{"id":63450,"date":"2017-08-11T22:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-preston-lancashire-parched-peas-and-plenty-of-trains\/"},"modified":"2017-08-11T22:45:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:45:25","slug":"lets-move-to-preston-lancashire-parched-peas-and-plenty-of-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-preston-lancashire-parched-peas-and-plenty-of-trains\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Preston, Lancashire: parched peas and plenty of trains"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe city\u2019s had a few grim years \u2013 but things are looking upWhat\u2019s going for it? This city, like so many, has seen the proverbial hit the fan. When I popped by in 2011, austerity was biting. Shops were being boarded up. Big investments were collapsing. Like every other council, Preston\u2019s was facing nasty choices. Six years on, although peace, love and prosperity do not reign on its streets, interesting things are bubbling up. The council is experimenting with co-ops, and keeping wealth and investment local. Avenham Park has been tidied up. Instead of being demolished for a drab shopping mall, the magnificent postwar bus station has been protected. And PricewaterhouseCoopers last year named Preston the best city in the north-west in which to live and work. One to watch.The case against It\u2019s going to be a long slog. Poverty and inequality still haunt the city. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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The city\u2019s had a few grim years \u2013 but things are looking upWhat\u2019s going for...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-gvo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114117,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/100m-caughey-preston-rest-home-property-for-sale-as-trust-quits-valuable-3-1ha-remuera-site\/","url_meta":{"origin":63450,"position":0},"title":"$100m Caughey Preston rest home property for sale as trust quits valuable 3.1ha Remuera site","date":"February 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A Remuera property, valued by Auckland Council at $100 million, is for sale following the Caughey Preston rest home's closure just over two years ago.Andrew Caughey, chairman of the Marianne Caughey Smith-Preston Memorial Rest Homes...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...0m Caughey Preston rest home property for sale as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33587,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/preston-named-best-city-to-live-and-work-in-north-west-england\/","url_meta":{"origin":63450,"position":1},"title":"Preston named best city to live and work in north-west England","date":"November 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Index of economic success and personal wellbeing in UK\u2019s 42 largest cities puts Preston above Manchester and Liverpool Preston is the best city in north-west England to live and work, according to a new report. 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