The world short course swimming championships will be the biggest swimming event in the UK since the 1948 Olympics. This will also be the biggest sporting event to be staged in Manchester since the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games. This event provides companies with an opportunity to play an integral part as a partner to the event and to target 60,000 live spectators and a national and international broadcast audience.

Brand awareness; legacy involvement in swimming in the UK and an opportunity to associate with one of the key Olympic sports in the run up to Beijing 2008.

We have a variety of opportunities with which you can get involved including on-site activity, product supply / sampling and national and international event coverage supported by an extensive legacy programme. This is a great opportunity to get involved with a key olympic sport in the run up to Beijing 2008. Coverage on the BBC will create brand awareness on a mass scale

Last event was in Shanghai in 2006 with Yakult, Omega, Speedo and Astralpool as the partners

National and International broadcast coverage, hospitality, on-site opportunities, event PR and opportunities to engage with local communities.