Games Monitor - People

2012 Game Makers – Disabled people need not apply

Steve Dowding — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:50:03 +0100

Amidst all of yesterday's 2-years-to-go hoohah, London2012.com launched their new ~~MacJobs~~ volunteering scheme. Blogger IanVisits was carping about the accessibilty failures in their new style-over-substance webpages.

Brand Beckham to the rescue?

Julian Cheyne — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:25:57 +0100

First it was 'Beckham backs the bid', then 'Beckham to motivate the England Squad'. Now it may be 'Beckham returns to East End roots'. West Ham have been talking to 'his people' in an attempt to rope in the Leytonstone born celeb in its bid to get its hands on the 2012 Olympic Stadium. Still, the lad hasn't agreed yet. Maybe West Ham is a bit of a comedown for Brand Beckham after the various excitements of the World Cup.

Raising the bar

Steve Dowding — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:03:22 +0100

Nice work if you can get it. The 228 permanent staff at the ODA are enjoying an average wage of £67,000 plus an average bonus of £13,700 on top, plus expenses of course. See

2012 British athletes to run in British designed German pants

Julian Cheyne — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:09:17 +0100

Stella McCartney has been hired by sports apparel maker Adidas to design their outfits for Team GB at the 2012 Olympics.

Coalition questions sport participation targets as Olympics gold dust fails to inspire

Julian Cheyne — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:46:30 +0100

Back in 2007 Tessa Jowell said "The gold dust of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games could be the way to inspire so many young people to change their lives, to increase their involvement in sport and arts." The Government had set a target of getting two million more people involved in sport by 2012.

Rogge gets confused over BP 2012 sponsorship

Julian Cheyne — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:52:41 +0100

Jacques Rogge faces both ways over BP's sponsorship of the 2012 Olympics. On the one hand it is reported that the Olympic governing body is content to allow BP to sponsor the London Games provided the firm takes proper "corrective measures" to alleviate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

No party for the rich?

Steve Dowding — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:40:01 +0100

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:

A twisty spiral of intrigue

Steve Dowding — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:27:26 +0100

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~~

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McVolunteering?

Steve Dowding — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:50:30 +0100

Kevin Blowe on the demise of the Food Standards Agency and the announcement that

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you wait for ages then five come along at once

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