Paris and Budapest to bid for 2024 Olympic Games June 22, 2015 Two capitals of Europe, Paris and Budapest, are set to enter the race for the 2024 Olympic Games bid, with Paris’ bid to become official on Tuesday. The cities will join Boston, Hamburg and Rome, with the winning city to be announced in September 2017, by an International Olympic Committee (IOC) members vote that will [...]
Google looks to Olympic Cauldron designer Heatherwick Studio for London headquarters June 12, 2015 British designer Thomas Heatherwick, the man behind the iconic Olympic cauldron at the London Games, could soon cast his creative vision on Google's new European headquarters in London. The technology giant wants Heatherwick to work on its £1bn, 93,000sq m development for 4,500 employees at King's Cross, according to Business Insider. Read more: Google is poised [...]
Ennis-Hill to compete in her first heptathlon since Olympic gold May 19, 2015 OLYMPIC champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has confirmed that she will compete in her first heptathlon since winning gold at London 2012 in Gotzis at the end of the month. The 29-year-old made her return to athletics in the last few weeks following a two-year absence due to the birth of her first child, but an achilles [...]
Chime scores higher profit with World Cup and Sochi Olympics March 25, 2015 Internal changes and external opportunity led communications and sports marketing group Chime Communications to rising profits, the company announced yesterday. Chime enjoyed a 19 per cent climb in profits before tax since 2013, closing the year at £30.1m. Revenues rose to £386.17m, a 31.6 per cent increase. Its consolidation of its divisions from five to [...]
Balfour Beatty developing the Olympic Village March 2, 2015 BUILDER Balfour Beatty will move into property development with a deal to construct 1,500 homes at two new neighbourhoods at the Olympic Village site. Balfour has agreed to put in half of the equity required to complete the project – about £35m – and carry out the building work, which is expected to generate £400m [...]
Football chiefs bid to resurrect Team GB sides for Rio Olympics March 2, 2015 English football bosses have confirmed their plan to enter men’s and women’s Great Britain teams into the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The Football Association (FA) has reversed its decision to scrap the British men’s side after it was controversially revived at London 2012, making its first appearance at a Games for more [...]
Olympic Park development: Balfour Beatty just agreed to build two new neighbourhoods in East London March 2, 2015 Builder Balfour Beatty has signed a deal to construct 1,500 homes at East Wick and Sweetwater, the next two neighbourhoods to come out of the Olympic Village. The project, at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, will deliver 450 affordable homes, 530 for private sale and 500 to be rented out under a similar model to the [...]
Britain’s most popular jobs: Lawyers and accountants beat Hollywood movie stars, models and Olympic athletes February 17, 2015 When it comes to the most desirable careers, Britons increasingly prize books over looks, with professions such as law and accountancy beating Olympic athletes, Hollywood movie stars and models. But this seemingly topsy-turvy outcome is in line with a broader trend, which saw jobs that were once considered geeky or less cool clinch the top [...]
Exclusive: Hammers reveal Olympic Stadium interior designs January 11, 2015 WEST Ham today reveal new images of their plans for the Olympic Stadium, including an exclusive members-only bar called The Boleyn bedecked in the club colours of claret and blue. The Boleyn is part of the east London club’s offering to supporters who buy an enhanced season ticket package, which also includes prime seats situated [...]
Boris Johnson welcomes £141m transformation of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park into “Olympicopolis” December 2, 2014 Boris Johnson has welcomed the government's commitment to create a £141m education and culture hub on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The transformation will include two new campuses for University College London (UCL) and University of the Arts, new locations for the Victoria and Albert Museum and Sadler's Wells. It will create 3,000 jobs, 1.5m additional visitors [...]