Why Liverpool?

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Liverpool City Region (LCR) is home to a pioneering, collaborative, highly cost-competitive and business friendly environment.

The Perfect Spot

Perfectly positioned for regional and national connectivity, LCR is ranked No.1 in the UK for entrepreneurship and business growth and is one of the most digitally connected places in the UK.

Liverpool City Region not only offers competitive salaries and office markets, plus high-quality affordable housing, but also has coastal living and a great choice of performing schools.

Liverpool City Region In Numbers*

*Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Annual Review 2021/22

1.6m

Liverpool City Region residents

£30m

212km LCR connect ultra-fast broadband network

5%

R&D to be 5% of economy by 2030 – double the national target

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Net Zero

Net zero carbon by 2040

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Distinctive, world-class specialisms in infection prevention and control, AI solutions, materials chemistry plus emerging net-zero technologies

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Liverpool is at the centre of the Liverpool City Region and is its main economic driver.

A Collaboration of Networks

As the fastest growing UK city outside of London, Liverpool attracts talent, business and investors from around the world and brings them together in collaborative networks and shared spaces to create a special alchemy.

Liverpool In Numbers*

*Data taken from investliverpool.com

6m

Workforce within an hour’s drive

63,000

Higher education student enrolments a year

4th

friendliest city in the world

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£15bn

Investment opportunities

2hr

Train journey time to London

The Liver Building

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International Airports within a 45 minute drive

1 of 5

National Science and Innovation campuses

The Spine office building
A spiral staircase

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