Blackburn - The best place to make a living

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this is one of the biggest problems in the UK everyone in the south thinks the north is full of richard heads and everyone in the north thinks the south is inhabited by even bigger richard heads

Landofwood

lisyloo wrote: »

Ok, let me say it again.
My CEO isn't going to move the company from London because the professionals with 20 years experience won't move because of their mum/spouses job/child's school/grandchild/lovely house etc.
If my CEO could replace those UK people who have 20 years worth of experience & knowledge with bods in India then he would do it in a heartbeat, but you can't do that kind of transfer overnight (with my employer it will probably happen eventually).
Moving to Bangalore is much more likely than Blackburn.

I can't speak about other industries, but I would guess the reasons are also historical and it's expensive to move businesses/staff - even more so than paying London rents.

I am not claiming that there are any reasons to be in London for IT.
What I'm claiming is that if you are already here and employ knowledgeable and experienced staff then it's expensive and difficult to move.

Lots of people moan about London prices but the evidence is that it's not so bad that business/people will move out.

I'm not going to move voluntarily so why is it logical to expect other to do so just to make my life easier? It's not.

Perhaps your CEO can't move the company, because that's for the owners to decide?

Generali

Landofwood wrote: »

Perhaps your CEO can't move the company, because that's for the owners to decide?

Moving offices is the sort of strategic decision that I'd expect a CEO to be employed to take.

lisyloo

We did move offices in March. It was left to UK management who chose to move only 1 mile and be near a terminal rail station in order to retain all the staff.
Our U.S. CEO is pretty hands on usually but takes his lead from local management on facilities issues. The board would not usually get involved.
We're now tied to a 5 year lease.

The advantage of cheaper rent is massively outweighed by the risk of losing lots of key staff so it ain't gonna happen although we did take a smaller office and have more staff in Bangalore, so I guess you could say we a re moving out very gradually.

bugslet

ess0two wrote: »

You must be in the vicinity of Heath road,Greenway road,Moughland lane.

You can have a brownie point! Are we 'neighbours?'

wymondham

How can Blackburn be the best place to make a living, its nowhere near London?

kabayiri

It's interesting how Blackburn scores highly and yet Burnley scores so poorly in this study, a place which is relatively close by.

I think that's worthy of examination. Do people not consider commuting?

Also, I know quite a few people in Burnley who work in Skipton. It wasn't that long ago, back in 2014, when a different study named Skipton the best place to live.

Next year it could all change again (apart from London being cost effective for most lower income workers)