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London 2012 dented retail sales

The British Retail Consortium says that retail sales fell by 0.4 per cent in August as the feelgood factor from the London Olympics failed to inspire consumers to spend.

Official data shows that retail sales increased by 0.3 per cent month-on-month but that the London Olympic Games gave no major boost to consumer spending in July.

Thursday, 20 September 2012 11:52

Retail sales declined in August as the nation tuned into the biggest sporting spectacle to ever hit the UK, the London 2012 Olympics.

Sales volumes fell by 0.2 per cent in August, contributing to an annual rise of 2.7 per cent, according to official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The monthly drop in sales was less than analysts expected with the median prediction being of a 0.4 per cent monthly drop.

However, the drop in sales sounds the death knell to the view that the Olympics would provide a short-term boost to the economy.

Howard Archer, from forecasters IHS Global Insight said: "The August retail sales indicate that for all its many virtues, the Olympic Games appears to have hindered rather than helped retail sales.”

It provided a short-term boost to jobs and the fact that the ticket sales (that were bought some time ago) will be accounted for in the third quarter may help GDP, but the London Olympic Games were so compelling they stopped people going out shopping.

Anecdotal evidence showed that the warning of travel disruption in London during the Olympics discouraged shoppers and also workers from travelling into the capital with a subsequent negative impact on trade.

They even stopped people staying in and shopping according to the ONS data. Online sales figures had their worst monthly performance for more than five years as people tuned into the sporting action rather than go shopping online.

Online sales fell by 6.7 per cent compared to July – the biggest monthly decline since December 2007.

Commentary from the ONS said: "Feedback from online retailers suggests that sales were lower as consumers watched the Olympics instead of shopping online.”

However, there was a boost to sales from the overall impact of the sporting summer with retailers reporting a rise in sales of sports equipment, football shirts and other sporting goods.

On a quarterly basis retail sales rose by 0.6 per cent between June and August compared to the previous three months.

UK consumers have faced the worst squeeze on disposable income since the great depression of the 1930’s as inflation has outpaced wage increases for the last three years, energy prices have increased by 60 per cent in the last five years and petrol prices have hit a new record high.

According to Mr Archer, this is unlikely to ease.  He said: Hopes that the squeeze on consumers’ purchasing power would ease markedly further over the latter months of 2012 are waning.

"In particular, a move back up in petrol prices, rising utility bills and the possibility of higher food prices (partly due to the drought in the US) will limit any further falls in consumer price inflation in the near term and could even see it move back up.”

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Rio 2016 officials admit to stealing documents from London 2012 ... - Telegraph.co.uk

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Rio 2016 artists perform during the closing Paralympic ceremony ahead of hosting the next Games Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Employees of Rio downloaded the documents without authorisation while working alongside London 2012 employees as part of an official Olympic 'knowledge transfer' programme.

The Brazilians took the transfer element too far, however, and London 2012 officials were furious to discover the documents has been taken without their permission.

A London 2012 spokesman said: "We can confirm that there were some files received without our permission but the Rio organising committee acted swiftly and returned the files promptly."

London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton is understood to have contacted his Rio counterpart personally to demand the return of the documents.

The information stolen is thought to have included details of London's strategic and security planning. The Rio staff responsible are thought to have been working in London's technology department.

Reports in the Brazilian media claim that nine staff members have lost their jobs following the embarrassing incident.

The theft may add extra interest to the official London 2012 debrief, which will take place in Rio in November. The meeting is supposed to provide the next Olympic hosts with everything they need to know to stage the Games. Rio appear to have already started that process.

Rio 2016 were unavailable for comment at the time of publication.

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Strictly star Smith considers quitting gymnastics after London 2012 ... - Daily Mail

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By Alex Horlock

PUBLISHED: 11:29 GMT, 21 September 2012 | UPDATED: 13:23 GMT, 21 September 2012

Team GB’s double Olympic medal-winning gymnast Louis Smith has said he could quit the sport before Rio 2016 because he may be ‘too old’ to challenge for a podium place.

At only 23, Smith, who won a bronze medal in the men’s team gymnastics and silver in the pommel horse at the London Games, also has other goals he wants to pursue.

Although the Peterborough gymnast is currently in training for both gymnastics and hit TV show Strictly Come Dancing, Smith wants to launch a clothing range or start a property business, and believes these other ventures would be incompatible with full-time training.

Game changer: Louis Smiith (right) is competing on Strictly Come Dancing

But Smith would be 27 in Rio, the same age as Krisztian Berki, the Hungarian who beat him to gold in London.

When asked whether retiring before the Brazil Games would be too early, Smith told Sportsmail: ‘It’s not to do with it (retirement) being early. It’s to do with being 27 and being past my day.

‘I mean, what happened in London, I was 23-years-old and in the peak of my career, I did the best routine of my life.

‘I’m not going to do better than that, so what am I going to achieve in Rio? Another bronze? Another silver? It’s not going to compare to this summer.’

‘Like I said, I would love to get to Rio, but it (retirement) is an option. I have got to think about life, life is bigger than Rio.’

Game over? Smith could quit gymnastics rather than compete in Rio

He added: ‘I wouldn’t class it as giving up or quitting. I can look back on my career and I have 11 major international competition medals.

‘I’ve got three Olympic medals, I can look back and say if I was to retire, “I have had a fantastic run”. I wouldn’t be giving up, I would be retiring on a massive high.

‘But I’ve got to think about my future. I’ve got a lot of things that I want to do. Like my fashion range, my clothing range, my property - I want to set up a business.

‘I can’t really do all those things and train full-time so I will make a decision about what I am going to do.’

For now though, Smith is starring in the new series of BBC ballroom dance show Strictly Come Dancing.

Silver lining: Smith finished second in the pommel horse competition

Although used to spending hours training to be among the world’s best on the pommel horse, Smith said the regime for the TV show was just as tough.

Smith, who was running a training session for children at his gym in Peterborough for Sky Sports Living for Sports, said: ‘To be completely honest, it’s hard work. My body’s aching, I’m getting ill, I’m getting run down.

‘Lots of people say you must find it easy compared to gym. But it is hard work, to do what they do.

‘I train 10 to 4 and then my partner will stay longer and carry on dancing. I’m in bits.’

Living for sport: Smith (centre) is involved with the Sky Sports scheme

Louis Smith is supporting Sky Sports Living for Sport, a free secondary schools initiative that uses sport stars and sport skills to skills to improve the lives of thousands young people across the UK.

Find out more and get involved at: www.skysports.com/livingforsport

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Prince Charles holds reception to thank London 2012 volunteers - Insidethegames.biz

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By Duncan Mackay

September 21 - The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have held a reception to thank some of the people and organisations who helped make London 2012 such a success. 

Charles and Camilla were hosted a reception at Clarence House for 120 Games Makers and volunteers, 30 Team London Ambassadors and 40 members of the military who worked at the Games.

Charles and Camilla spent time talking with the volunteers about their experience which many have called the "opportunity of a lifetime".

The Royal couple chatted and joked with the individuals who came together to help London 2012 the most successful Olympics and Paralympics in history.

Particularly poignant was the story of 25-year-old Genevieve Robinson, who overcame the grief caused by the death of her father Shaun to take part as a volunteer in the Opening Ceremony.

Robinson revealed to Charles and Camilla that her father came down with leukaemia before she was selected and died without being able to see her participate.

"I didn't think I would be able to return to anything in the world, but he was so excited and he wrote a little book and diary while he was in hospital," she said.

"With that I was just like, 'I have to do it, I have to carry on', so I did and it was the best thing I've ever done.

"I was drumming in the Opening Ceremony and just thinking of him."

Christopher Locke worked as a volunteer despite having to commute 7,900 miles from the Falkland Islands.

The 53-year-old, who served as a junior officer in the Navy during the Falklands War in 1982, moved to Mount Pleasant in February to work as a harbour master.

But he did not want to pass on the opportunity to take part in the Olympics and opted to travel between the Falklands and London four times to be part of Danny Boyle's Opening Ceremony team.

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London 2012 to make no profit - Daily Mail

By Sportsmail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 12:15 GMT, 21 September 2012 | UPDATED: 13:32 GMT, 21 September 2012

London 2012 chiefs are expecting to break even when they finalise their accounts for the operation of the Olympics and Paralympics - which spells bad news for the cash-strapped British Olympic Association.

Some running costs for LOCOG, the London organising committee for the Games, will continue until the end of the year but the bulk has been accounted for and organisers are understood to be confident there will be no call on public money.

There is unlikely to be any surplus left over either however - which would be a blow for the BOA who would be entitled to 20 per cent of any profit from the running of the Games.

Breaking even: But London 2012 is not set to record a profit

The share of any surplus was the cause of an acrimonious legal dispute between the BOA and LOCOG last year - the BOA unsuccessfully claimed the running costs of the Paralympics should not be taken into account.

Instead, LOCOG gave the BOA the rights to sell an 'iconic' item of merchandise - the BOA chose to sell branded scarves but sales of these fell well below the target.

The legal row marked a low point in relations between the BOA chairman Lord Moynihan and chief executive Andy Hunt and the LOCOG leadership, and if there is to be no surplus will go down as a costly and ultimately pointless episode.

The Government's Olympics contingency fund still has around ?400million unspent but LOCOG are not planning to call on any of that money, meaning they will have been funded entirely from sponsorship, television money, and sales of tickets and merchandise.

Meanwhile, it is understood Lord Coe would want to make Sir Clive Woodward the leader of the British winter and summer Olympic teams if he is elected as BOA chairman in November.

Coe, the London 2012 chairman, is expected to win the election to succeed Moynihan.

Woodward's current position as BOA director of sport is under threat after a restructuring programme was agreed earlier this week, but Coe would be keen to retain the services of the man who guided England to the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

Woodward was deputy chef de mission (team leader) for the Olympics in Beijing, Vancouver and London, but Coe believes he would be the ideal leader for the Games in Sochi and Rio de Janeiro, and that the job could be done on a part-time basis.

That would also raise questions about Hunt's long-term position, given that he was chef de mission for the last two Games.

London 2012 Olympics get national newspaper websites on track for ... - The Guardian

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Mail Online: London 2012 Olympics coverage helped it top 100 million monthly unique browsers in August

The London 2012 Olympics proved to be digital gold for UK national newspaper websites, with daily unique website users up more than 10% in August for several titles.

Mail Online consolidated its position as the most popular UK newspaper website, cracking 100 million monthly unique browsers for the first time.

The network of websites, which vies with the New York Times digital network for the title of most popular global newspaper, reported an 8% month-on-month rise in monthly unique browsers to 105,720,020 in August.

Daily unique browsers rose 7% compared with July to 6,557,117, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures published on Thursday.

Independent.co.uk reported the largest proportional increase with a 22.5% month-on-month surge in daily unique browsers to 908,579. Monthly unique browsers rose more than 20% to 19,342,706.

This was enough to keep Independent.co.uk ahead of Mirror Group Digital, the website network that includes Mirror.co.uk, 3am.co.uk and MirrorFootball.co.uk, which showed the smallest month-on-month growth among the national titles that have their figures audited and published by ABC.

Mirror Group Digital increased its daily unique browsers by 2.5% month on month to 839,538; monthly unique browsers rose just 1.1% to 16,944,367.

Guardian News & Media's website network, guardian.co.uk, which includes MediaGuardian, also had a good month, with a rise of more than 10% in daily unique browsers compared with July to 3,816,464.

GNM reports ABC-audited monthly users every other month and no official figure was published for August. According to unofficial internal figures guardian.co.uk had 69.5 million monthly uniques in August.

Telegraph.co.uk's daily unique users were up 6% month on month to 2,750,404. Monthly unique users grew by 4% compared with July to 53,915,491.

Metro, Associated Newspapers' free sister title to the Daily Mail which proved a hit in print with advertisers during the Olympics, also had an encouraging month online.

Metro.co.uk saw daily unique browsers rise more than 5% compared with July to 373,840. Monthly unique browsers grew by 3% month on month to 8,665,866.

News International's Sun Online proved that the Olympic effect was not restricted to mid-market and quality titles with a healthy 13% boost in monthly unique browsers compared with July, to 28,566,431. Daily unique browsers rose 9% month on month to 1,661,915.

The London Evening Standard increased its daily unique browsers by 1% month on month to 171,080; monthly unique browsers crept up 0.5% on July to 3,881,230.

Daily average browsers: 6,557,117

Month-on-month change: +7.01%

Year-on-year change: +48.88%

Monthly browsers: 105,720,020

Month-on-month change: +7.93%

Year-on-year change: +41.11%

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Month-on-month: +10.5%

Year-on-year: +24.77%

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Month-on-month: +5.76%

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Month-on-month: +4.06%

Year-on-year: +31.73%

Daily average browsers: 1,661,915

Month-on-month: +8.95%

Year-on-year: n/a

Monthly browsers: 28,566,431

Month-on-month: +13.24%

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Daily average browsers: 908,579

Month-on-month: +22.45%

Year-on-year: +36.69%

Monthly browsers: 19,342,706

Month-on-month: +20.47%

Year-on-year: +30.96%

Daily average browsers: 839,538

Month-on-month: +2.48%

Year-on-year: +17.24%

Monthly browsers: 16,944,367

Month-on-month: +1.1%

Year-on-year: +13.52%

Daily average browsers: 373,840

Month-on-month: +5.22%

Year-on-year change: n/a

Monthly browsers: 8,665,866

Month-on-month: +2.98%

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Daily average browsers: 171,080

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Monthly browsers: 3,881,230

Month-on-month change: +0.42%

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London 2012 Olympic Games: a digital triumph - The Guardian (blog)

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A record number of spectators attended the London 2012 Olympic Games. Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

What makes a good Olympic Games great?

Four years ago I was speaking to the organisers of the Sydney Games to see what communications lessons we could learn from what, until London 2012, was considered the most successful Games ever.

Sydney had gone down as the ultimate sporting party, and had allowed the world to look at Australia in a new light. I was trying to work out, from a government point of view, what kind of Games we wanted London to be.

There were three lessons I took from Sydney:

First, a successful few weeks of sport is not enough – a Games can be so much more. You hear this time and again from every city that hosts a major sporting event. So from the outset, we were determined to put plans in place that were ambitious enough to match Locog and the government's wildest dreams of success in 2012. That could turn a good Games into a great Games, and make sure that people are not just talking about it for decades to come, but feeling the benefits too.

For communications, one of the main challenges in the first few years was convincing people just how big this would be, and how big an opportunity for the country. By the time we got to "super Saturday" or "thriller Thursday", and the whole country and the media would be united in awe of the Games, it would be too late. The foundations needed to be in place long before.

That's why we were talking tirelessly about legacy right from the start. It was a tough message, with years to go before 2012 Olympics and with the media focus on building the venues and hitting the budget. But it was vital to the government's goals.

And that's why we launched, a year ahead of the Games, a co-ordinated, cross-government campaign – the GREAT campaign – to promote Britain abroad with confidence even in difficult times. Having the confidence to go out to the world and promote what Britain has to offer, during the economic downturn, and through last year's riots, has set us in good stead now we aim to generate £13bn in economic benefits from the combined efforts around London 2012.

And that was the second lesson from Sydney: collective success is the best way of delivering individual triumph for everyone involved. Simplicity of messages and clarity about what you want to say, are crucial.

We brought together staff from every government department across Whitehall to work in one communications directorate. The largest cross government communications operation ever. We had one website, twitter-feed and phone number. One message.

Our priority was simple: remove the barriers to effective collective communication. By creating a culture in which sharing communications was the norm and not the exception, most of the job was done.

This was tough given the scale and complexity of the challenge: 25,000 international and national media over at the Park and thousands more across London; 19 government departments with roles to play delivering the Games; alongside Locog, the GLA and all the sporting bodies. Stakeholders ranged from the Met Office to Health Protection Agency to the utilities, all of which needed to be brought into a co-ordinated structure to maintain consistent messages.

We set up daily director of communication calls with our key partners, Locog, the GLA, the Met and core government departments. We spoke every day throughout the torch and the Games, so we could talk, share, decide and support. By the time of the athlete's parade, more than 125 teleconferences had taken place.

Part of that simplicity for the government was knowing when to speak, and when to be silent. Ahead of the Games, we talked legacy and explained the scale of the challenge ahead. But then it was crucial to provide the space for sport to shine through once the Games started. And how they shone.

The third lesson is, that in terms of communications, it's the two weeks before the Games, when the journalists need copy, but there is no sport, that are the most pressured. We saw it in South Africa in the last world cup when the focus was on crime and security. In Beijing, the focus was on human rights and pollution. In London, our issues were security and transport. We dealt with all of this in communications by putting in place our contingency planning. Our community of communications professionals got us through.

'Don't look back and wish you had done more' was the big warning from Sydney. Could we have done more? Of course there is no limit on what the government still wants to achieve with 2012, but everyone involved in the Games is confident that we have the foundations firmly in place to give London 2012 the lasting legacy that such an incredible Games deserves.

And perhaps the hidden legacy for the government from these Games is that we've got a generation of incredibly talented government communication specialists who have seen the value of this level of collaboration – which can only strengthen the effectiveness of government communications for the future.

Sarah Jones was director of communications at the Government Olympic Executive from 2008, and is deputy director of communications for Government Olympic Communications

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As a member of the Get Set Network, Carshalton

College's Sport's department was given  tickets to the London 2012 Olympic and

?Carshalton College students at the London 2012 Olympics

Paralympic Games. Tickets covered a variety of sports including basketball,

gymnastics, athletics, hockey, wrestling, football and table tennis as well as

a number of medal ceremonies.

 

Carshalton

College student, Jess Greenway attended the games and said 'The strength

the athletes had was amazing. Throughout the evening each event got explained

and some facts about it were given. It was a really great experience and I'm

really glad I got to go and that I can say I was there.'

 

Student

Shannon Bundy went 'to the Paralympics to see athletics at the Olympic

Park in Stratford. To be able to see an event like Athletics was amazing

because it has so many different events going on so there was a lot to see. It

was great to see that no matter what disability you have, you can still make a change

in life and prove that you are no less able than people without disabilities.'

 

Student

Ellie Potter found, 'the experience amazing. It was so breath-taking to see

such talent in person its nothing like it is on the TV to be in that atmosphere

with other people who share your passion for the sport makes it ten times

better than sitting at home shouting at your TV. For me I was beside myself at

the opportunity because gymnastics is a passion of mine and I wanted to take it

on as a career and it just goes to show how much time and effort goes into

making such athletes it really does inspire you. It was a once in a lifetime

opportunity, and to be able to go and witness it with my friends made it even

better. If I had the chance I would go over and over again, it makes you wonder

about your future in life and how you want to make a change, things such as the

Olympics will inspire generations to come and promote being more active in

schools clubs etc. Overall  the

experience was amazing and I'm grateful for the chance also I think it will

make the nation more hands on and more physically active.'

 

'The College

gave me a great opportunity to go and see an event at the Olympics which was

the men's gymnastics as well as an event at the Paralympics which was the

athletics. This was amazing as this meant that not only did I get to see many

Great Britain's athletes at their best but I also got to see two different

venues in London.' Lauren Hewitt, Carshalton

College Sports Student.

 

IT

Student, Thierno Diallo, worked as a volunteer at the Olympics and Paralympics

and said 'I feel proud to be part of London

2012 and it was one of the most amazing experiences in my life, I enjoyed every

single second of it.'

 

 

 

Sports & Public

Services Team Leader at Carshalton College, Jez Gray found it 'a unique and unforgettable experience for

our students. We have worked for the past few years now in encouraging our

students to get involved in the games and sports in general. We were delighted

our efforts were recognised and rewarded by the Get Set Network who provided us

with the tickets. Having the Olympics in London was the perfect opportunity to

get our students to the games and gave our students the opportunity to watch

world-class athletes in action. We hope this will motivate our students to

reach their potential.'

Carshalton College joined the Get Set

Network

along with over 1,000 other members in the build up to the London 2012 Olympic

and Paralympic Games.

 

The Network offered

interactive learning resources, ideas and opportunities to help schools and

colleges make the most of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. For

learners aged 3 to 19 years there were a host of challenges, competitions,

ambassador roles, volunteering opportunities and festivals to get involved

with.

 

The aims

of the Get Set Network were to enhance young people's learning in all subjects,

support and drive existing educational priorities and agendas, involve as many

children and young people as possible in the excitement of the London 2012

Olympic and Paralympic Games and supporting children and young people.

 

Carshalton College encouraged students and staff to

get involved with the games and organised and participated in a number of

related initiatives.  For further

information on the College and their Olympic activities please follow this link

- http://www.carshalton.ac.uk/about/olympic_opportunities/

 

For

more information, please contact

e: marketing@carshalton.ac.uk

t: 020 8544 4501

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