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It has been a huge success but the days of the East London Business Place are numbered.

The free advice and networking service was set up in April last year to help small and medium sized enterprises win contracts and create relationships between suppliers and buyers.

Unemployed Newham residents are being given the chance to give their careers a lift-off thanks to a scheme being run by London City Airport.

The Take Off Into Work programme has been launched by the Airport in partnership with Newham Workplace and the East London Business Alliance.

DAME Kelly Holmes is adamant London's Olympic Stadium should be kept for athletics after 2012.

The debate over the stadium's legacy use has intensified over recent weeks, with calls from some quarters for it to be converted to be used full-time by a football club.

LIKE many graduates Fahad Abdi was at a crossroads when he finished studying and wanted to embark on his career.

But the 23-year-old from Bow, who studied history, was lucky enough to benefit from a scheme set up by the East London Business Alliance (ELBA).

Its Community Affairs Trainee Scheme (CATS) aims to provide employment opportunities with City and Canary Wharf companies for graduates living in Tower Hamlets.

Last year it placed 11 graduates in companies including the FSA, Credit Suisse and Canary Wharf Group, and Fahad has been with Clifford Chance in Bank Street.

He said: “I went to some ELBA meetings and through them I was able to apply for the CATS scheme and was lucky enough to be selected. I had two months training with ELBA before starting here last September.