10-02-2012 The demolished LDV vans factory, Washwood Heath, Birmingham. LDV closed with debts of £75 million in 2009 with the loss of 800 manufacturing jobs. © John Harris

30-03-2015 Art in a closed down shop that is part of the Sheffield Showcase project, a project that turns disused retail space into community art space. The project is funded by Sheffield City Council as a Vacan... © Connor Matheson

16-04-2013 The Dreamland amusement park, closed since 2005, and the 18 story 1960s Arlington House tower block on Margate seafront. © Philip Wolmuth

16-04-2013 Dreamland welcomes you. Empty shops in Margate, Kent. The Dreamland amusement park has been closed since 2005. © Philip Wolmuth

16-04-2013 The Dreamland amusement park, closed since 2005, and the 18 story 1960s Arlington House tower block on Margate seafront. © Philip Wolmuth

06-12-2012 Wixom, Michigan - Demolition of part of the Ford Wixom Assembly plant. The plant was once Fords largest North American assembly plant. It has been closed since 2007. © Jim West

06-12-2012 Wixom, Michigan - Demolition of part of the Ford Wixom Assembly plant. The plant was once Fords largest North American assembly plant. It has been closed since 2007. © Jim West

20-09-2012 A brownfield site acquired for residential housing development by Redrow (UK's sixth-biggest housebuilder by turnover) the site has been empty since 2007 due to the credit crunch and subsequent recess... © John Harris

20-09-2012 A brownfield site acquired for residential housing development by Redrow (UK's sixth-biggest housebuilder by turnover) the site has been empty since 2007 due to the credit crunch and subsequent recess... © John Harris

20-09-2012 A brownfield site acquired for residential housing development by Redrow (UK's sixth-biggest housebuilder by turnover) the site has been empty since 2007 due to the credit crunch and subsequent recess... © John Harris

10-02-2012 The demolished LDV vans factory, Washwood Heath, Birmingham. LDV closed with debts of £75 million in 2009 with the loss of 800 manufacturing jobs. © John Harris

10-02-2012 The demolished LDV vans factory, Washwood Heath, Birmingham. LDV closed with debts of £75 million in 2009 with the loss of 800 manufacturing jobs. © John Harris

10-02-2012 The gates of the demolished LDV vans factory, Washwood Heath, Birmingham. LDV closed with debts of £75 million in 2009 with the loss of 800 manufacturing jobs. © John Harris

15-05-2011 Columbus Quay Apartments a rusting riverside development, the construction of which was halted by the 2008 financial crisis, Liverpool © John Harris

15-05-2011 Columbus Quay Apartments a rusting riverside development, the construction of which was halted by the 2008 financial crisis, Liverpool © John Harris

15-05-2011 Columbus Quay Apartments a rusting riverside development, the construction of which was halted by the 2008 financial crisis, Liverpool © John Harris

23-03-2010 Michigan - The unemployed of Detroit queue to apply for 200 jobs at a new Meijer store. © Jim West

23-03-2010 A manager admits applicants to the store for interviews. Michigan - The unemployed of Detroit queue to apply for 200 jobs at a new Meijer store. © Jim West

23-03-2010 Michigan - The unemployed of Detroit queue to apply for 200 jobs at a new Meijer store. © Jim West

23-03-2010 Michigan - The unemployed of Detroit queue to apply for 200 jobs at a new Meijer store. © Jim West

23-03-2010 Michigan - The unemployed of Detroit queue to apply for 200 jobs at a new Meijer store. © Jim West

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, answering questions at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. Frances O'Grady, Deputy General Secretary of the TUC is to his r... © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, smiling whilst at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, in contemplative mood at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, answering questions at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. Beside him are Frances O'Grady & Brendan Barber of the TUC. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Sue Ferns of Prospect trade union asking a question of Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, making at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, making the keynote speech at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, making the keynote speech at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, making the keynote speech at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, making the keynote speech at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, making the keynote speech at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-11-2009 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, making the keynote speech at a TUC Conference on the economic recession entitled: Beyond Crisis. © Stefano Cagnoni

22-10-2009 Closing Down Sale, Blacks Leisure, London. They are shutting 89 of its loss-making stores. © Duncan Phillips

22-10-2009 Closing Down Sale, Blacks Leisure, London. They are shutting 89 of its loss-making stores. © Duncan Phillips

22-10-2009 Closing Down Sale, Blacks Leisure, London. They are shutting 89 of its loss-making stores. © Duncan Phillips

05-10-2009 The closed Humbug and Gift Shop, Hastings. © Jess Hurd

18-09-2009 Washington, DC - A homeless man sleeps at the entrance to a Metro subway station near the White House. © Jim West

18-09-2009 Washington, DC - A homeless man sleeps at the entrance to a Metro subway station near the White House. © Jim West

21-08-2009 Woolworths store, Brixton, South London. © Jess Hurd

21-08-2009 Closed off license with concrete block barriers across the car park. © John Harris

01-08-2009 Discerning customers looking at used cars on a dealers forecourt. © John Harris

01-08-2009 Discerning customers looking at used cars on a dealers forecourt. © John Harris

01-08-2009 Old Skoda car on a dealers forecourt advertising the Car Scrappage Scheme. © John Harris

23-07-2009 Women talking in front of a boarded up shop in Rotherham town centre. © Christopher Thomond

23-07-2009 An elderly shopper walking through Rotherham town centre walks past a closed shop Every Penny Counts... © Christopher Thomond

23-07-2009 A girl and a boy walk past a closed shop in Veliko Tarnovo, the town has suffered as a result of the financial crisis. © Philip Wolmuth

18-07-2009 Man eating take away chips on the street and feral pigeons. Wednesbury town centre. © John Harris

08-07-2009 Nun walks past a 50 sale sign in Rome. Italy. © Jess Hurd

19-06-2009 Empty cinema in central Liverpool. © Philip Wolmuth

16-06-2009 Graduates who have just left University at Civil Service Fast Stream stand at the London Graduate Fair in London, seeking employment in the midst of the biggest economic recession since the 1930's. © Stefano Cagnoni

12-06-2009 Priceless. Closed shops in the centre of Hereford. The town has been badly hit by the economic crisis. © Philip Wolmuth

12-06-2009 Closed shops in the centre of Hereford. The town has been badly hit by the economic crisis. © Philip Wolmuth

12-06-2009 Closed wine bar and bistro in the centre of Hereford. The market town has been badly hit by the economic crisis. © Philip Wolmuth

12-06-2009 A closed corner shop in the Derker area of Oldham, due to be redeveloped as part of a government Pathfinder scheme.~. © Christopher Thomond

11-06-2009 Shoppers walk past The Recession Buster by Paul OGrady, an advertisement by WH Smith for the autobiography of Paul OGrady now in paperback, Birmingham © Timm Sonnenschein

11-06-2009 Shoppers walk past The Recession Buster by Paul OGrady, an advertisement by WH Smith for the autobiography of Paul OGrady now in paperback, Birmingham © Timm Sonnenschein

28-05-2009 The Overdraught public house, closed, derelict, for sale. East London. © Jess Hurd

28-05-2009 The Overdraught public house, closed, derelict, for sale. East London. © Jess Hurd

28-05-2009 The Overdraught public house, closed, derelict, for sale. East London. © Jess Hurd

28-05-2009 The Overdraught public house, closed, derelict, for sale. East London. © Jess Hurd

28-05-2009 The Overdraught public house, closed, derelict, for sale. East London. © Jess Hurd

27-05-2009 Migrants from Eastern Europe boarding a coach leaving for Poland as the recession reduces demand. London Victoria Coach Station. © Justin Tallis

27-05-2009 Migrants from Eastern Europe boarding a coach leaving for Poland as the recession reduces demand. London Victoria Coach Station. © Justin Tallis

27-05-2009 Migrants from Eastern Europe boarding a coach leaving for Poland as the recession reduces demand. London Victoria Coach Station. © Justin Tallis

27-05-2009 Migrants from Eastern Europe boarding a coach leaving for Poland as the recession reduces demand. London Victoria Coach Station. © Justin Tallis

25-05-2009 The 98p Shop. East London. © Jess Hurd

25-05-2009 The Overdraught public house, closed, derelict, for sale. East London. © Jess Hurd

25-05-2009 The 98p Shop. East London. © Jess Hurd

25-05-2009 The Overdraught public house, closed, derelict, for sale. East London. © Jess Hurd

22-05-2009 Credit Cruncher shop for cheap goods, Bristol. © Paul Box

13-05-2009 This store is no more! Closed down off licence, Stratford on Avon. © John Harris

12-05-2009 The Corus Redcar steelworks at Redcar Co Cleveland which is to be mothballed with the loss of over 2000 jobs after parent company Tata announced the cancellation of 4 major contracts for it's slab ste... © Jess Hurd

12-05-2009 The Corus Redcar steelworks at Redcar Co Cleveland which is to be mothballed with the loss of over 2000 jobs after parent company Tata announced the cancellation of 4 major contracts for it's slab ste... © Jess Hurd

12-05-2009 Children flying a kite. The Corus Redcar steelworks at Redcar Co Cleveland which is to be mothballed with the loss of over 2000 jobs after parent company Tata announced the cancellation of 4 major con... © Jess Hurd

12-05-2009 Man eating a bag of chips on a mobility scooter outside a closed down 99p store, Redcar. Teesside. © Jess Hurd

12-05-2009 The Corus Redcar steelworks at Redcar Co Cleveland which is to be mothballed with the loss of over 2000 jobs after parent company Tata announced the cancellation of 4 major contracts for it's slab ste... © Jess Hurd

08-05-2009 Chained and locked gates. The Corus Redcar steelworks at Redcar Co Cleveland which is to be mothballed with the loss of over 2000 jobs after parent company Tata announced the cancellation of 4 major c... © Mark Pinder

08-05-2009 Chained and locked gates. The Corus Redcar steelworks at Redcar Co Cleveland which is to be mothballed with the loss of over 2000 jobs after parent company Tata announced the cancellation of 4 major c... © Mark Pinder

06-05-2009 Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant, at risk of closure under restructuring plans as part of FIAT's proposed takeover of parent company General Motors Europe. © Christopher Thomond

09-04-2009 Migrant workers waiting outside the railway station to leave Shanghai, China and return to the countryside as jobs are lost during recession © Timm Sonnenschein

09-04-2009 Migrant workers waiting outside the railway station to leave Shanghai, China and return to the countryside as jobs are lost during recession © Timm Sonnenschein

09-04-2009 Migrant workers waiting outside the railway station to leave Shanghai, China and return to the countryside as jobs are lost during recession © Timm Sonnenschein

09-04-2009 Migrant workers waiting outside the railway station to leave Shanghai, China and return to the countryside as jobs are lost during recession © Timm Sonnenschein

09-04-2009 Migrant workers waiting outside the railway station to leave Shanghai, China and return to the countryside as jobs are lost during recession © Timm Sonnenschein

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.~Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati sh... © Mark Pinder

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.~Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati sh... © Mark Pinder

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati shi... © Mark Pinder

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.~Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati sh... © Mark Pinder

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.~Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati sh... © Mark Pinder

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.~Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati sh... © Mark Pinder

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.~Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati sh... © Mark Pinder

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.~Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati sh... © Mark Pinder

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati shi... © Mark Pinder

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.~Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati sh... © Mark Pinder

06-04-2009 End of an era on the Tyne.~Tynesiders gather at the Groyne in South Shields to say their final farewells to the Swan Hunter shipyard cranes as they leave the river Tyne, on a journey to the Bharati sh... © Mark Pinder

27-03-2009 This store is no more! Closed down off licence, Stratford on Avon. © John Harris

25-03-2009 Milford Haven has the most shop closures of any town in the UK. © Paul Box

25-03-2009 Milford Haven has the most shop closures of any town in the UK. © Paul Box