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Olympics - business resource

Advice and help on how to ensure your business keeps running during the 2012 Games

Route of the torch relay

London 2012 has released a comprehensive street-by-street route guide to help with your business planning: click here.

Get ready for the Games

For advice from the London 2012 authorities on overall business readiness, click here

Transport during the Games

For TfL's one-stop portal for information on how the transport system will be affected during the Games, click here.

Freight and deliveries

For information on the operation of the Olympic Route Network and how to manage freight movement issues, click here. TfL is running free workshops on how to manage freight deliveries if your business is located in one of the travel hotspots: click here to book a place.

For maps of expected road congestion during the Games (day by day), click on these links: Olympic Games travel hotspots and Paralympic Games travel hotspots

Out-of-hours deliveries

Advice for delivery companies can be found in the code of conduct, developed by Transport for London, the Freight Transport Association and Noise Abatement Society, can be accessed here.

Security during the Games

Keep up to date with the latest information by signing up to Neighbourhood Link at www.neighbourhoodlink.met.police.uk. Follow the Met's updates on Twitter @metpolice    or @CO11metpolice. View the website for updates: www.met.police.uk

Stay secure online - tips for small businesses: click here.

Over £300 million worth of contracts still available

Check out CompeteFor, the free web-based service that enables companies to access and compete for contracts linked to London 2012.

Develop your business links during the Games

The British Business Club, launched by the PM and supported by the CBI, can help profile your business and connect you with international business partners wherever you are. It aims to capitalise on the 2012 Games by helping you find networking opportunities next summer. Click here.

Advertising restrictions during the Games

There will be a number of restrictions on advertising and trading in open public places, within a few hundred metres around competition venues during the London Olympics and Paralympics. Click here to find out more.

Is your business accessible? Then publicise it.

Just register for free the details of the access and services you provide on the official Access Portal for the 2012 Games www.inclusivelondon.com and its sister site www.inclusivebritain.com and benefit from the fact that they receive 20 million hits a month from people wishing to make informed decisions about which businesses they will visit.

Have a query on how the Olympics will impact your business? Get in touch