A suspect in a case against construction companies worldwide accused of killing temporary workers and hiding the evidence in false log books.
She’s accused being a key accomplice in the killing of over 50 million people involved formally and casually in working regimes across building sites.
Zombie nightingale
Her covert activities have helped a large number of rogue businesspeople to cover for their crimes using fake log books that she invents to put at their disposal.
These are known as “Washing” files that launder the victims throughout the process.
It hides their existence from authorities that are not on site, and leads to huge delays in finding out relatives and pursuing justice in Courts across the world.
Mistaken identities
It was thought that King Charles had a hand in it because he owns and operates a large number of enterprises in the UK that immediately put him in danger of accusation by the large number of law firms looking into it.
However, it’s not believed he’s of interest to any global law firms that are seeking to deal with the matter, and have made large strides in resolving much of the issue.
London’s changing, not burning, and its ambitions are for the good, not the worse, of the UK.
Yet, are these ambitions up to scratch?
One Leadenhall is another development on London’s epic building bend, a star struck skyscraper skyline that boasts not less than a few stellar examples of ambition and London’s jettisoned reach into global corporate warfare.
It’s a stunning sight to see; The Shard sits over the river to our right, and up ahead is the new One Leadenhall development, and over to the left are the leftovers of yet more star projects that have proved their worth, and now have to show it.
It’s not easy to prove you’re in it to win it, but at the base of it – here in central London – it seems the town is on a winning ticket.
The investment is hard to come by in a world packed with people willing to do what it takes to put their degree to good use, or their family finance up in the air, as many of our heavyweight names have done so.
Look at the family hotel developers, or the finance titans that have put down footprints in our towns and cities.
The share of hotels and apartment complexes that make sense when you think about it – when you think about people wanting to spend money, not save it after they’ve earned it.
It’s not about retirement anymore, it’s about living it while we’ve got it.
The development of One Leadenhall (see below) is just one of many, but it takes the interest of some because of its location, and because of its worth.
Picture #1Picture #2Picture #3
As I wrote before, however, it’s the task ahead that needs to be focused on, and completed.
It’s the task of filling it, not basking in it.
If you look at Photo #1, for instance, you see a sense of expectation. It’s not easy to wait for a future, but it’s there when you’ve got it.
The hopes of the ‘youth’, so-called, are still set on the old ways, but they know they’ve got to be ‘new’, in it.
Our phrases and sayings are not the same, after all.
Ingenuity meets business and what do you have? Office space. It’s not the most interesting of subjects to talk about, and if it’s over a pint, it probably won’t come up as a sticking point for many of us. Indeed, it’s just a bit of a misnomer.
Not in London, that is.
You would be forgiven for thinking this is a settled issue. For centuries, businesses and industries have had some kind of presence in England’s historic capital; it’s been the centre of some remarkable, if controversial, trading companies, stock-and-shares icons, and a few trouble makers, too. There is plenty of space, and plenty of room for more, because of this historic legacy of administrative space-making warfare that we’ve waged for quite some time, in fact.
Indeed, this lust for more power has not abated, and up have risen tower after tower, symbolising we-don’t-quite-know-what at the same time as welfarism, and the State, which seems hell bent on making itself known as the breadwinner in British politics (even the funny names for these skyscrapers don’t give much away as to their purpose).
Take for example the new development of ‘Paddington Central’, in central London. It’s not in a nondescript, far-flung place, but it is largely – if not by majority – empty. I’ve taken a look myself, and apart from some statement buildings at the front of the development, and a few more tucked away, there’s not much else to it, and it’s just Visa that seems to have a presence anywhere, there (take a look at the photos).
A ‘Paddington Central’ signage station A look up a walkway as office workers leaveA view of an empty floor at ‘3 Sheldon Square,Workmen putting in finishing touches
This is a strange sight, but not an uncommon question to beg, in 21st century London. Yes, it’s pricy land, but it’s our land, and what’s being built on it is private property. In fact, it’s commercial private property, and yet it’s lying fallow without much intent behind it. Is there a reason for this unoccupied space, or is office space more of an art or a technique than I realised?
If you take a look around, it’s an odd mix of buildings, or use of space. A few outlets you might recognise, such as Pret A Manger and Gregg’s bakery, and then a really upmarket restaurant tucked right at the back of the development, hardly visible to anyone (there isn’t a passageway direct to it, apart from beside a hotel, nearby, I think).
Apart from that, I noticed plenty of office space but not much usefulness to the site, obviously that is (there’s an art installation, but it’s looking tired already).
I wonder what all these developments are for, when the footfall is so low, in business terms, and there’s a lack of harmony in regard to the choice and layout of these places. In my opinion, it doesn’t seem clear if even Visa know what they’re doing there. I would have expected a payments company to site themselves in a finance cluster, not a half-full ‘spot’ in Paddington, somewhere.
In the rush to build up, what are we getting in return for this private investment? Probably not a lot, as yet (I’ve got a Gregg’s nearby, some might say). The jobs are high-end, and the work environments demand a lot (it’s not a matter of a run-of-the-mill job).
The problem with London is that it sees itself too highly, and it builds to compete with itself, rather than other places, where the focus is on home-grown industries, and a sense of rightness with its own goals, and aspirations. If we have a problem, it’s knowing what business is, here, not knowing where to put it.
