- Liverpool is European Capital of Culture 2008
- Liverpool is the economic hub of a seaboard city region of 2,000,000 people, 70,000 businesses and 1,000,000 jobs.
- The average annual GVA growth rate in Liverpool between 1995 and 2005 was 5.2%, above the national average
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport is the fastest growing regional airport in the UK and was voted ‘UK Airport of the Year 2007’
- Liverpool’s Business District has seen the development of 1.3m sq ft of Grade A new and refurbished space in the last 5 years
- Grosvenor’s £1 billion retail-led Liverpool One development is one of the largest of its kind in Europe
- Peel are planning a £5.5 billion waterfront development to compare with cities such as Dubai, Vancouver, New York and Shanghai
- Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter has world leading businesses in health and life sciences and generates £1 billion a year to the city’s economy
- Liverpool’s Science Park is the newest and fastest growing in the UK
- Liverpool’s School of Tropical Medicine is a world leader and has recently expanded with £25m funding from the Bill Gates Foundation
- Liverpool City Region has one of the highest student retention rates in the UK, with 6 out of 10 students staying in employment in the city
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