Facts and Figures
Facts and Figures
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#1 Biomanufacturing cluster in Europe
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#1 Research institution in the world for Tropical Medicine
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10 motorways, within 10 miles and 10 rail-linked terminals
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1st deployment of the world’s largest wind turbines
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1st Life Sciences University Technical College in UK
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2 hours journey time to London
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35 million people live closer to Liverpool than southern ports
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52,300 businesses across the city region
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58,000 students & 30,000 graduates
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6 million workforce within one hour drive
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Designated financial centre for excellence
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Every 80 seconds a new Jaguar Land Rover is built in our region
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High quality, cost-competitive and low risk investment location
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High-quality, cost-competitive, low-risk sites and properties
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Home to the Knowledge Quarter – One of the UK’s largest academic & clinical campuses
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Hydrogen and carbon capture innovation projects
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Largest wealth management centre outside of London
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Leading Industry 4.0 initiatives
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Lower cost development land and warehouses
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More than 80 businesses have a customer service centre in Liverpool City Region
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More than £1 billion invested in new intermodal ports and logistics infrastructure
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More than £4 billion offshore wind investment in five years
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Most filmed UK city outside London
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One of largest concentrations of Cat 3 laboratories in the UK
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One of the most digitally skilled workforce in the UK
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One of Top 25 high performance computing systems in the world
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One of two national science and innovation campuses
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Operating costs a fraction of other financial centres
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Opportunities in wave and tidal energy in the Mersey Estuary
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Rough Guide’s ‘top global cities to visit’ & 4th ‘friendliest city in the world’
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UNESCO has awarded Liverpool ‘City of Music’ status
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University of Liverpool is a UK centre for world-leading Computer Science research
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We are attracting over £1 billion a year in investment
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We are ranked No.1 in UK for entrepreneurship and business growth
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£1 billion logistics investment
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£12 billion city region economy
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£20 billion of investment opportunities