With the 'big build' nearing completion the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announces that it is coming to the end of its procurement programme.

More than 1,500 direct contracts have been awarded, worth over £6bn. As a result tens of thousands of supply chain contracts have spread across the UK .

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For example, 240 UK companies plus many more sub-contractors worked on the Olympic Stadium. This included the turf which was grown in Scunthorpe, seats from Luton, steel from Bolton, and concrete terracing units from Taunton.

ODA Chairman John Armitt said: "The Olympic Park is a great showcase for UK industry and many companies have used it to go on and win work on other projects across the world. When we welcome the world to London next summer, tens of thousands of people from right across the UK will know that they played a part in building the stage for the greatest show on earth."

(CD/BMcC)