Businesses miss out on Olympics party

Published on Aug 1, 2012 by FinancialTimesVideos

Up to 300,000 people per day are expected to travel to Statford during the Olympics but local market traders that were advised to buy extra stock are yet to see a gold rush. Daniel Garrahan reports on why many small business people in Statford feel there's a party on their doorstep, but they're not invited.

For more in depth FT coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games in London go to: http://www.ft.com/intl/london-2012-olympics