Two views of the same site, with an image of how one of the three proposed HML buildings might look.

The building has been placed immediately behind the person on the grass line as seen from below.

A person is put in for scale, (look closely) but the picture is not large enough for the full width of even one  building.

There are three buildings proposed, all are up to 220 feet long feet long, and up to 56 feet high plus air conditioning ‘blimps’ on top.

The main business of HML is that of debt collection for ‘sub-prime*’ money lenders, repossession, and money lending. Such businesses have had boom years as shown by the colossal debt and record bankruptcies we have, but is it sustainable?

Is more growth in debt, bankruptcy, and repossessions desirable?

 

* ‘Prime’ money lenders are such as banks and building societies, which lend money to those with good financial ratings at the lowest rate.

‘Sub-prime’ are those lenders which lend to such as those whose credit rating is not as high, or who want to borrow more than a bank would deem advisable. Such debtors are much more likely to have financial problems, repossessions etc. and are usually charged a higher rate of interest to allow for this.

We are informed that around 600 of HML’s present 800 employees (4 floors full of them) spend their time as a call centre working on bad debts. HML has been e-mailed to verify this information, and we await their answer.

 

The building used below  is of course the ‘carbuncle’ for which Skipton Building Society are justly famed.

The Bailey houses another example of their fine style of architecture.