Bald Badger

4.26 am can’t sleep. Where is the most likely place to find work? in the UK,Would it be London? I was thinking of living up to an hour from the CBD by rail but what areas are reasonable to live in regarding rent without being dodgy? Are there opportunities for work out near Heathrow? I could go further out if public transport was reasonably priced. Currently it can take me up to an hour to get the 12 Kilometres to work at walking pace in my car
Regards Johnny Bald Badger

gfreeman

If travel is your worry, trying living near the end of tube lines, like Morden, Cockfosters or Walthamstow

sashadan

http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/cms..../Searchforajob

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no need to go to cbd for work,any built up suburbs has work.
i live in hayes (middlesex)30 mins from cbd,15 mins from heathrow(plenty of work goin on expanding airport.
meet up with the oz/kws at earls court pubs ,you'll probably get good work contacts
good luck

Bald Badger

Hey thats a cool site thanx for the link
Regards Johnny

NC Penguin

Where you'd move to really depends on the kind of work you do/can do.

You have to bear in mind that where there's a concentration of jobs in a particular industry, there's probably a lot of competition for such jobs.

Yes, there's jobs near Heathrow but many are probably associated with the airport so if you've got skills/experience that are applicable to an airport type environment. One thought is that many jobs will be outside non-standard Mon-Fridays hours (e.g. weekends, night, shiftwork).




NC Penguin

janeyray

Where abouts are you from in the UK, originally?
Have you thought about finding work around the Midlands? I come from Nottingham and its a large enough city, has loads of work and the house prices are still affordable. Loads work going on at the moment with the new tram lines being laid over the next few years.

Bald Badger

They are laying tramlines?? Is this a retro tourist thing or a serious attempt at solving transport problems? I was in Nottingham about 10 years ago, it was a nice little City, I could live there or Derby, got the worst hangover of my life there O.D.’ed on real ale, ended up in club called the pink coconut, but that’s another story. B.T.Y. I am originally from Fareham but we moved to Norwich till I came to NZ with my parents. Regards Johnny Bald Badger

janeyray

Its an attempt at solving the transport problems! Eventually the lines will go to all the towns, now it's just going to some of the closest towns round the city.
You can get some cheaper houses in Derby and it's still not a bad place to live.
I have heard of the 'Pink Coconut' Changed it's name now though!

sado

nottingham now has the highest crime rate in the country areas in and around london are all overpriced shitholes ps you wont get any benifits because your not a kosavan / albanian stay where you are this country is sinkink in its own shit

Bald Badger

<sinkink in its own shit>

Sinkink???

Regards Johnny Bald Badger

Jxab12

Try Cambridge - it's 42 minutes from Kings Cross on the train - North side of London, or 1 hour 5 mins to Liverpool Street (City of London). Its also an hour from Norwich - assuming you still have ties there. And its a really great place to live. Rent can be steep in the centre of town, but more affordable a few miles out.

Gezza

....if only its own!