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Tower hungry: City of London s high-rise appetite is as fierce as ever

Tower hungry: City of London’s high-rise appetite is as fierce as ever Will Ing investigates why so many are still being built The City of London’s appetite for more steel-and-glass skyscrapers shows no sign of relenting, unaffected by either the global pandemic or the climate emergency. Advertisement In the first few months of this year, three office towers, all taller than 145m, were approved by the City of London Corporation. They join three consented towers given the green light in the past few years  – two of which are more than 250m tall, plus a further three under construction and another two in the planning process.

UK s headstart on reopening the economy is set to reverse Covid emigration, says Goldman Sachs

Worker exodus will be reversed if jobs come rushing back Britain will be more attractive to foreign workers if the vaccine scheme prompts a stronger rebound, Goldman economist says 7 April 2021 • 6:16pm Britain is set to become a magnet for international workers again if the vaccine allows a more rapid reopening of the economy, according to a top economist. Large chunks of the EU are going back into lockdown as the latest wave of Covid sweeps the continent, meaning those who left Britain in the tough first wave may be tempted to return to the stronger economy. “Given substantial differences in vaccine rollout progress and Covid restrictions between the UK and EU countries, we are expecting an earlier and stronger initial rebound in the UK,” says Steffan Ball, an economist at Goldman Sachs.

Boomer generation s retirement will hurt economy

Boomer generation s retirement will hurt economy Lower immigration will also contribute to an economic slowdown that threatens to overshadow this decade 5 April 2021 • 7:02pm Britain’s ageing population and lower rates of immigration will put the brakes of economic growth in the 2020s, City forecasters have warned. The supply of labour will be curbed by the Boomer generation retiring and an immigration clampdown, halving the growth rate in the workforce, according to Pantheon Macroeconomics. Growth in workers will slump to an average annual rate of just 0.3pc over the next five years, down from 0.8pc in the second half of the 2010s, it predicted.

Britain: How two decades of EU migration went into reverse

Britain: How two decades of EU migration went into reverse
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