olympics and jubilee news

Boost Olympics

Cadbury gave Olympics a different kind of Boost

28 Nov 2012 | By Vince Bamford

London’s Olympic Park and Village was built on Boost bars, a new report has revealed.

Sir Chris Hoy and Judy Murray

Hoy and Murray help out at Highland Spring Sports Day

21 Nov 2012 | By Mark Dishman

Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy and tennis coach Judy Murray were both on hand at the annual Highland Spring Sports Day yesterday.

Forget the medals: London OIympics a ‘food safety triumph’

Forget the medals: London Olympics a ‘food safety triumph’

04 Oct 2012 | By Julia Glotz

The Food Standards Agency has hailed the London Olympic and Paralympic Games as a “food safety success story”…

Paralympics star Danielle Brown

Sainsbury’s unveils £1m Paralympic ‘legacy’ for schools

14 Sep 2012 | By Beth Phillips

Sainsbury’s is to plough a million pounds into school sports and continuing its sponsorship of the British Paralympic…

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Coke continues deal drive to make up for Olympic year fiasco

Coke continues deal drive to make up for Olympic year fiasco Subscription

09 Mar 2013 | By Vince Bamford

Coca-Cola has admitted it was caught on the hop by its rivals’ strong Olympic year promotional activity in 2012…

Why was the Olympics such a washout for Coca-Cola?

Why was the Olympics such a washout for Coca-Cola? Subscription

30 Oct 2012

Coca-Cola splashed out £50m with the aim of turbocharging its soft drink sales. So why did it lose sales to Pepsi?

Retailers race to fill promotional space as summer events end

Retailers race to fill promotional space as summer events end Subscription

08 Sep 2012 | By Elinor Zuke

For months, retailers have been dedicating prime display areas to non-promotional activity to capitalise…

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Defend the Sunday trading laws

01 Sep 2012

Sir: There are many reasons to have gripes with the government, but I have a particular grievance…

Maximising the medals

29 Aug 2012

Sir: Your article (‘Olympic sponsors: who won and who stands to win?’ 18 August) nicely summed up how…

Shifting leftover stock

25 Aug 2012

Sir: The past few weeks and months have been rather special for everyone involved in the relentless celebrations…

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