Public didn’t get “90%” of torchbearer places, figures reveal {updated}
Updates follow original post below The commonly-quoted figure that 90% of torchbearer slots were “available to the public” is wrong, an analysis of official figures suggests. According to LOCOG...
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Infographic: Where did the Olympic torch relay places go? What we know
Infographic by @carolinebeavon An allocation of how the 8,000 Olympic torchbearer places were allocated has found that just 71% were allocated through the four main public campaigns. The figure –...
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The 21% of torchbearer places that were allocated outside of public...
In the fourth part of a serialisation of Help Me Investigate’s first ebook – 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way we look at what happened to the thousands of torchbearer places...
View ArticleEnforcement of Olympic marketing rights to pass to BOA
The London Olympics may have ended but the marketing rights are still in force – and will next year be enforced by the British Olympic Authority, according to Olympics minister Hugh Robertson. In a...
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