There's news in today's Times that the organisers of the 2012 Games have lifted the threat of 95 CPOs just north of Stratford. Clearly, it's good news if it means 95 businesses aren't forced to relocate, and if the London Development Agency has managed to find a cheaper alternative venue for its temporary carpark (95 businesses were being threatened for the sake of a temporary carpark!)... but lawyers aren't in the business of applauding win-win wins. The lawyer representing the interests of the 95 (plus a further 200 threatened with CPOs) isn't impressed. They're only doing it for the money, he says. So? And, in any case, the remaining businesses will in all likelihood be forced out when their leases rocket at renewal time. Well he might have a point there.

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