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Businesses are urged to bid for Games contracts


Local Greater Birmingham firms are urged to bid and win Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games contracts, Asian Business Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) patrons were told at an invite only event. James Walsh, head of engagement and legacy


at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, told attendees at the patrons dinner, hosted at Hotel du Vin, Birmingham, underlined that the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee are keen to use local contractors on numerous contracts surrounding the Games. He said that the Organising Committee are hoping to break the most recent host of the Commonwealth Games, the Gold Coast, record of 84 per cent of contracts being given to local firms. He also said that the weighting of social value in contracts and tenders is likely to increase, being weighted after quality and price in tenders and valuations. The Commonwealth Games is estimated to boost the region economy by £1bn, as well as


establish 1,400 homes in Perry Barr and employ 41,000 people in Games time roles. “The way we see it, is that the more of our


supply chain can be with local contractors, the more local people they can employ and we see that as a massive part of the legacy of the Games. The way I and the organising committee see it is that once the Games are done, records have been broken, medals have been won, and the show is all packed away, people will remember the Games for 10, 15, 20 years.”


‘People will remember the Games for 10, 15, 20 years’


Alongside James, president of ABCC and managing director of WOWGroup Qasim Majid also provided attendees with an overview of Chamber activity since February – including an update on the Chamber’s Diversity in Leadership pledge and the launch of the ABCC’s annual dinner and awards.


Host: Nina Wadia The black-tie event will take place at the


National Conference Centre on 7 December, at the Motorcycle Museum in Solihull and feature two new award categories. Douglas Wright T/A McDonalds and HSBC


have already chosen to back the awards as headline sponsors. Award-winning actor Nina Wadia will once


again host the ABCC annual dinner and awards. Nina has an acting career spanning 25 years,


starring in a number of in sitcoms and soap operas including playing Zainab Masood in ‘EastEnders’ and Mrs Hussein in ‘Still Open All Hours’, a spin-off of the sitcom ‘Open All Hours’. In 2013 she won the Outstanding Achievement in Television award at the Asian Awards.


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