Contract Winner
Social enterprise wins catering contract with the Olympic Delivery Authority
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Contract Winner
Social enterprise wins catering contract with the Olympic Delivery Authority
COUNTDOWN to 2012 Games
Do London ’ s small minority-owned businesses really have a chance of winning Olympic contracts ?
The Government promised the 2012 Olympic Games would make a difference to the livelihoods of the Capitals ethnic minority communities , particularly those located in the five Olympic boroughs Greenwich , Hackney , Newham , Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest .
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Catering2Order was recently awarded a contract by the Olympic Delivery Authority ( ODA ) to provide catering services to the Olympic construction site in east London . The small business based in Southwark offers a breakfast and lunch menu for approximately 150 office and construction workers .
Catering2Order was established in July 2007 by John Charles ( pictured below , with Mike Mulvey of London Business Network ) who set up the company after suffering a medical condition which left him visually impaired . Catering2Order ’ s team of 15 , many of whom are also visually impaired , currently service a portfolio of small public and private sector contracts in south east London .
John was informed of the catering contract advertised on CompeteFor , by the Canary Wharf Group ’ s business development organisation , of which John is a member . He registered immediately and applied for the contract within the same day . Using a screen reader to access CompeteFor , John found the process extremely accessible and straight forward . Catering2Order was shortlisted for the opportunity and after providing some additional documentation regarding hygiene and health and safety , was awarded the contract .
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According to John , the CompeteFor website is an important tool for SMEs . “ As a small business with no dedicated marketing department , we would never have been able to put our business in front of buyers so easily or even known about this opportunity in the first place . CompeteFor is free , easy to use and saves us such a lot of time as all the information you need about potential leads is contained in the one place .”
Source : CompeteFor . com engage | uk ISSUE SEVEN 2008