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<\/embed><\/object>In the 1980’s Britain was a divided nation in more ways than one.The industrial strife of the miners strike and the subsequent pit closures took a terrible toll on the Economy of the North with high unemployment and social deprivation rife in cities like Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester & Sheffield. No one captured this division better than the comedian Harry Enfield with his cockney character “Loadsamoney” and his Newcastle counterpart “buggerallmoney”.<\/p>\n

Whilst these caricatures caused hilarity both North and South they represented real, deep cultural divisions.<\/p>\n

Of course the South has always had it’s own problems of density of population, high housing costs, congested roads, increased pollution and pockets of real deprivation alongside unbridled wealth.<\/p>\n

In the 1990’s onward there has been tremendous progress in the North. Cities like Newcastle, Manchester & Leeds are unrecognisable compared to 20 years ago. Rather than squander money City councils like Salford have done a tremendous job in bringing new investment to previously deprived areas and building new, modern infrastructure which is the envy of the world.<\/p>\n

The massive cuts announced by the coalition Government risk undoing all of that and there is a real danger that their impact will be felt far more sharply in the North where there is a much greater dependency on Government and Civil Service jobs.<\/p>\n

This must not be allowed to happen<\/strong>. There must be Government incentives for New Businesses to set up in the North. In these days of electronic communications there is absolutely NO good reason for<\/embed><\/object> New Start ups to be located in the South East. Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester & Liverpool all have excellent airports and rail and road infrastructure. There are skilled and educated workers available at a fraction of the cost of workers in the South East.<\/p>\n

This is not a plea for sympathy, it is a demand for equality of opportunity.<\/p>\n

If we want to avoid another North South divide, with all that entails, we must encourage Business Investment in the North.<\/strong><\/p>\n

chris@projectsguru.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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