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In January the Labour council announced it had appointed Big Events Camping (BEC), a "highly experienced company", to run the event. At the time BEC was less than a year old, having been incorporated in March 2011. It was formed by directors of two companies: Wicked Campers UK, campervan hire company, and Sunday Events, which runs the Church, a notorious binge-drinking event not based near Clapham Junction, where Aussie backpackers go to get rat-arsed and watch stripped on Sunday afternoons.
BEC director Denis Geary (aged 36) claims to have "33 years of experience in running similar events "-- i.e. since he was three. Yet a recent freedom of information answer from the council indicates that neither Wicked Campers nor Sunday Events, created in 2006 and 2007 respectively, has previously organised a UK campsite or festival. Sunday events has run some sports days.
When residents turned to BEC's Facebook page to voice concerns at the announcement, they were branded "ignorant " by BEC, banned and had their questions deleted. It's not only residents that BEC has riled. Its website, www.campinlondon.com, falsely claimed it is "one of the few Locog-approved campsites ". This claim was removed at the insistence of the London 2012 organising committee's lawyers; Locog does not endorse accommodation.
A WF spokeswoman said the council, which has already received £21m in Olympic funding, selected BEC because its bid was the "highest quality ". She added: "We also considered potential profit and BEC offered the most. " Strewth!
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