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Potential New Universal UK Park

Doesn't surprise me that the Government will be giving the go ahead, but equally doesn't surprise me that they won't be announcing that formally as Universal will want to do the announcement themselves. Hopefully this paves the way to an announcement from Universal later this year, with a nice piece of concept art for us to swoon over!
 
Rob said:
Doesn't surprise me that the Government will be giving the go ahead, but equally doesn't surprise me that they won't be announcing that formally as Universal will want to do the announcement themselves. Hopefully this paves the way to an announcement from Universal later this year, with a nice piece of concept art for us to swoon over!
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Just need some boisterous MP to Parliamentary Privilege the announcement in the House of Commons now.

There are more positive than negative signs at the moment and hopefully if it does happen because it's significant private construction it will move forward quicker than HS2 has; sure is going to suck up a lot of construction crews that won't be able to build houses and infrastructure though. I still fully expect the LTC to be under consultation by the time I retire though.
 
Rob said:
Doesn't surprise me that the Government will be giving the go ahead, but equally doesn't surprise me that they won't be announcing that formally as Universal will want to do the announcement themselves. Hopefully this paves the way to an announcement from Universal later this year, with a nice piece of concept art for us to swoon over!
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I cannot contain how excited i am for the concept art! Part of me would love to not know anything and just go to the park when (if) it opens but appreciate that's impossible in this day and age.
 
Bowser said:
I cannot contain how excited i am for the concept art! Part of me would love to not know anything and just go to the park when (if) it opens but appreciate that's impossible in this day and age.
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I feel like at the very least some sort of Nintendo world must be guaranteed, given that they have it at all their other sites now. Enough time will have passed to not take the shine away from Epic Universe too
 
dave___ said:
Just need some boisterous MP to Parliamentary Privilege the announcement in the House of Commons now.

There are more positive than negative signs at the moment and hopefully if it does happen because it's significant private construction it will move forward quicker than HS2 has; sure is going to suck up a lot of construction crews that won't be able to build houses and infrastructure though. I still fully expect the LTC to be under consultation by the time I retire though.
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I assume immigration visas for construction workers were a part of these negotiations.

Sticky subject due to current conversations in the general public but we simply do not have the capacity to build this with our own domestic workers. We have houses, HS2 (kinda) and Hinkley all sucking up construction crews.
 
Blackrock said:
I assume immigration visas for construction workers were a part of these negotiations.

Sticky subject due to current conversations in the general public but we simply do not have the capacity to build this with our own domestic workers. We have houses, HS2 (kinda) and Hinkley all sucking up construction crews.
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And Sizewell. That’s started kicking off recently on top of all those.
 
There was a a massive building skills shortage in the UK mostly due to successive governments since Blair pushing kids to go to Uni all while devaluing and leaving private industry to train new workers.

Large scale projects like Universal will require alot of skilled workers, it would be nice to see apprenticeship schemes tied in with construction rather than the quick fix of importing workers.
 
Quantum said:
There was a a massive building skills shortage in the UK mostly due to successive governments since Blair pushing kids to go to Uni all while devaluing and leaving private industry to train new workers.

Large scale projects like Universal will require alot of skilled workers, it would be nice to see apprenticeship schemes tied in with construction rather than the quick fix of importing workers.
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Agreed, apprenticeship schemes would be a great idea.

I’ve always thought we should be telling teenagers in school we’ll give them a 5/10K tax free payment once they’ve completed a trade apprenticeship/have been in work in said trade for X amount of time.

We did it with nurses and teachers, trades should be the next thing on the agenda.

I still think visas will be handed out though, maybe specific visa for this specific project. Once it’s complete the visa expires.
 
Blackrock said:
Agreed, apprenticeship schemes would be a great idea.

I’ve always thought we should be telling teenagers in school we’ll give them a 5/10K tax free payment once they’ve completed a trade apprenticeship/have been in work in said trade for X amount of time.

We did it with nurses and teachers, trades should be the next thing on the agenda.

I still think visas will be handed out though, maybe specific visa for this specific project. Once it’s complete the visa expires.
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Visas will definitely be needed for some of the more specialist roles. The planning for the park alone will require that, when was the last time we had a whole new park built from scratch in the UK. Apprenticeships will hopefully form part of the overall build package.

I also think the expansion of Luton airport is a huge plus for the project.
 
Burner said:
Latest update from the local MP who's been the most vocal supporter of the project.

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So what he's saying, yeah, is to send a Freedom of Information Request to HM Treasury just to see how many creds we'll get if Universal GB gets built, right? And whether the Treasury will be subsidising Universal GB so they can build a Harry Potter-themed RMC?

Perfect use of taxpayer money.
 
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