It's not grim up north
Policy Exchange - a think tank- has branded northern towns and cities including Liverpool as 'beyond revival'
Those living in the north are being encouraged to move to the south to improve employment and economic prospects.
As a Londoner who has moved up north and is happily settled here, I was shocked to hear the ill informed and stereotypical comments about Liverpool and other northern cities.
Liverpool has changed dramatically since I first moved here seven years ago and is a great place to live and work.
Home to a world heritage site, wonderful architecture, green space and great people, Liverpool also boasts a musical and cultural heritage to rival that of any other city.
We now have a world class venue in ACC Liverpool and a resurgent city centre with developments such as Metquarter and Liverpool One.
Plans for a £150m investment by St Modwen in one of the poorest council wards in the country would suggest that big businesses are committed to Liverpool and its future.
I wouldn't have stayed in Liverpool if there weren't great jobs to apply for or if it wasn't a vibrant city with plenty of culture and opportunity now and in the future.
Policy Exchange claim that the coastal location of the city holds Liverpool back and that Liverpool has lost its 'raison d'etre'. Quite how handling 40m tonnes of shipping cargo a year, which sustains 17,000 jobs and pumps £2.2bn a year in to the local economy can be classed as a lost raison d'etre I'm not quite sure.
In an age of digital communications location of business is becoming increasingly flexible- and people can be reading this blog anywhere in the world.
Here at Paver Smith we have clients from around the country that have employed us to do the job regardless of where we are based because they recognise that we deliver first class results.
Liverpool does not need 'reviving', thank you very much - it is already a thriving city that is moving forward every day.
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