House prices near stadiums increase by £61.00 per day!

Premier League house prices up £61 a day over a decade
Manchester City tops UK house price Premier League table
Homeowners living close to the stadiums of the Premier League football clubs kicking-off the new season this weekend have seen the value of their property rise by more than £220,000 on average over the past decade, according to new research by Halifax. The average house price in the postal districts of the twenty 2011/12 Premier League teams rose by 168% (£221,363) from £132,405 in June 2001 to £353,408 in June 2011– equivalent to a daily increase of £61. House prices across England and Wales increased by 113% over the same period.
Manchester City records the biggest rise among the Premier League clubs
House prices within the postal district of Manchester City’s Etihad stadium – first opened in 2002 as the Commonwealth Games stadium – have more than trebled (350%) over the past ten years; significantly greater than the house price increases recorded in any of the other Premier League stadium postal districts.
Newcastle United finished bottom of the house price Premier League table with property values near to St James Park rising by 31% over the last ten years; less than a tenth of the increase enjoyed by property owners living close to Manchester City's ground.
House prices near new football stadiums see the biggest increases
Five of the six Premier League postal districts that have recorded the biggest house price increases since June 2001 are home to stadiums that were built within the last 15 years – Manchester City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City.
In contrast, four of the five Premier League stadium postal districts that saw the smallest house price growth over the same period – Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers, Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion – have stadiums that were opened before the end of the First World War.
There are, however, some notable exceptions. For example, Aston Villa's Villa Park, which opened in 1897, recorded the second highest rise in house prices over the past decade with an average increase of 215%.
Living in Colwyn Bay is more desirable now people can work at home, using the internet
A major growth area is druapl, and drupal developers are in demand, can easily work from home - and enjoy all the benfits of a seaside resort on an intercity railway line

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Welsh and UK Exports up around 13%

Welsh Exports, Quarter 4 2011
ref http://wales.gov.uk/topics/statistics/headlines/economy2012/120308/?lang=en
The latest National Statistics on UK regional exports produced by HM Revenue and Customs for the fourth quarter of 2011 were released on 8 March 2012 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

UK Statistics Authority website Welsh exports for the whole of 2011 were up 13.8 per cent on 2010 (sum of the UK countries and English regions up 13.1 per cent).  Figures for 2011 quarter 4 in isolation were up on the same quarter of 2010 but down on the previous quarter.

The key results are as follows:

    The value of exports for Wales for the whole of 2011 increased by £1,629 million compared to 2010.
    There was an increase in exports to both EU and non-EU countries, up £693 million (13.9 per cent) and up £936 million (13.7 per cent) respectively.
    All of the twelve UK countries and English regions saw increases over this period, with Wales having the seventh largest increase. London had the largest increase (up 23.9 per cent) followed by the East of England (20.7 per cent). The smallest increase was in the South East (up 1.9 per cent).
    Between 1999 and 2011 there was a 110.0 per cent increase in Welsh exports, the third largest behind the North East and the East of England. This compares with an increase of 70.1 per cent for the sum of the UK countries and English regions. Scotland was the only region to see a fall over this period.
    Looking at 2011 quarter 4 in isolation, total exports (by value) for Wales rose on the corresponding quarter in 2010 by £126 million (up 4 per cent) to £3,285 million.  All but one of the twelve UK countries and English regions had increases over this period with London having the largest increase (up 17.1 per cent) whilst the South East fell (down 2.1 per cent). Overall, the value of exports for the sum of the UK countries and English regions increased by 8.1 per cent.
    Welsh exports for 2011 quarter 4 were lower in value than in the previous quarter (down £2 million or 0.1 per cent), whilst the sum of the UK countries and English regions rose by 4.8 per cent. Ten of the twelve UK countries and English regions saw increases over this period with the East of England having the largest (up 10.3 per cent).  The remaining two UK countries and English regions, Wales and the North West, had falls over this period with the North West having the largest fall (down 0.5 per cent).

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1 mile of golden sand

Fresh sand is deposited every day

1 mile of golden sand

Fresh sand is deposited every day

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Photos of beach

A Picture of the stairs where the new work is being carried out

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Greenfield Road, regenerating itself. new shops

Colwyn Bay street regenerated by new shops

  Mar 25 2010 by Richard Evans, North Wales Weekly News

Colwyn Bay street regenerated by new shops

NEW shops have sparked the regeneration of a once flagging street.
Three new businesses in as many months on Greenfield Road has cheered up the street and it’s now hoped more empty shops could be filled.
In January Fresh Photography opened its doors on the stretch, followed by Joker’s Fishing Tackle in February and Banger’s Barbers earlier this month. -- Also Lads and Dads Male Hairdressing.
Steve Moore, 44, runs Banger’s Barbers and is excited about the future. Steve says he chose Greenfield Road to open up because of its close proximity to both the A55, Bayview Shopping Centre and the new Travelodge Hotel being built.
“We chose Colwyn Bay based on the population and the potential of growth here and the future of Greenfield Road,” he said.
“It is the main road into the town from the A55. There are a couple of new businesses on Greenfield Road and it seems sensible to set up alongside these businesses. I think Colwyn Bay has a future in terms of development.”
Pier and websites supported by companies in London.

Petitions for the Pier at various London Bars

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DPP Shape - Liverpool

Demolition of Victorian Houses?

Not ours please
Liverpool like a warzone where they boarded them up

Failing Housing Situation in Liverpool

The leader of Liverpool City Council has said that a government initiative aimed at tackling housing market failure has 'ripped the heart' out of local communities in the city.

Manchester did it with Hulme and Mosside, claiming the old houses were past their sell by date, the housing they then built in Hulme have already been demolished, the victorian houses that managed to avoid demolition are better than then new housing!! Visit Moss Side and then its neighbour -where they did not demolish the large Victorian Houses
The victorian houses they failed to pull down in (because they ran out of money) are worth a fortune,

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