It is grim up north! NO Wait it is not !

It is grim up north 

One question is the North -South Divide real ?

Well put simply yes we all know it does. But looking at it on paper at evidence is it real? 

Simple put while people think it is real it will be real to some extent no matter what, but is there more to this than simply the way people think? 

Yes 

For one thing the south get more per capicta head spent on it on things like infrastructure, a good example is the Thames link, the HS2 proposal all about making getting to London faster.  

Take Hull a key UK port city the motorway stops 20 miles out side the city the government (past and present) has taken years just to approve sorting Castle street out and it is not started yet 2017 it is expected to start. And no it does not matter there are more people in the south that is why I am using capicta head to measure like for like. 

The North is home to many things:

• Ports/docks (Hull/Immingham/Liverpool/tees port)
• Numerous industrial bases 

The south by en large is the UK financial area 

By neglecting the North and allowing the North South divide to exisit you negalite the Engine room of the UK.  

The problem is in recessions industry suffers and the north is the industrial heart land, but the financial sector caused the last and every other recession thought history. The gap grows bigger, the north suffers for the south. 

And the Government is focused on the south.  

It is simple a strong UK needs a strong North and a strong South the North South divide hurts every one. 

But it not all bad 

Property price 

Cost of living 

Are all lower 

There is business live outside of London UK

It may not at first appear to be a business related problem that the UK is London centric but It is. Let me explain.

City's like London are home to 10 million or so people but that only 1/6 of the UK population the rest live outside London but it often get all the attention from the media from the government. So what you say how does this matter to a business?

Just like 5/6 of the UK population is outside of London a huge chunk of UK business is also outside London. The problem is that when it comes to infrastructure one of a business most important tools and the biggest factor outside of the business control. The rest of the UK is often forgotten when it comes it important upgrades. The UK government spends more per head on London than the rest of the UK. This can and does result in outdated infrastructure or much need projects taking much longer than in the South. Cause Northern business problems the only reason the line from Hull to Selby was agreed because Hull Trains proposed funding it. This would never happen in London would it and this is how a London centric UK affect negativity non London Based business.

There is more to the UK than London