With less than six months to go until the opening ceremony businesses urgently need to look at how their staff will get to work, how they will accept deliveries and whether they need to change how they operate when the transport network becomes busier, according to TfL.
Some of the tips include changing staff rotas or delivery times, stockpiling non-perishable goods or attending one of the 200 plus workshops that are being organised but Evers said it was individual businesses that were best placed to know exactly how they should be preparing for London 2012.
BigHospitality's Top 5 ways to prepare your business for transport during the Olympics:
- Find out if your business is on or near the Olympic Route Network .
- Look at the anticipated hotspots for roads and public transport .
- Use the London 2012 travel advice for business website to make an action plan.
- Find out how other businesses are preparing including The Living Room's plans for out of hour deliveries.
- Book a place on one of the TfL transport for business workshops .
