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Liverpool City Region offers companies all the business-critical ingredients for profitable back and middle-office functions. Whether it’s an outsourcing operation, customer services or shared services centre, you’ll find everything you need here.
Liverpool City region is one of the UK’s leading financial centres hosting key facilities for Santander, Barclaycard, Handelsbanken, RSA and Bibby Financial Services. Wealth management is a particular strength and Liverpool is ranked as the top location outside of London, with global firms such as Pershing (subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation) and Investec Wealth and Investment, as well as Rathbones Investment Management who employ more than 700 people in the city.
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Largest wealth management centre outside of London -
2.6 million workforce within a 45-minute drive -
Operating costs a fraction of other financial centres -
Second largest LCR employer generating over a quarter of total economic output
With more than 650 law firms employing 10,000 staff across the city region, the legal sector is well-established and thriving. Major firms such as Hill Dickinson, DWF, Brabners, Weightmans, DLA, Morecrofts and Riverview Law are represented, with many having their headquarters here.
A major centre for eCommerce, Liverpool City Region offers companies all the business-critical ingredients to create a profitable online retail operation. We’re enthusiastic early-adopters of new business models with major players like QVC and Shop Direct based here.
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Highly competitive operating costs -
Global financial centre -
Equipped to excel at customer service
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Latest Financial, Professional & Business Services news
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Case Study: Sedulo
Sedulo are a Northern Accountancy firm have who recently expanded in to Liverpool City Region. Having acquired Wilson Henry – one of the longest established business advisory firms in the city the company saw their staff number almost quadruple from 9 to almost 40 firmly establishing them in the Liverpool market.
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SPOTLIGHT: Sedulo Expansion in to Liverpool City Region
National accountancy firm, Sedulo are one of Liverpool City Region’s latest financial and professional investors. Here Marketing Manager, Adam White shares the story behind the company’s recent expansion in to the region and why it is such an important move for them.
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Liverpool City Region’s Rathbone Brothers acquires wealth management giant Saunderson House for £150m
Wealth management giant Rathbone Brothers has announced the acquisition of the UK’s biggest professional services financial planning firm for £150m.
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New York investor acquires Liverpool City Region advisory firm ‘Wealth at Work’
New York-based private investment firm, Aquiline, has spent tens of million of pounds to take a majority stake in a specialist Liverpool City Region financial advisory firm.
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Cowgills opens new Liverpool business recovery office
Accountancy firm Cowgills has opened a new office in Liverpool to house its business recovery team.
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Liverpool City Region’s Hill Dickinson reports deals record of £2.6bn
Liverpool law firm Hill Dickinson’s corporate team completed a record £2.6bn worth of deals in 2020 – £1bn more than in 2019.
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“There’s nowhere else in the UK and very few places in the world that are better placed than Liverpool to lead on building global pandemic resilience…”
Follow-up feature to Liverpool’s London Real Estate Forum 2021 event. Liverpool post-pandemic – Empowering northern cities by building future resilience and playing to our strengths.