UK - London - Last Day on recession window

Last Day notice for a now closed business in central London, a victim of the UK recession. The words have been written on the pane of glass in white emulsion paint that has dripped and run before drying properly on the window of this anonymous office building in Holborn, London. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. The current one was caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages. Picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.

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Copyright: Richard Baker
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Last Day notice for a now closed business in central London, a victim of the UK recession. The words have been written on the pane of glass in white emulsion paint that has dripped and run before drying properly on the window of this anonymous office building in Holborn, London. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. The current one was caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages. Picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.