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By Andrew Williams
The last couple of years have not been easy for businesses in the UK. With the financial system in meltdown, household names going to the wall or being sold and banks holding out the begging bowl, it has been a crazy time to be running a business.
The Excel centre has provided a massive boost to London business by securing events worth an estimated £6million in the last six months.
It is believed the conferences would bring in £100million for the capital.
The UK's biking community headed to the Excel centre at the weekend for the annual Motorcycle Show.
Latest models from the likes of Ducati, Harley Davidson and BMW were on parade as well as a range of motorcycle accessories, while a dramatic stunt show also took place.
A decision on whether to grant Sunborn International's yacht an extended stay in the Royal Docks has been deferred until March.
Newham Council had approved a previous application in October to put a 153 room hotel yacht next to the Excel centre.
Olympic boxing champion James DeGale was the star attraction when he joined some 2012 hopefuls at Excel last week.
DeGale, who won middleweight gold in Beijing in 2008, turned professional at the start of last year, denying himself the chance of more Olympic glory in London.
Police say they still have permission to use stop and search powers, despite a European ruling that they are in breach of the Human Rights Act.
Since the Home Office has pledged to appeal the decision, the Metropolitan Police says its authorisation "remains in force in specified locations across London".
To view a photo gallery of the show click here.
Thousands of marine fans braved the freezing conditions for the beginning of this year's London Boat Show at the Excel.
Early reports suggest that due to the ongoing recession the event is likely to be less lucrative than the last few years' average attendance of 120,000.
Police powers to randomly stop and search citizens have been declared illegal by the European Court of Human Rights.
Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 enables individuals to be searched "without reasonable suspicion". But the court declared yesterday that this carried "a clear risk of arbitrariness" and was not in accordance with the Human Rights Act.
X-Factor runner ups Stacey Solomon and Olly Murs opened the London International Boat Show at Excel on Friday in the first of 10 days at the exhibition centre.
The singers each performed for the crowd before cutting the ribbon, at the event which this year sees over 80 new product launches.
The Boat Show kicks off this week with a series of dramatic demonstrations from the Royal Engineers.
It is first time the group, one of the corps of the British Army, has appeared at the 56-year-old event. It will put on displays of its military craft three times a day.
If you needed a reminder that the festive season is upon us - apart from tacky decorations and the bitter cold - then the Taste Of Christmas at the Excel was the place to be last weekend.
From Friday to Sunday, restaurants and food manufacturers were on hand to offer visitors the chance to try some culinary treats.
Canary Wharf has seen a glut of new restaurants opening in recent weeks but one Michelin-starred chef decided against moving to the area.
Atul Kochhar, who has a Michelin star for his Benares Indian restaurant in Mayfair, was poised to open in the Park Pavilion in Canada Square before the credit crunch made him change his mind.
When Kevin Murphy decided to leave his comfortable job at media firm Emap for Excel many of his friends thought he was mad.
In heavy debt and in danger of becoming east London's very own white elephant, the exhibition centre was struggling.
Plans to place a 153 bedroom yacht next to the Excel were approved on Wednesday night despite heavy objections from the local community.
The decision by Newham Council will see the ship, a replacement for the original yacht which was relocated to Lagos, put next to Royal Victoria Square on a 15-year lease.
For The Wharf's gallery of the DSEi arms fair at Excel, click here. Go here for part one
In a two-part online report, The Wharf talks to the people inside and outside the world's largest arms fair.
In part two, we offer a glimpse inside the arms fair itself, and discover an industry increasingly catering for domestic security as well as the military.
For The Wharf's gallery of the arms fair protests, click here
In a two-part online report, The Wharf talks to the people inside and outside the world's largest arms fair.
Part one looks at the protest movement against Excel's DSEi defence show, and how activists have switched targets in a bid to challenge the arms industry.
Exhibitors, delegates and protesters are all making last minute preparations for the arrival of the DSEi fair at Excel.
Clarion Events will host its first fair since taking over from Reed Elsevier last year, and hopes to welcome around 26,000 visitors to the bi-annual defence show.
Families affected by an arson attack at their Tiller Road block are still waiting to return home more than a week later.
Landlord East Thames put the occupants of five flats into hotel accommodation at Excel's Premier Inn a day after fire broke out at Hammond House on August 2.
Katie Price attempted to put her break-up with Peter Andre behind her by making a nervy debut on the catwalk at the Clothes Show London on Friday.
The glamour model's appearance was just one of a host of highlights at the event which finishes on Sunday.
Newham councillors have voted unanimously to approve an outline planning application for a 280 room hotel at the Excel centre.
The decision was made after an agreement was reached between the council and Excel on its financial contributions to the community.
