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McDonald's to offer national qualification to London 2012 Games Makers

By Tom Degun

McDonalds logo_with_London_2012February 22 - As part of its role as Presenting Partner of the London 2012 Games Maker Programme, McDonald's has today announced that it will be offering a City & Guilds Level 2 Award in the Principles of Customer Service to those volunteers who are either unemployed or who took part in the Government's Personal Best Programme.

Dow sponsorship of London 2012 is "nothing to do with us" say Government

By Tom Degun at Westminster in London

Dow Chemical_protest_against_London_2012February 21 - John Penrose, Minister for Tourism and Heritage at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), has hit back at aggressive claims from Labour politician Barry Gardiner regarding Dow Chemical Company's controversial sponsorship of the Olympics by saying that he should ask London 2012 for answers.