Lance Forman

Forman's Games (eBook, ePUB)

The Dark Underside of the London Olympics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On 6 July 2005, the world held a collective intake of breath as IOC president Jacques Rogge declared: 'The games of the 30th Olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of ... London.'

Despite the images of jubilant crowds in the streets of Britain's capital, there were some, like Lance Forman, for whom those words spelled only dread and uncertainty. His 100-year-old, fourth-generation family business, H. Forman & Son, was facing eviction to make way for the Olympic Stadium, and teetered on the brink of collapse.

A full, unexpurgated account of his fight to keep the firm alive, Forman's Games lifts the lid on the fierce battle that pitched Forman's, the country's finest purveyor of smoked salmon, against the combined might of the UK authorities and the IOC in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics. It is a story of skulduggery and bullying mounted against 350 local businesses, employing over 12,00 people, who stood in the way not just of the world's most famous sporting event, but of an opportunity to develop the land on which they had successfully run businesses over decades.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785901249
• Artikelnr.: 45368310

Autorenporträt

Lance Forman is the owner of H. Forman & Son, Britain's leading salmon smokers. Established in London in 1905, the business came to public attention over its forced eviction to make way for the building of the Olympic Stadium. Prior to joining Forman's, Lance served as special advisor to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and was President of the Cambridge Union Society.