Deloitte’s Olympics challenge

BUSINESS advisers Deloitte have launched a competition to engage students at North West universities with the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The Deloitte Business Competition will help students to understand the business challenges of the Olympics and to put forward their own ideas on how to solve them.

As the official professional services provider to London 2012, Deloitte has developed the competition with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).

The aim is to connect the next-generation of business minds to this showcase event on home soil.

Students who enter, setting out their ideas in 2,012 words, are competing for the prize of a trip to the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games and two weeks of paid work experience in the London 2012 sponsorship team at Deloitte. 

The judges will be looking for creative, entrepreneurial and constructive ideas that can genuinely influence the delivery of the Games.

Paul Rawnsley, director in the sports business group at Deloitte in the North West, said: “The North West practice is committed to supporting the region’s talented students, and the Deloitte Business Competition represents a great opportunity for undergraduates and postgraduates in the region to showcase their entrepreneurial potential in solving some of the key business challenges facing the 2012 games.”

Successful entries will be selected in five regional heats. Finalists will travel to London next spring to go on a tour of the Olympic Park and be assessed on their response to a final competition challenge, by a panel of judges led by Lord Coe.

The Deloitte Business Competition  closes to entries on Janaury 4 next year.

For more information, visit www.deloitte.co.uk/businesscompetition <http://www.deloitte.co.uk/businesscompetition>