The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is the biggest and most exciting global event we will ever see in the UK. Athletes from across the world will congregate in London in the summer of 2012 to compete under the gaze of billions of global spectators.

As the official professional services provider to London 2012, supporting the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) in delivering the Games, we think it’s important to help tell the business stories of the Games, to enable people to better understand the world of London 2012. We do this through The State of Play.

The first issue of The State of Play tells a high-level story of our journey to London 2012 and beyond.

The second issue of The State of Play focuses on two themes, those of people and performance.

The third issue of The State of Play focuses on the scale and breadth of Deloitte's involvement in delivering the London 2012 Games.