Looking at the recent photos of London and Nottingham, just looking at photos of the UK's cities all together give me the impression the nation is booming, atleast a building boom.

This will change the face of Urban Britain if it's so...but whats up in the UK?

uk is yeah, but compared to whats coming we're all impatient. still the places outside london are seeing tall buildings of unprecedented height built.

Just good planning and right decisions have made Britain what it is - nothing more, nothing less

Looking at the recent photos of London and Nottingham, just looking at photos of the UK's cities all together give me the impression the nation is booming, atleast a building boom.
London yeah, but Nottingham???!
What in Nottingham gave you the impression that the UK was in the middle of a building boom? :?

well nottingham has its second tallest u/c right now. still there are better examples like liverpool.

Yep things are improving and look like getting even better come the Olympics for London at least.

well nottingham has its second tallest u/c right now. still there are better examples like liverpool.

Or cardiff!! lol.

DEL

Yes, the FTSE has been doing remarkably well recently - especially in light of the recent terrorist attacks.

Everything is growing in the UK. The economy, skylines, population.

The FTSE is going up due to the price off oil, BP and Shell are huge players in the FTSE100, and as their profits are going through the roof so is the FTSE100.

However, look at forecasts from the bank of England and government, they are showing a rapidly slowing economy, things may be good, but the future is far from certain.

the future is orange

BTW is HSBC a brithish bank or jap bank, Forbes says its british, in the top ten list of top companies

HSBC is a british bank, but i would have thought saying as its called the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation gave its origins

the future is orange

BTW is HSBC a brithish bank or jap bank, Forbes says its british, in the top ten list of top companies
HSBC has never been a Japanese bank. Hong Kong and Shanghai are in China.

and they were both part of the british empire. contrary to common belief we ruled large parts of china. the british empire ruled chinas 12 largest cities but decided that it was impossible to occupy the whole country like we had india as we would face too many rebellions and it really wasnt worth the outlay.

DEL

However, look at forecasts from the bank of England and government, they are showing a rapidly slowing economy, things may be good, but the future is far from certain.


Thats not true at all....2% growth this year, 2.7% in 2006 and then back to 3% plus in 2007.

Which still pisses all over the Eurozone economies. Nobody wants a boom, busts always follow...the above growth rates are healthy and sustainable.

It probably feels like a boom to some people because of the horrendus 1970's,80's and early 90's when the country really was in the toilet. The same sort of pain France,Germany,Italy and the rest are going through now.

Guard at the City gates

The Corporation of London boss Michael Snyder taks to Nick Mathiason about securing the Square Mile against terrorist threats - and foreign competition.

Sunday August 7, 2005
The Observer

Snyder and his city fathers have effectively seen off the challenge of Frankfurt and Paris to be Europe's undisputed financial centre. The gap is so wide that Snyder has effectively declared the end of hostilities. 'I believe Europe is coming to realise - some faster than others - that London is its financial centre. I don't think other financial centres are snapping at our heels because the reality is we've got to work with these centres.'

This confidence has no doubt fed the move to reach for the sky and build a cluster of new skyscrapers. These towers are predicated on a belief that financial services will continue to grow in London. And the assumption lies behind ambitious plans for hundreds of thousands of new homes in the capital. But in these uncertain times, how reliable are these assumptions?

'All the research we've commissioned - not with a predetermined outcome you understand, but academic research - shows that the financial sector will expand at 1.75 per cent compound on average over the next 10 years. Research done a couple of years ago has so far proved to be correct.'

This, says Snyder, adds up to 200,000 new jobs in the sector within 11 years. If Snyder is right, London will bolster what he describes as a 'dynamic business cluster with a level of expertise that makes people want to work in London and have secondments here because they like the city as a whole'.

But conservationists fear expansion, and specifically that new skyscrapers in the City will dramatically alter the character of London. 'We don't want to change it,' said Snyder. 'However our thriving international business centre will only operate here if it has the right infrastructure. Not just health, education but it also includes the buildings these businesses want and need to operate in. Frankly I think the additions so far have enhanced the skyline.'


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Citylondonarms.jpg

will, ive been involved in those reports. ive got them here infact, they reference to 'city type jobs' this includes though areas outside the city such as the west end. i should scan in some maps from them.

One of the reasons why UK cities appear to be booming is a change in urban policy.

No so long ago, the real growth areas in the UK were outside the big cities, in places like Reading and Milton Keynes (in the south) and Warrington (in the north). The major urban areas were continuing to decline and lose population, including London.

This was obviously unsustainable, hence the change in policy, aided by tax incentives, for example.... (and boy, is it working!!)

well nottingham has its second tallest u/c right now.


???? really???? errr, how come i dont know about it then?! what is it?

God your nick name gets on my nerves sometimes. Nah offence.

^ I agree.

It's a bit disgusting actually.