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Article: Olympics evictions: 200 firms in 'a fight for survival'.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 31, 2006
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Byline: ROSS LYDALL
BY ROSS LYDALL Olympics Reporter
FIRMS facing eviction to make way for the London Olympics today vowed to continue their fight for new premises as a business leader warned they face ruin.
Almost a third of the 302 threatened firms were told yesterday they would no longer have to move out of Stratford after a rethink of the 2012 plans.
The London Development Agency announced that land around Fish Island and at the south end of Marshgate Lane would not be required. As a result, 95 firms employing 1,200 staff have been reprieved.
That still leaves 200 businesses with more than 4,800 employees looking for a ...