessment Method) assessor for legacy use of the
main Olympic stadium.
* Pinsent Mason - solicitors to the Olympic Delivery
Authority
Solihull
* Allbatteries Ltd - supplied batteries.
* Lloyds Engineering Services - worked on sewage works and
pumping station on Olympic Park.
* Total Truck Training - training for fork lift truck drivers
for Olympic Delivery Authority.
Black Country
* IRC Carocelle Ltd - supplied specialist roof and cladding
materials for the handball arena.
* Express Shutters - supplied replacement external shutters to
London Borough of Waltham Forest, one of the 2012 host
boroughs.
* Zaun Fencing Ltd - supply of 15km security fencing around
Olympic Park and high security fencing and gates to the perimeter
and back office of the main Olympic stadium.
Coventry and Warwickshire
* Nullifire - supplied intumescent paint for use on Olympic
Park
* Severn Trent Laboratories - analysis of water in Aquatics
Centre on Olympic Park
* Keller Ground Engineering Ltd - eleven separate contracts for
the ODA supply chain, including permeation Grouting services and
earth retaining walls on the Olympic Park.
Worcestershire
* Slick Seating - supplied seating to the basketball arena on
the Olympic Park and 10,500 seats across 8 courts for the disabled
tennis tournament. Previously supplied Euro 2004 and Portugal and
Canadian Formula One Grand Prix.
* NetsWork Ltd - supply of construction safety netting for the
Aquatics Centre.
* Reddiplex Ltd, Droitwich - supplied plastic profile extrusions
for the Olympic Park.
Herefordshire
* EMS Ltd - supplied ventilation and air conditioning,
microwaves and table top fridges at the Olympic Park.
* GEA Denco - supplied direct expansion cooling equipment for
the Aquatics Centre.
* Kingspan Insulation (Leominster) - supplied insulation for
roofing on Handball Arena at Olympic Park.
Shropshire
* Elements Europe Ltd - supplied 285 bathroom pods,
pre-fabricated off-site, for the accommodation block in the Olympic
Village.
* Access Designs Ltd, Telford - provided steelwork fabrications
for bridges in the south of the Olympic Park, Metal Gallery Panel,
steel components and steelwork for access shafts for the
undergrounding of electrical supply cables
* Golden Bear Toys Ltd - long relationship with British Olympic
Association to supply mascots. Designing and supplying the mascots
for London 2012.
Staffordshire
* HaulTech - supplied traffic planning software to which serves
the Olympic Park.
* Intatec Ltd - supplied shower units for the Olympic Park.
* Bakers Coaches, Stoke - tours of Olympic Park on annual Open
day, won from ODA.