A positive view of London

It's too easy to complain about things these days - much harder to find some good, positive news to counteract all that negativity. And I just found a really fabulous web site called ThinkLondon.com - designed to encourage foreign investment into the capital. It has a dashboard feature where you can learn all sorts of interesting things about our great City, such as:

By 2020, Lodon will be the fourth largest City economy in the world (behind Tokyo, New York and Los Angeles)

London is 5th in the growth chart, with 3% growth forecast for next year

London is ranked No 1 in Europe as the best City for business

It is also No 1 leading City for global commerce

And No 1 leading global financial centre

It is the fastest growing capital in Europe - with 700,000 adding to the population by 2016

There are £190bn worth of development projects underway

31,000 new homes being built

$80 billion worth of growth in London over the next five years

Heathrow is the third busiest airport in the world

3rd busiest film production centre in the world

3.3m consumers between the ages of 20-44 live in London

Now doesn't all that make you proud to be a Londoner?