State of the London market?

[MrMark]

From what I can tell the banks are hiring but there appears to be little else going on. Salaries and rates appear down.

If I was living in London already I would take whatever came along now to bide me over the crunch.

Living outside of London the risk of moving up to London for roles that may not exist is too great. I have talked to other IT people from Wales, NE and SW who feel the same.

The economy appears to be getting worse. At the start of the year I thought it was getting better. It is not.

Basically the UK economy is up kaka valley without a paddle. I was hoping the new government would at least be radical enough to get things moving again, but it looks a forlorn hope now. Maybe getting work in Germany is the only solution?

[PropertyCrashUK]

Basically the UK economy is up kaka valley without a paddle. I was hoping the new government would at least be radical enough to get things moving again, but it looks a forlorn hope now. Maybe getting work in Germany is the only solution?

It is almost a year since this new Government came in and I am truly stunned by how little has been done to generate business, jobs, the economy in general.

I would go so far to say that nothing constructive has been done. They have focussed on the banks and banking bonuses whilst the rest of the economy is in melt-down.

If work became available overseas now I would be gone.