Think London Connects your Business to London

Last week Think London held its second ‘Connect to London’ event, hosting a delegation of 55 senior business executives from more than 10 countries, including the US, Canada, China, India, Australia, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. This programme was arranged to follow up on the 2012 campaigns and events which Think London organised in 2009/10, including Route to 2012 (which visited more than 10 cities in North America), and was designed to highlight business opportunities in London for companies interested in capitalising on the 2012 Games and expanding business in London as part of their business development plans.

The programme, which was sponsored by Visa Europe, Lloyds TSB and Greenwich Council, was centered around a 2-day business summit with speakers from LOCOG, the Olympic Delivery Authority, the Olympic Park Legacy Company and a number of 2012 sponsors. It included interactive workshops on the Digital Games, the Sustainable Games and the Legacy, the three key aspects of the London 2012 Games. Delegates were able to introduce their business and engage in direct dialogues with the speakers and panelists, providing further opportunity to discover more about relocation in London.

The summit also included a networking reception at the end of the first day, where delegates had the opportunity to meet with London-based businesses, and a business dinner at the end of day two, held in the majestic and marvellous Painted Hall in Greenwich. A guided tour of the Olympic Park further showed the executives first-hand the scale and breadth of transformation taking place in East London.

As London business leaders swing back to growth with confidence, our international delegates saw that now is an excellent time for setting up business in London, Europe’s largest city economy and anchor destination for companies going global. Our London consultants are the experts on doing business in London and as such, Think London is best placed to help companies with their business development and relocation in London.