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The Olympic gag just isn’t funny anymore…

By Anthony Clark
Posted 31 July 2012

The ban on companies promoting their involvement in the Olympics is well know and pretty much universally derided. It seems especially cruel given that a tiny minority of companies can shout “I did that!” while others, whose contributions have been just as important, must remain silent.

Mrs Trellis – gripped by excitement...

At a time when the government is promoting high-tech manufacturing as a viable career for the nation’s youth it seems inconceivable that the self-same people have allowed a few sponsors to dictate to British industry that they must keep quite about their Olympic achievements.

So here’s a suggestions – you might not be able to tell us about your involvement in London 2012 but there’s nothing stopping someone else getting in touch with PRW and telling us about your achievements.

So go on… nudge a friend into helping you. I can’t see what the Olympic organisers can do about that.

And finally, a Mrs Trellis from North Wales writes…

Dear PRW,

I’m especially excited about your upcoming feature on hot runners… it’s good to see that the plastics industry has been gripped by Olympic fervour like the rest of us.

.

Comments:

May be we need to take a different approach to force the organisers to acknowledge the source of the products used. Under EU REACH regulations everyone has the right to request information on whether or not a particular item contains a substance of very high concern (SVHC). The organisers will be legally obliged to pass this down the supply chain and the PRW could reasonably report that the UK company supplying the product was requested for information by the Olympic organisers and were able to confirm that the item was SVHC free.

- 01 August 2012 - Chris Wheeler

Great idea, check out how google are not advertising the games just sporting events in general today its the hockey, we all need to be sharper at going around those who block our way

- 01 August 2012 - Charmaine Bowers

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