
Mega Events
No party for the rich?
Deighton was powerful enough to have become the 458th richest person in the country when he applied for the Locog position. He could afford the massive pay-cut
In one of two largely puff pieces in today's Guardian we're treated to a profile of LOCOG Chief Exec Paul Deighton's bankster past with Goldman Sachs. So we have some idea of where he's coming from in the second which leads:
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Tue, 20/07/2010 - 09:40.
Blog | 2012 Business | 2012 Finance | Finance | Mega Events | People
Unpaid McJobs Available in the Olympics
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Sun, 18/07/2010 - 13:33.
Article | 2012 Business | 2012 Jobs | 2012 Sustainability | Finance | Health | Jobs | Sponsors
Packed Public Meeting Demands Answers on Olympic Police Base
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Sun, 18/07/2010 - 12:42.
Article | 2012 Legacy | 2012 Transport | Displacement | Environment | London 2012 | Planning & Development | Protest | Security
Higgins inadequately rewarded for awesome budget savings!
Today Mr Higgins kindly sent me an email message in which he said:
'We remain within budget and on track to complete the vast majority of the venues and infrastructure with one year to go.'
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Fri, 16/07/2010 - 00:21.
Blog | 2012 Finance | Corruption & Ethics | Economics | Finance
A twisty spiral of intrigue
Dave Hill coyly points to Tory Troll on '...cronyism from City Hall' and the Mirror's tabloid hanky-panky with some property developing people and money behind BoJo's 'throbbing red-veined
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Thu, 15/07/2010 - 14:27.
Blog | 2012 Arts & Culture | 2012 Construction | 2012 Legacy | 2012 Media | Corruption & Ethics | London | People
Bringing Bhopal to Bow?
Dow Chemicals are to be announced as the IOC's new Global Partner?
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Tue, 13/07/2010 - 23:01.
Blog | Contamination | 2012 Finance | Corruption & Ethics | Displacement | Health | Human Rights | Protest | Sponsors
Anish Kapoor's red-knotted coiltrumpet
Ah well, I should know by now that any consultation exists solely to tick administrative boxes, so I probably won't bother submitting any choice thoughts this time round
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Mon, 12/07/2010 - 16:51.
Blog | 2012 Arts & Culture | 2012 Construction | 2012 Legacy | Legacy | London | London 2012 | Planning & Development | Sponsors
McVolunteering?
Kevin Blowe on the demise of the Food Standards Agency and the announcement that
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Mon, 12/07/2010 - 13:50.
Blog | 2012 Business | 2012 Sustainability | Coe | Economics | Jobs | Mega Events | Sponsors
On top of TescoTown, an IkeaTown
Paul Norman reveals that IKEA have acquired the Sugar House Lane site for housing development.
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Fri, 09/07/2010 - 11:59.
Blog | 2012 Construction | Finance | Housing | Planning & Development | Private Housing | Regeneration | Social Housing
The Fire burns on - Vancouver Anti-Olympics Torch on its way to London
Itchy the Bedbug, one of Vancouver's Poverty Olympics' anti-mascots, was present when Vancouver anti-Olympics activists handed over their Anti-Olympics Torch to Elizabeth Hogg from the London Coalition Against Poverty. The handover, the first stage in the torch's journey to London, took place next to the Olympic Cauldron in Jack Poole Plaza.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Thu, 08/07/2010 - 03:08.
Blog | 2012 Legacy | Displacement | Legacy | London 2012 | Protest | Vancouver 2010
