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COMPANY INVESTMENTLIVERPOOL 2014

CONTENTS

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES 03

CREATIVE AND DIGITAL SECTOR 07

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 11

LIFE SCIENCES 15

LOW CARBON SECTOR 19

DISTINCTIVE NEIGHBOURHOODS 23

NORTH SHORING 29

SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS 35

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES

WhAT ARE ThE OppORTUNITIES WIThIN ThE AUTOMOTIVE SEcTOR?

Liverpool offers a great location to supply the automotive sector. Not only is Liverpool the manufacturing base for the Jaguar Land Rover Evoque and Freelander models but Liverpool is also within a 2 hour drive of the UK vehicle manufacturing facilities of Bentley, Toyota, General Motors and the two other JLR plants.

When a 4 hour drive time is considered, the remaining high volume plants of Nissan, Mini and honda are easily reached.

The result of all this activity is that over 700,000 cars per year are produced within 2 hours of Liverpool with 200,000 of these produced in the city itself. Add to this Leyland Trucks just outside the city Region.

Liverpool also offers great opportunities for suppliers to automotive engineering plants. Getrag Ford manufactures 6-speed gearboxes in Liverpool. Within the two hour drive, Toyota produces approximately 125,000 engines per annum (in Deeside) and JLR is building an engine plant in Staffordshire (expected output 500,000). In addition JcB has a transmission plant and Bentley plans drivetrain investment both in close proximity to Liverpool.

Suppliers and the workforce across the city have developed a track record in helping OEMs to achieve mass customisation by bringing more and more of the supply chain complexity in-house.

Not only is Liverpool home of Range Rover Evoque and Freelander, a Liverpool location is within 2 hours of plants producing 700,000 vehicles per year with the supply opportunities these bring.

Beyond the JLR investment there are other automotive success stories across the city Region from companies such as Johnson controls, IAc, Magna, pilkington, hp chemie pelzer; NGF and the latest arrival is the production base for the BAc Mono specialist sports car.

Lower property and labour costs combined with proximity to customers can make Liverpool a more cost effective location than the traditional UK automotive location of the West Midlands.

South Liverpool is a well-established automotive location and many of the aspects of the sector are already in place such as a culture of shift working, experience of broadcast time pressures, provision of outsourced logistics support and availability of experienced agency staff suppliers.

Whether a niche vehicle producer, OEM / lower tier supplier, or supplier of services to the industry, Liverpool can provide opportunities.

cAN yOU GET ThE SKILLED pEOpLE yOU NEED?

Access to skilled people is one of the core strengths of Liverpool.

With a total population of just over 1.5 million people, and a working population of nearly 1 million, companies locating in the wider city can access a considerable pool of labour. In addition, over 6.2 million people live within an hour’s drive time of the area.

It is estimated that there are 49,000 people already employed in the automotive and related advanced manufacturing sectors in the city and the sector is growing.

The average unemployment level in Liverpool is 5.6%, a little higher than both the North West and UK average. The local unemployment level means that there is a sustainable pool of labour available to new companies locating to the area. The slightly higher unemployment tends to place less pressure on wage rates, skills and may potentially improve staff retention rates.

hOW cOST EFFEcTIVE IS A LIVERpOOL BASE?

Locating your business in Liverpool will give you an immediate competive edge:

• UK government data estimates that wages in Liverpool are slightly lower than the average for the West Midlands.

• Land and property costs are lower with production space in Liverpool typically available for £5.00ft2 whereas equivalent property in the West Midlands is quoted at £5.75ft2.

• It is not inconceivable that a 100,000ft2 manufacturing facility could provide an operational saving of £0.25m per annum in Liverpool compared to the West Midlands based on wage and property costs.

• In addition there is also likely to be a fuel and distribution cost saving that can be achieved for a company supplying all the UK OEMs – the centre of gravity for automotive output is shifting north. For export markets the port of Liverpool is on your doorstep and this is also linked to the national rail network with a further rail hub in the automotive area of south Liverpool.

• For the correct project there may be government grants available – the Advanced Manufacturing Supply chain Initiative is specifically aimed at automotive projects and Liverpool is a target area for the scheme, other schemes also operate in the city.

Evoque

The City Region has approximately 49,000 people currently working in the automotive sector

Liverpool’s City Region produces 200,000 cars per year

Land and property costs are lower compared to the West Midlands, with production space in Liverpool typically available for £5.00ft2

BAc Mono

8 million people, 13% of the UK population live within 50 miles of Liverpool*

20.5 million people, 33% of the UK population live within 100 miles of Liverpool*

chemie pelzer (automotive trim with acoustic properties); and Electron Technical Solutions (specialist coatings).

Niche sports car maker BAc produce their award winning sports car, the BAc Mono from a base in Liverpool.

The industry is supported by the North West Automotive Alliance which is based in Liverpool.

hOW EASILy cAN cOMpANy STAFF AND cUSTOMERS VISIT LIVERpOOL?

• Wherever your customers are based and no matter which of your offices need to stay connected to Liverpool, the city is easy to reach.

• London is 2 hours away by train – and just as importantly there are train services every hour.

• Liverpool is also connected to by direct rail services to Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham and others – and of course by motorway the central belt of Scotland, Newcastle, Bristol are all within 4 hours drive time.

• For international connections there is a choice of both Liverpool and Manchester airports which are both within 45 drive time.

WhO ELSE hAS ALREADy REcOGNISED ThE OppORTUNITy?

The opportunity presented by Liverpool has been recognised by OEMs, first and lower tier suppliers, and niche manufacturers alike.

JLR operates a 3 shift, 24 hour a day manufacturing facility which has been expanding due to the success of Evoque and Freelander at a time when other plants have been in decline. The plant produces a car every 77 seconds with many of the products destined for export.

Tier one suppliers to JLR located on the JLR supplier park include US companies Johnson controls and IAc along with canadian supplier Magna. These 3 companies employ over 1000 people between them and supply items such as bumpers, centre consoles, cockpits, seats and other interior trim.

Other significant automotive companies across the city Region include Nippon Sheet Glass subsidiaries pilkington (automotive glass) and NGF (glass fibre for engine belts); hp

APPROXIMATE ROAD JOURNEY TIMES*

Cardiff 3hrs 32minBirmingham 2hrsBristol 3hrs 11minEdinburgh 4hrs 5minGlasgow 3hrs 40minHull 2hrs 11minLeeds 1hr 18minLondon 3hrs 30minManchester 46minNewcastle 3hrsNottingham 2hrs 8minPlymouth 5hrs 6minSheffield 1hr 42minSouthampton 4hrs 10min* Source: AA

APPROXIMATE RAIL JOURNEY TIMES*

Cardiff 3hrs 40minBirmingham 1hr 30minBristol 3hrs 20minEdinburgh 3hrs 24minGlasgow 3hrs 30minHull 3hours 13minLeeds 1hr 47minLondon 2hrs 8minManchester 48minNewcastle 3hrs 23minNottingham 2hrs 38minPlymouth 5hrs 37minSheffield 1hr 43minSouthampton 4hrs 37min* Source: National Rail Enquiries

* Data source ONS mid year estimates 2010

assist with the identification of any suitable routes for this support.

• As the project progresses we can help ensure that the implementation of the project goes to plan and introduce you to the wider network of professional organisations across the city that can help ensure that you prosper into the future.

WhAT IS hAppENING IN ThE WIDER LOcAL EcONOMy?

Outside the automotive sector, a number of major companies are investing here including peel - who operate the port of Liverpool; Novartis who manufacture vaccines; and Bibby Line who straddle maritime and financial services activities and are one of Liverpool’s oldest major companies.

Other companies with a significant presence in Liverpool and the wider region include princes Group, Royal and Sun Alliance, Bank of New york, INEOS, Unilever and many others.

The port of Liverpool is a major success story - the largest UK container port on the west coast; a major new (£424m) post-panamax scale vessel terminal; further investment in port facilities and road, rail, inland waterway multi-modal facilities; and already a location for 5 of the 6 largest global shipping lines.

Investment in the city continues with perhaps the largest current regeneration project outside of the port sector involving the redevelopment of the Royal Liverpool hospital which once complete will have involved a £424m project, there is also a major bridge project (£600m) creating a second crossing of the Mersey; and the on-going investment in offshore wind and oil and gas in Morecambe Bay.

All in all, there has never been a better time to move business into Liverpool. The Liverpool city Region generates £23bn in economic output every year and in the last decade Liverpool was one of the UK’s fastest growing cities recording a 39% increase in output - the city is vibrant, dynamic and alive with opportunity.

WhAT NExT

Liverpool is known for its distinctiveness, friendliness, passion and pride - we are waiting to hear from you to demonstrate our offer and answer many of the other questions that you may have concerning our great city.

Email Liverpool Vision at [email protected] or telephone 0151 600 2961 for help and we look forward to working on your plans with you.

• Between these airports there are flights offered to virtually every European country as well as scheduled flights to the US (New york, chicago, Atlanta, philadelphia and Orlando); canada; Middle East and Singapore.

• Once here Liverpool can boast the range of hotels, restaurants, nightlife, culture, events, shopping and attractions that you would expect from a major international city.

cAN SENIOR STAFF RELOcATE?

• Liverpool can offer city centre living or a selection of coastal, suburban or countryside residential locations. house prices offer tremendous value – average house prices are half the price of the average for the South East of England.

• Across Liverpool there is a range of high quality education establishments. The Liverpool Blue coat School is one of the 50 highest performing state schools in the country and Merchant Taylor’s Liverpool is one of the 100 highest performing independent schools. Of course there are also Further and higher education establishments – notably the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.

• Outside of all the usual city centre activities, Liverpool is perhaps unusual with the coast offering a range of opportunities for water sports, whilst the Lake District, Snowdonia, peak District and yorkshire Dales National parks are all within 2 hours drive.

• The city has several theatres, two premier League football teams and the city Region is unique in England as an area with 2 Open championship golf courses.

• The city is also very proud of its World heritage Site status which is world-wide acknowledgement of the significance of its waterfront building heritage.

cAN WE AccOMMODATE yOU?

Whether you are looking for a site, existing production unit or logistics centre; or an office from which to undertake commercial work, Liverpool has a wide range of available options.

IS ThERE SUppORT TO hELp yOU ESTABLISh EASILy?

By locating to Liverpool your business can benefit from tailor-made support available free of charge to help enable your operations to be established efficiently and effectively.

• Liverpool Vision’s role is to help set out what you need to make your investment happen and address any concerns that may arise as your plans progress. Generally this will mean Liverpool Vision providing the information that can build the business case - typically (but not limited to) information on the availability of people, property, finance, research opportunities and suppliers; and the cost of each of these various elements.

• In some cases, it may be that your project qualifies for some support from public funding and we can also it’s liverpool

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CREATIVE AND DIGITAL SECTOR

WhAT ARE ThE OppORTuNITIES WIThIN ThE CREATIVE AND DIGITAL SECTOR?

• Rapidly growing creative and digital cluster which is promoting innovation and collaboration allowing companies to quickly embed themselves in the network and access the necessary talent and expertise.

• Ability to enter one of the uK’s priority technology sub sectors in ehealth and Telecare - Liverpool is one of the most important clusters of digital companies producing ground breaking solutions in this space.

• Strong and dynamic video games cluster typified by innovative, independent studios taking advantage of the wealth of digital skills and artistic talent. The companies are led by some of the leading minds of the video game industry past and present, in what is arguably the fastest growing and most important gaming cluster in the uK.

• City’s strength in the games industry ensuring a leading role in the ‘gamification’ of other industry sectors providing opportunities to diversify the market for your tech solutions.

• purpose built digital incubation and studio spaces that are low cost and future proof - Liverpool enjoys world class connectivity and resilience, one of the few places in the uK where you could order a 100 GBpS connection, satisfying even the largest of data consumers.

Liverpool is renowned globally for its creativity. It has a long track record of producing not only some of the greatest artists of our time, but some of the most innovative and ground breaking digital content and global brands.

It has all the assets required for digital businesses to thrive; deep pool of creative talent, first class connectivity, countless events and industry showcases, access to a variety of funds and comprehensive industry support services in what is a truly low cost, low risk business environment.

Firesprite delivers its first game for Sony’s Japan Studios “The playroom” a launch title on pS4

• Multitude of data centres and data solution companies - Liverpool is home to one of the uK’s only Tier Three datacentres.

• uK’s first dedicated Studio School, industry led and specifically aimed at developing games development skills and entrepreneurialism in the 14 - 19 year old demographic. The Studio is producing the future digital workforce possessing the skills required to transition from education to industry seamlessly.

• Liverpool’s Tech community at forefront of developments around the Internet of Things

• An industry leading film stage and post - production facilities in the process of development.

• A range of internationally significant showcase events such as Liverpool Sound City; a metropolitan music festival and tech conference and Designival; the largest festival in the North dedicated to design.

CAN YOu GET ThE SKILLED pEOpLE YOu NEED?

• Access to skilled people is one of the core strengths of Liverpool.

• With a population of just over 1.5 million people, and a working population of nearly 1 million, companies locating in the wider city can access a considerable pool of labour. In addition, over 6.2 million people live within an hour’s drive time of the area.

• It is estimated that nearly 50,000 people are employed in digital and creative businesses in Liverpool including gaming, music, digital media and design.

• Nearly 2,000 students studying for degrees in Computer Sciences in Liverpool alone with a further 4,000 within easy commuting distance.

• Liverpool is home to the Studio School, an industry lead Digital skills focused university Technical College specifically designed to provide the practical skills in order to produce the future digital workforce.

• The SAE Institute have a major hub in Liverpool, regarded as one of the country’s premier audio and creative media education facilities.

• Major research strengths across the city include the world class university of Liverpool Computer Sciences Department, Liverpool John Moores university Open Lab, Centre for Cultural leadership, Art & Design Academy and School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and the Liverpool hope Creative campus

• The average unemployment level in Liverpool is 5.6%, a little higher than both the North West and uK average. The local unemployment level means that there is a sustainable pool of labour available to new companies locating to the area. The slightly higher unemployment tends to place less pressure on wage rates, skills and may potentially improve staff retention rates.

hOW COST EFFECTIVE IS A LIVERpOOL BASE?

• uK government data estimates that wages in Liverpool are lower than the national average for digital and creative talent.

• In terms of commercial property, Liverpool currently enjoys the lowest net effective rent of any key uK city location. high quality, well connected city centre office

Baltic Creative sheds Sound City international music and digital showcase event

Liverpool’s FOUR UNIVERSITIES provide the Creative and Digital sector with a wealth of new and emerging talent.

Nearly 50,000 people are employed in digital and creative businesses in Liverpool including gaming, music, digital media and design.

high quality, well connected city centre office and studio space typically ranges from £7 - £15 per sq ft before incentives.

8 million people, 13% of the uK population live within 50 miles of Liverpool*

20.5 million people, 33% of the uK population live within 100 miles of Liverpool*


hOW EASILY CAN COMpANY STAFF AND CuSTOMERS VISIT LIVERpOOL?


• London is 2 hours away by train - and just as importantly there are train services every hour.

• Liverpool is also connected to by direct rail services to Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham and others - and of course by motorway the central belt of Scotland, Newcastle, Bristol are all within 4 hours drive time.


• Between the airports there are flights offered to virtually every European country as well as scheduled flights to the uS (New York, Chicago, Atlanta, philadelphia and Orlando); Canada; Middle East and Singapore.


and studio space typically ranges from £7 - £15 per sq ft before incentives.

• Liverpool offers a broad portfolio of incentives to inward investors as well as being a leading location for raising finance. Incentives include business growth grants, training grants, numerous loan and equity funds as well as a comprehensive, free of charge recruitment package.

• home to a variety of data centre and digital services companies offering cost effective, robust, super high speed broadband packages.

WhO ELSE hAS ALREADY RECOGNISED ThE OppORTuNITY?

• Sony Computer Entertainment, Evolution studios and Spiral house are producing and assuring some of the major titles for the next generation of gaming consoles.

• Award winning mobile game and app development companies such as Sawfly studios, Citrus Suite, Atomicon, Lucid Games and playrise digital.

• New Mind, the leading E-Tourism software company in the uK

• One of the leading broadcast companies in the uK, Lime pictures, producing some of the most viewed shows in the uK as well as productions for global brands such as Nickelodeon.

• Some of the biggest global music brands operating out of Liverpool include Cream, Sound City, Sentric Music and Ad Lib.





WhAT IS hAppENING IN ThE WIDER LOCAL ECONOMY?

The major companies that are investing here include peel - who operate the port of Liverpool; Novartis who manufacture vaccines; and Bibby Line who straddle maritime and financial services activities and are one of Liverpool’s oldest major companies.

Other companies with a significant presence in Liverpool and the wider region include princes Group, Royal and Sun Alliance, Bank of New York, Ineos, unilever and many others.

The port of Liverpool is a major success story - the largest uK container port on the west coast; a major new (£300m) post - panamax scale vessel terminal; further investment in port facilities and road, rail, inland waterway multi-modal facilities; and already a location for 5 of the 6 largest global shipping lines.

Investment in the city continues with perhaps the uK’s largest regeneration project; Liverpool Waters, extension of the Arena and Convention Centre, the redevelopment of the Royal Liverpool hospital and associated Bio Innovation Campus, a major bridge project creating a second crossing of the Mersey, further investment in broadband infrastructure and the on-going investment in offshore wind and oil and gas in Morecambe Bay. Collectively these projects have an investment value in excess of £7 billion.

All in all, there has never been a better time to move business into Liverpool. The Liverpool City Region generates £23bn in economic output every year and in the last decade Liverpool was one of the uK’s fastest growing cities recording a 39% increase in output - the city is vibrant, dynamic and alive with opportunity.

WhAT NExT

Liverpool is known for its distinctiveness, friendliness, passion and pride - we are waiting to hear from you to demonstrate our offer and answer many of the other questions that you may have concerning our great city. Email or telephone the contact points to help and we look forward to working on your plans with you.


CAN SENIOR STAFF RELOCATE?

• Liverpool can offer city centre living or a selection of coastal, suburban or countryside residential locations. house prices offer tremendous value - average house prices are half the price of the average for the South East of England.

• Across Liverpool there is a range of high quality education establishments. The Liverpool Blue Coat School is one of the 50 highest performing state schools in the country and Merchant Taylor’s Liverpool is one of the 100 highest performing independent schools. Of course there are also Further and higher education establishments - notably the university of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores university.

• Outside of all the usual city centre activities, Liverpool is perhaps unusual with the coast offering a range of opportunities for water sports, whilst the Lake District, Snowdonia, peak District and Yorkshire Dales National parks are all within 2 hours drive.

• The city has several theatres, two premier League football teams and the City Region is unique in England as an area with 2 Open Championship golf courses.

CAN WE ACCOMMODATE YOu?

Liverpool has a wide variety of office, studio and warehouse space ranging from low price, functional space right through to state of the art, grade A office accommodation. Liverpool has a number of growing clusters of creative industry companies located throughout the city centre including the Baltic Triangle and Ropewalks districts and, increasingly, the Knowledge Quarter and Commercial District.

Liverpool also enjoys the fastest broadband speeds in the country, providing up to 100 gbps meaning we can satisfy the largest of data requirements.

IS ThERE SuppORT TO hELp YOu ESTABLISh EASILY?

• By locating to Liverpool, your business can benefit from tailor-made support available free of charge to help enable your operations to be established efficently and effetively.

• Liverpool Vision’s role is to help set out what you need to make your investment happen and address any concern that may arise as your plans progress. Generally this will mean Liverpool Vision providing the information that can build the business case - typically (but not limited to) information on the availability of people, property, finance, research opportunities and suppliers; and the cost of each of these various elements.

• In some cases, it may be that your project qualifies for some support from public funding and we can also assist with the identification of any suitable routes for this support.

• As the project progresses we can help ensure that the implementation of the project goes to plan and introduce you to the wider network of professional organisations across the city that can help ensure that you prosper into the future. it’s liverpool

Regeneration

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BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

CAN yoU gEt thE SkILLED pEopLE yoU NEED?


With a population of just over 1.5 million people, and a working population of nearly 1 million, companies locating in the city can access a considerable pool of labour. In addition, over 6.2 million people live within an hour’s drive time of the area.

It is estimated that there are over 47,000 already employed within the Business and professional Services sector within Liverpool.

the average unemployment level in Liverpool is 5.6%, a little higher than both the North West and Uk average. the local unemployment level means that there is a sustainable pool of labour available to new companies locating to the area.

the slightly higher unemployment tends to place less pressure on wage rates, skills and potentially may improve staff retention rates.

Liverpool has a long history and a wealth of experience in providing business and financial services. It has been trading globally for more than 200 years.

Liverpool has a thriving, well established and diverse Business and Financial Services sector, and is a significant centre in the Uk for asset wealth management, outside London.

Liverpool has more than 500,000 businesses within 1.5 hours of the city centre, creating a huge range of potential business prospects. this combined with the ability to travel to London within two hours by rail, and fly to many European locations in as little as an hour, Liverpool presents the perfect location from which to access local, Uk and overseas markets.

hoW CoSt EFFECtIVE IS A LIVERpooL BASE?

Locating your business in Liverpool will give you an immediate competitive edge:

• Uk government data estimates that wages in Liverpool are 10% lower than the national average and 50% lower than the City of London.

• Land and property costs are lower than many places throughout the Uk, which will give you a significant rental saving - often lower compared to other Uk cities and more than 50% less than London. high quality office space in Liverpool is available for around £20 per square foot whereas equivalent property in London is quoted at £55 per square foot.

• It is not inconceivable that a 200 person business process centre could achieve a £6m per annum saving by locating in Liverpool rather than the City of London.

• Broadband is key to the continued growth of Liverpool’s thriving economy, and Liverpool has world class connectivity and a reputation for pioneering innovative systems including the £1m Fibrenet project that links key business locations by a superfast broadband “ring road”.

Who ELSE hAS ALREADy RECogNISED thE oppoRtUNIty?

Liverpool is renowned as a Business and Financial Services centre of excellence and the strength and depth of Liverpool’s professional services have for generations been cornerstones of the region’s economy.

today, more than 2,500 businesses employing over 47,500 qualified professionals contribute their wide range of skills to a dynamic, thriving city region, and this will give your company a wide range of activity experience to recruit from.

It is this reputation and pool of experience that has attracted many major national and international sector players to make Liverpool, and the wider city region, their home. these include pershing, tAtA Consultancy Services, Arvato, Bank of New york, Ernst and young, kpMg, Royal and Sun Alliance, Rathbones, Barclaycard, Santander, and Deutsche Bank.

hoW EASILy CAN CoMpANy StAFF AND CUStoMERS VISIt LIVERpooL?


• London is 2 hours away by train – and just as importantly there are train services every hour.


• For international connections there is a choice of both Liverpool and Manchester airports which are both within 45 minute drive time.

• Between the airports there are flights offered to virtually every European country as well as scheduled flights to the US (New york, Chicago, Atlanta, philadelphia and orlando); Canada; Middle East and Singapore.

• once here Liverpool can boast the range of hotels, restaurants, nightlife, culture, events, shopping and attractions that you would expect from a major international city.

Liverpool City Centre

8 million people, 13% of the Uk population live within 50 miles of Liverpool*

20.5 million people, 33% of the Uk population live within 100 miles of Liverpool*APPROXIMATE ROAD

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* Data source oNS mid year estimates 2010

Wages in Liverpool are 10% lower than the national average and 50% lower than the City of London.

More than 2,500 businesses employing over 47,500 qualified professionals contribute their wide range of skills to a dynamic, thriving city region

high quality office space in Liverpool is available for around £20 per square foot compared to £55 per square foot in London

CAN SENIoR StAFF RELoCAtE?

• Liverpool can offer city centre living or a selection of coastal, suburban or countryside residential locations. house prices offer tremendous value – average house prices are half the price of the average for the South East of England.

• Across Liverpool there is a range of high quality education establishments. the Liverpool Blue Coat School is one of the 50 highest performing state schools in the country and Merchant taylor’s Liverpool is one of the 100 highest performing independent schools. of course there are also Further and higher education establishments – notably the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.

• outside of all the usual city centre activities, Liverpool is perhaps unusual with the coast offering a range of opportunities for water sports, the Lake District, Snowdonia, peak District and yorkshire Dales National parks all within 2 hours drive.

• the city has several theatres, two premier League football teams and the City Region is unique in England as an area with two open Championship golf courses.

• the city is also very proud of its World heritage Site status which is world - wide acknowledgement of the significance of its waterfront building heritage.

CAN WE ACCoMMoDAtE yoU?

Liverpool, and the city region, has a wide range of office space available. Whatever your requirements, and with over 159,500 sq ft of grade A space available within Liverpool city centre, a good supply of B* accommodation and a strong pipe-line of new space coming on stream across the city region, there is a wide choice of cost effective property options and site investment opportunities for you to choose from.

the diverse range of office space ranges from £10 per square foot for good quality refurbished space to £25 per square foot for prime grade A space.

Liverpool City Centre has over 159,500 sq ft of grade A office space

WhAt NExt


Email [email protected] or telephone 0151 600 2961 for help and we look forward to working on your plans with you.

IS thERE SUppoRt to hELp yoU EStABLISh EASILy?

By locating to Liverpool your business can benefit from tailor-made support to help enable their operations to be established efficiently and effectively.

• Liverpool Vision’s role is to help set out what you need to make your investment happen and address any concern that may arise as your plans progress. typically this will mean Liverpool Vision providing the information that can build the business case - typically (but not limited to) information on the availability of people, property, finance, research opportunities and suppliers; and the cost of each of these various elements.



WhAt IS hAppENINg IN thE WIDER LoCAL ECoNoMy?

outside of the Business and professional Services sector there are lots of other things going on across the city economy.

the major companies are investing here including Jaguar Land Rover - who make the Evoque and Freelander Models in the city; Novartis and Redx pharma, two of the world’s largest bio-technology manufacturing companies; and Bibby Line who straddle both maritime and financial services activities and are one of Liverpool’s oldest major companies. other companies with a significant presence in Liverpool and the wider region include princes group, Johnson Controls, Unilever and many others.

the port of Liverpool is a major success story – the largest Uk container port on the west coast; a major new (£300m) post-panamax scale vessel terminal; further investment in port facilities and road, rail, in-land waterway multi-modal facilities; and already a location for 5 of the 6 largest global shipping lines.

Investment in the city continues with perhaps the largest current regeneration project outside of the port sector involving the redevelopment of the Royal Liverpool hospital which once complete will have involved a £424m project, a major bridge project (£600m) creating a second crossing of the Mersey; and the on-going investment in offshore wind and oil and gas in Morecambe Bay.

All in all, there has never been a better time to move business into Liverpool. the Liverpool City Region generates £23bn in economic output every year and in the last decade Liverpool was one of the Uk’s fastest growing cities recording a 39% increase in output - the city is vibrant, dynamic and alive with opportunity.

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LIFE SCIENCES

What arE thE opportuNItIES WIthIN thE LIFE SCIENCES SECtor?

Liverpool already holds an excellent portfolio in health and bioscience related disciplines in both the commercial and non-commercial sectors. the city has probably the largest national grouping of complementary services in medicine, veterinary science and tropical medicine; has the largest concentration of biopharmaceutical industry in Europe and hosted the uK’s National Biomanufacturing Centre, which has since become a private company.

Liverpool can offer businesses the research base, skills and experience to discover, develop, trial and manufacture biopharmaceuticals.

Well-funded, highly-serviced and well-characterised patient population make Liverpool an excellent place for clinical research.

the city centre’s knowledge quarter, which encompasses the university of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores university, the existing royal Liverpool university hospital (being replaced with a new £424m hospital building), the Liverpool School of tropical Medicine, 2Bio and the Liverpool Science park provides for a concentration and co-location of research, industry and healthcare provision collaborating in health related research and clinical trials, enabling Liverpool to be a centre of global excellence in biomedical sciences, building on its existing biomedical science cluster of health provision, research and industry.

Liverpool’s strengths in the life sciences sector are nationally important particularly in the area of bio-manufacturing and the city has an advanced Life Sciences base coupled with formidable knowledge assets.

Liverpool and the City region is home to over 90 life science companies delivering products and services worth in excess of £1.5 billion per annum, contributing over £300 million in GVa to the local economy.

CaN you GEt thE SKILLEd pEopLE you NEEd?

Liverpool has a thriving, well established and diverse Life Sciences sector, and along with the wider region, is part of the uK’s top 3 biomedical centres and a member of the ‘European Super League’ of biotech cities.

the area has significant assets in both the research and clinical base, including three local universities and seven hospital trusts.

around 234,000 people of working age are educated to degree level, and the city’s universities of Liverpool hope university, Liverpool John Moores and the university of Liverpool provide an average annual student population of around 53,000 with a strong focus on Life Sciences all of which, collectively, provide a valuable source of new local, highly skilled and scientific talent.

the university of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores university both have significant research expertise which is ranked at a high international standard and this is supported by other world class r&d centres, including Liverpool’s School of tropical Medicine.

hoW CoSt EFFECtIVE IS a LIVErpooL BaSE?


• uK government data estimates that wages in Liverpool are 10% lower than the national average.

• Land and property costs are lower than many places throughout the uK, which will give you a significant rental saving - often over 25% lower compared to other cities. Quality Grade a office space in Liverpool is available for around £18 per square foot whereas equivalent property in another uK bioscience location, Cambridge can cost up to 40% more.

• It is not inconceivable therefore that a 50 person bio-pharmaceutical research facility could involve operational costs savings of £0.25m per annum by locating in Liverpool over Cambridge for example.

• Broadband is key to the continued growth of Liverpool’s thriving economy, and Liverpool has world class connectivity and a reputation for pioneering innovative systems including the £1m Fibrenet project that links key business locations by a superfast broadband “ring road”.

Liverpool Science parkLiverpool has a highly skilled pool of scientific talent

Wage costs in Liverpool are 10% lower than the UK average

Liverpool’s four universities providea valuable source of new local, highly skilled scientific talent

Liverpool’s research base is engaged in delivering in excess of £470 million of research activity

Grade A office space in Liverpool is up to 25% cheaper than comparable UK cities



CaN SENIor StaFF rELoCatE?


• across Liverpool there is a range of high quality education establishments. the Liverpool Blue Coat School is one of the 50 highest performing state schools in the country and Merchant taylor’s Liverpool is one of the 100 highest performing independent schools. of course there are also Further and higher education establishments - notably the university of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores university.

• outside of all the usual city centre activities, Liverpool is perhaps unusual with the coast offering a range of opportunities for water sports, whilst the Lake district, Snowdonia, peak district and yorkshire dales National parks are all within 2 hours drive.

• the city has several theatres, two premier League football teams and the City region is unique in England as an area with 2 open Championship golf courses.

• the city is also very proud of its World heritage Site status which is world-wide acknowledgement of the significance of its waterfront building heritage.

Who ELSE haS aLrEady rECoGNISEd thE opportuNIty?

Multinational names such as Novartis, Eli Lilly, astra Zeneca actavis and Baxter healthcare are based in Liverpool as well as dynamic companies such as redX pharma, Iota Nano Solutions.

In addition, there are a wealth of new startups, spin outs from the universities and incubation units as well as an active research and clinical - base.

our companies sell product with a market value in excess of £1.7 billion per annum and our research base is engaged in delivering in excess of £470 million of research activity with partners across the globe.

hoW EaSILy CaN CoMpaNy StaFF aNd CuStoMErS VISIt LIVErpooL?



• Liverpool is also connected by direct rail services to Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham and others - and of course by motorway to the central belt of Scotland, Newcastle, Bristol are all within 4 hours drive time.


• Between these airports there are flights offered to virtually every European country, as well as scheduled flights to the uS (New york, Chicago, atlanta, philadelphia and orlando); Canada; Middle East and Singapore.

• once here, Liverpool can boast the range of hotels, restaurants, nightlife, culture, events, shopping and attractions that you would expect from a major international city.





* data source oNS mid year estimates 2010

a second crossing of the Mersey; and the significant £5.5bn mixed-use regeneration proposals by peel for the redundant dockland area of the city.

all in all, there has never been a better time to move business into Liverpool. the Liverpool City region generates £23bn in economic output every year and in the last decade Liverpool was one of the uK’s fastest growing cities recording a 39% increase in output - the city is vibrant, dynamic and alive with opportunity.

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CaN WE aCCoMModatE you?

Liverpool presents a key opportunity for public and commercial clinical research and trials, supported by large, well categorised patient registers, clinical excellence in multiple areas and an established support structure.

Liverpool has a breadth of available sites and specialist facilities ideally suited to Life Sciences companies, whatever the growth stage, including MerseyBio and Liverpool Science park, Liverpool Innovation park and the Liverpool Science Centre.

Lab based facilities are available in MerseyBio, Liverpool Science park and the new Liverpool BioCampus. this encompasses a bio innovation centre which includes lab and office space, commercialisation and support centre as well as clinical research facilities and a state of the art teaching hospital.

IS thErE Support to hELp you EStaBLISh EaSILy?

By locating in Liverpool your business can benefit from tailor-made free of charge support to help enable your operations to be established efficiently and effectively.

• Liverpool Vision’s role is to help set out what you need to make your investment happen and address any concern that may arise as your plans progress. typically this will mean Liverpool Vision providing the information that can build the business case - Generally (but not limited to) information on the availability of people, property, finance, research opportunities and suppliers; and the cost of each of these various elements.


• as the project progresses we can help ensure that the implementation of the project goes to plan and introduce you to the wider network of professional organisations across the city that can help ensure that you prosper into the future.

What IS happENING IN thE WIdEr LoCaL ECoNoMy?

outside of the Life Sciences sector there are lots of other things going on across the city economy.

Many major companies are investing here including Jaguar Land rover - who make the Evoque and Freelander Models in the city; Maersk, Barclays Wealth, and Bibby Line who straddle both maritime and financial services activities and are one of Liverpool’s oldest major companies.

other companies with a significant presence in Liverpool and the wider region include princes Group, Johnson Controls, unilever and many others.

alongside the redevelopment of the royal Liverpool hospital additional investment in the city includes a number of very large regeneration projects - the £300m expansion plans of the port of Liverpool, a major bridge project (£600m) creating

the world leading Liverpool School of tropical Medicine


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LOW CARBON SECTOR

WhAT ARE ThE OppORTuNiTiES WiThiN ThE LOW CARBON SECTOR?

Liverpool City Region’s low carbon economy centres on the four key areas of energy, networks, transport and buildings. Liverpool lies close to the City Region’s greatest growth opportunities including the port of Liverpool and its developing post panamax facility, two international airports, and easy access to the national motorway networks.

Liverpool’s strong physical assets and business capabilities include:

• Deep water port facilities close to offshore wind farm development zones

• Over 150 hectares of prime quayside development sites.

• Expertise in ship building, fabrication, manufacturing and engineering

• highly developed transport and logistics infrastructure

• A large talent pool from one of the uK’s largest catchment populations

• A significant scale of pipeline/proposed new development - both residential and commercial, offering a potential high customer base load for district heating and cooling networks.

Environmental and new energy technologies are amongst the fastest growing sectors in Liverpool, and the city is uniquely positioned in terms of its strong physical assets and business capabilities to offer significant potential to become a global leader in low carbon energy innovation.

The Liverpool City Region is a designated Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering (CORE) - one of only six such Centres nationally, with proposals being advanced for the development of a National Technology innovation Centre for off-shore renewable energy within the Region.

KEY iNDuSTRY FEATuRES

OFFShORE WiND: With 5GW of offshore wind planned for the irish Sea zone, and existing wind farm operations in Liverpool Bay and the North Wales coast - Burbo Banks, Rhyl Flats, Gwynt y Mor and North hoyle, Liverpool presents a major industry opportunity for turbine manufacturers, installers, infrastructure development and maintenance companies.

TiDAL: The Mersey Estuary has the potential to be a flagship scheme in Europe for renewable energy with one of the largest tidal ranges in Europe and a commitment from local private and public sector stakeholders to develop the scheme.

hEAT NETWORKS: The viability of combined heat and power/district heating systems is dependent on the density of heat demand and with a development pipeline of over £5.5 billion for Liverpool proposed for the coming years the area offers significant customer demand base of opportunities.

RETROFiTTiNG: There are a significant number of dwellings in the social rented sector in Liverpool, and whilst efforts have and are being made to improve their energy efficiency, huge opportunities remain in the sector. in addition, there are similar levels of retrofit opportunities to commercial and industrial building stock, centred on insulation, lighting, heating and ventilation, and building controls.

CAN YOu GET ThE SKiLLED pEOpLE YOu NEED?


With a population of just over 1.5 million people, and a working population of nearly 1 million, companies locating in the city can access a considerable pool of labour. in addition, over 6.2 million people live within an hour’s drive time of the area.

it is estimated that there are over 9,000 people already employed in the low carbon sector within Liverpool.

The average unemployment level in Liverpool is 5.6%, a little higher than both the North West and uK average. The local unemployment level means that there is a sustainable pool of labour available to new companies locating to the area. The slightly higher unemployment tends to place less pressure on wage rates, skills and potentially may improve staff retention rates.

The Liverpool City Region is home to two university Technical Colleges specialising in developing related low carbon and engineering technology skills. The Liverpool Low Carbon and Superport university Technical College will deliver a mix of academic and technical education around engineering and logistics and the skills necessary to drive forward the low carbon economy and growth around the Superport. in addition, the Wirral university Technical College will specialise in delivering engineering-related training and skill development.

CAN YOu GET ThE RESEARCh SuppORT YOu NEED?

The city has world class low carbon research capabilities including:

The Stephenson institute for Renewable Energy (university of Liverpool) - this institute brings together energy-related research activities from across the university to focus on developing clean and sustainable energy technologies including wind and marine energy, photovoltaics, carbon capture and storage, and energy transport.

The National Oceanographic Centre (NOC) at the university of Liverpool which conducts world-class research into a variety of marine science issues, including marine technologies, sea level change, oceans role in climate change.

LJM Maritime Academy’s Logistics Offshore and Marine Research institute has established a worldwide reputation in risk and safety management, decision support systems, and logistics.

hOW COST EFFECTiVE iS A LiVERpOOL BASE?


• uK government data estimates that wages in Liverpool are lower than the national average for low carbon related activity.

RES is developing a renewable energy power station fuelled by wood-based biomass at Alexandra Dock, working closely with peel ports at the port of Liverpool.

Liverpool and its City Region is home to around 400 low carbon sector related businesses employing nearly 9,000 staff

High quality, well connected industrial space typically ranges from £2.50 - £4.50 per sq ft before incentives.




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• Liverpool is also connected to by direct rail services to Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham and others - and of course by motorway the central belt of Scotland, Newcastle, Bristol are all within 4 hours drive time.


• Between the airports there are flights offered to virtually every European country as well as scheduled flights to the uS (New York, Chicago, Atlanta, philadelphia and Orlando); Canada; Middle East and Singapore.


• in terms of commercial property, Liverpool and the city region has a wide choice of cost effective property options and site investment opportunities for you to choose from. Liverpool currently enjoys the lowest net effective rent of any key uK city location, which will give you a significant rental saving. high quality, well connected industrial space typically ranges from £2.50 - £4.50 per sq ft before incentives.

• Liverpool offers a broad portfolio of incentives to inward investors as well as being a leading location for raising finance. incentives include business growth grants, training grants, numerous loan and equity funds as well as a comprehensive, free of charge recruitment package.

• Broadband is key to the continued growth of Liverpool’s thriving economy, and Liverpool has world class connectivity and a reputation for pioneering innovative systems.

WhO ELSE hAS ALREADY RECOGNiSED ThE OppORTuNiTY?

Liverpool and its City Region is home to around 400 low carbon sector related businesses employing nearly 9000 staff and contributing annual sales of £1 billion and GVA of £435 million.

Liverpool’s major strengths include offshore and onshore wind, smart grids, energy and waste management, water and wastewater treatment and environmental consultancy.

Energy companies such as Dong, peel, Veolia, Clarke, and ACAL are located within the region, together with Nanoco Technologies Ltd, ABB Ltd, and RWE Dea, to name but a few.

RES, one of the world’s leading independent renewable energy project developers, are due to commence development of a 150MW wood-based bio-mass power station at the Alexandra Dock at the port of Liverpool. The power station will be 150MW in size with the potential capacity to generate between 750 and 1,000GWh of renewable electricity a year.





activities and are one of Liverpool’s oldest major companies. Other companies with a significant presence in Liverpool and the wider region include princes Group, Johnson Controls, unilever and many others.

The port of Liverpool is a major success story - the largest uK container port on the west coast; a major new (£300m) post-panamax vessel in river berth terminal; further investment in port facilities and road, rail, inland waterway multi-modal facilities; and already a location for 5 of the 6 largest global shipping lines.

investment in the city continues with perhaps the uK’s largest regeneration project, Liverpool Waters, extension of the Arena and Convention Centre, the redevelopment of the Royal Liverpool hospital and associated Bio innovation Campus, a major bridge project creating a second crossing of the Mersey, further investment in broadband infrastructure and the on-going investment in offshore wind and oil and gas in Morecambe Bay. Collectively these pro-jects have an investment value in excess of £7 billion.

All in all, there has never been a better time to move business into Liverpool. The Liverpool City Region generates £23bn in economic output every year and in the last decade Liverpool was one of the uK’s fastest growing cities recording a 39% increase in output - the city is vibrant, dynamic and alive with opportunity.

WhAT NExT

Liverpool is known for its distinctiveness, friendliness, passion and pride - we are waiting to hear from you to demonstrate our offer and answer many of the other questions that you may have concerning our great city. Email or telephone the contact points to help and we look forward to working on your plans with you.

Email [email protected] or telephone 0151 600 2961 for help and we look forward to working on your plans with you.

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• Across Liverpool there is a range of high quality education establishments. The Liverpool Blue Coat School is one of the 50 highest performing state schools in the country and Merchant Taylor’s Liverpool is one of the 100 highest performing independent schools. Of course there are also Further and higher education establishments - notably the university of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores university.

• Outside of all the usual city centre activities, Liverpool is perhaps unusual with the coast offering a range of opportunities for water sports, the Lake District, Snowdonia, peak District and Yorkshire Dales National parks all within 2 hours drive.

• The city has several theatres, two premier League football teams and the City Region is unique in England as an area with 2 Open Championship golf courses.

iS ThERE SuppORT TO hELp YOu ESTABLiSh EASiLY?

• By locating to Liverpool, your business can benefit from tailor-made support available free of charge to help enable your operations to be established efficiently and effectively.

• Liverpool Vision’s role is to help set out what you need to make your investment happen and address any concerns that may arise as your plans progress. Generally this will mean Liverpool Vision providing the information that can build the business case - typically (but not limited to) information on the availability of people, property, finance, research opportunities and suppliers; and the cost of each of these various elements.

• in some cases, it may be that your project qualifies for some support from public funding and we can also assist with the identification of any suitable routes for this support.


WhAT iS hAppENiNG iN ThE WiDER LOCAL ECONOMY?

Outside of the low carbon sector there are lots of other things going on across the city economy.

There are many major companies investing here including Jaguar Land Rover - who make the Evoque and Freelander Models in the City; Novartis and Redx pharma, two of the world’s largest biotechnology manufacturing companies; and Bibby Line who straddle both maritime and financial services


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DISTINCTIVE NEIGHBOURHOODS

LIVERPOOL CIty CEntRE

Liverpool city centre is the main economic driver for the City Region and a thriving place for business, leisure, living and learning. Over the last decade, the city centre has been transformed through major investment in developments such as Liverpool ONE, the multi-award winning shopping, leisure and residential complex, the growth of the Commercial District, the establishment of the Knowledge Quarter, the revival of the Waterfront, including the construction of the Arena and Convention Centre, and the success of the cultural and creative quarters of Hope Street, Ropewalks and the Baltic Triangle.

The city centre has a strong and growing cultural offer, including more listed buildings than any city in the country outside London, and investment in major attractions such as the Philharmonic Hall, Everyman Theatre, the Albert Dock (including the Tate Gallery), and World Museum, the Museum of Liverpool, the two cathedrals and Central Library. The city centre also hosts large-scale events including the UK’s International Festival for Business 2014, and a major annual festivals programme.

BALTIC TRIANGLE

The Baltic Triangle is an historic area of the city centre and comprises numerous 18th and 19th century warehouse buildings which are now enjoying a renaissance as Liverpool’s creative quarter, a cutting edge destination where pioneering creatives work.

The area is home to musicians, photographers, artists, fashion designers, digital agencies, architects, film-makers, recording studios, eateries, nightlife venues, and

internationally acclaimed arts festivals and galleries. It is a hub for new and growing creative and digital businesses, clustered in commercial centres such as Baltic Creative, Elevator Studios and The Women’s Organisation and home to alternative venues such as Camp and Furnace and Baltic Bakehouse. It is also establishing itself as a centre for learning, with the recent opening of The Studio School and Life Sciences University Technical College.

The Baltic Triangle is rapidly emerging as a vibrant and industrious city centre district containing within its boundaries a range of large and small business and residential investment and development opportunities. The Brewery Village scheme typifies the type of larger opportunity available; a mixed use residential led development with outline planning permission and a value of £150m, it will deliver one million square feet of residential, retail and leisure floorspace.

COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Liverpool’s Commercial District lies within the City Enterprise Zone and has witnessed a significant expansion. Since 2000, more than 1 square feet of grade A office space has been successfully delivered. Schemes such as 100 Old Hall Street, City Square, 20 Chapel Street and St Paul’s Square together with investment in the public realm have transformed the look and performance of the area and helped to attract new companies to the city.

The area is effectively managed by the Commercial District Business Improvement District which is responsible for delivering improvements to make the area more desirable, business friendly, cleaner, greener, safer and more vibrant.

The Commercial District is expanding to make the most of major opportunities for investment to deliver new commercial floorspace, with the principal focus for investment to deliver new grade A floorspace focused on Pall Mall, expanding the Commercial District eastwards and Princes Dock the first phase of Peel’s Liverpool Waters development to the west.

HOPE STREET

Hope Street is a high quality visitor, culture and leisure quarter, with a unique historic character. Surrounding the luxury Georgian townhouses of Canning, Hope Street is home to some of the most important cultural attractions in the city including the Philharmonic Hall (and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra), the Everyman and

Unity theatres, and the Liverpool Cathedral and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. It is also host to a wide variety of independent hotels, restaurants, quality bars and cafés as well as being a significant national and international visitor attraction in its own right benefiting from its location adjacent to the city’s four universities.

The quality and importance of the street was recognised by the Academy of Urbanism, as the UK’s best street in the Great Street Awards 2013, which celebrates the best examples of urban places throughout Europe.

The historic character of Hope Street presents unique and exciting opportunities to invest in the distinctiveness of the area. There are several important historic buildings ripe for refurbishment and reuse, and gap sites for new infill developments, which will further enhance Hope Street as a world class visitor and cultural destination. The emphasis is on quality and capitalising on the area’s unique cultural and leisure offer.

KNOWLEDGE QUARTER

The Liverpool Knowledge Quarter is home to an unrivalled concentration of knowledge economy assets within an urban centre setting. These assets include the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, The Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool Science Park, MerseyBio, the National Oceanographic Centre, the City of Liverpool College, and on its periphery the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, and Liverpool Hope University.

Together these assets make a major contribution to the economy of the city and the region, and the area continues to attract further investment. Major investment in knowledge-based developments, such as the £424m redevelopment of the Royal Liverpool Hospital, the redevelopment programmes of the universities and the expansion of Liverpool Science Park and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have established the Knowledge Quarter as an attractive and compelling destination for knowledge-based businesses.

In recognition of the importance of the area to the city’s economy, the Mayor has designated it a Mayoral Development Zone, one of five such zones within the city. The area benefits from a Mayoral Development Zone

Board which includes the most senior representatives of its universities and hospital and has been created to promote, coordinate and oversee the attraction of investment to the area. The universities and hospital are delivering their own multimillion pound investments in the area alongside the delivery of new laboratory space within the Liverpool Science Park and University of Liverpool’s BioInnovation Hub. For the future, the redevelopment of the hospital opens up sites which will be developed to create a BioCampus focused particularly at biomedical incubation and commercial laboratory space.

MAIN RETAIL AREA

The completion of several major retail developments in recent years has transformed Liverpool city centre, and created a diverse retail offer, with many new brands coming to the city. This investment means that Liverpool is now ranked in the top five shopping destinations in the UK and in the top 25 in Europe.

The RIBA award winning Liverpool ONE retail project completed in 2008 by Grosvenor Developments has created 1.4 million square feet of retail space, a 14-screen multiplex cinema and 230,000 square feet of restaurants, cafes and bars in addition to 600 new apartments, two hotels, offices, a five-acre park and a transport interchange. Liverpool ONE melds seamlessly into the Church Street and Lord Street heart of the main retail area.

The £75m Met Quarter retail development opened in 2006 converted from the shell of the former Post Office building. Close to Liverpool ONE and the tourist magnet of Mathew Street the Met Quarter provides two floors of aspirational designer brands. Bold Street is a destination shopping street for independent shopping, with many alternative shops, cafes and restaurants along a traditional high street. St John’s Shopping Centre and Clayton Square complement the retail offer with more brands and complementary shopping experiences.

The City Central Business Improvement District represents retailers in the main retail area, and aims to maintain the city centre as a retail destination of choice and promote Liverpool as a premier European city.

Investment is needed to make qualitative improvements to the retail offer, rather than increasing the quantum, by redeveloping and refurbishing existing floorspace to replace outdated retail properties.

HISTORIC DOWNTOWN

Historic Downtown is located within the old central business district of the city centre, and lies within the City Enterprise Zone and in the designated Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage Site. The area is full of large grand Victorian and Edwardian buildings, several of which are underused and in need of investment. Historic Downtown presents exciting opportunities to create new neighbourhoods in the city centre, around some of the city’s most famous historic locations.

One of those neighbourhoods is the Cavern Quarter, centrally located between the main retail area and commercial district. The Cavern Quarter is the focus of The Beatles history. It encircles the world famous Mathew Street and is one of the city centre’s key tourist destinations.

Adjoining Mathew Street, the Stanley Street Quarter has emerged as the ‘gay quarter’ of the city. The area is full of life with a vibrant night time economy of bars, pubs and clubs which cater for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. This is overlaid by local businesses of small retail outlets, offices and some residential properties catering to the wider community.

Historic Downtown is undergoing a period of significant change, with large, historic former commercial office buildings being converted into new leisure, retail and residential uses, particularly along Dale and Victoria Streets. The area is gaining a new lease of life and purpose for the future, with conversion of some of the magnificent properties into boutique hotels being particularly successful. There are opportunities to invest in some of the city’s most important, historic buildings and sites with potential for redevelopment in an area at the heart of the city centre.

ROPEWALKS

Ropewalks lies on the eastern edge of the city centre directly behind the Liverpool ONE retail district. The area is characterised by a traditional 19th century street pattern originally comprising maritime warehouses and merchant houses. The long narrow streets remain much the same as they were 200 years ago.

Sitting partly within the World Heritage Site, Ropewalks is now a dynamic, mixed use neighbourhood, with a high concentration of apartments, creative and digital businesses and cultural attractions such as FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), Parr Street Studios and the Black E. Chinatown lies on the edge of Ropewalks, home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe whilst Bold Street is a bustling shopping street, full of independent shops, restaurants and cafes.

Ropewalks is an exciting place to invest, with many distinctive historic buildings in need of new life and new uses, and several gap sites for infill development. Clusters of development opportunities are located around Wolstenholme Square, along Duke, Seel and Berry Streets, and around Chinatown.

WATERFRONT

Liverpool’s city centre waterfront has transformed dramatically over the past five years, with major schemes including the development of the Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool, the Museum of Liverpool, the mixed use residential and commercial development at Mann Island, and new hotels including Jury’s Inn and Staybridge.

At the Albert Dock, an extensive programme of environmental and infrastructure improvements has been implemented including new lighting, signposting and pedestrian access.

At the Pier Head, the new City of Liverpool Cruise Liner Terminal attracts visits from some of the largest liners on the European circuit, and the Leeds - Liverpool Canal Link provides unbroken access for narrow boats to newly constructed berths in the south docks. The new Mersey Ferries Terminal includes a cafe, restaurant, 4D cinema and Beatles Story exhibition.

The Museum of Liverpool opened in 2011 in a purpose-built landmark building on Liverpool’s waterfront, and is the largest newly-built national museum in the UK for over a hundred years.

The waterfront’s Mann Island has been awarded ‘Regeneration Development of the Year’ for bringing an area back into sustainable economic use. The stunning black granite buildings make a striking architectural statement set around a South and West facing central public realm and Plaza. The area overlooks a tiered canal basin with locks, linking the Pier Head with the Albert Dock complex.

As well as being a major tourist destination, the waterfront is an important commercial centre, with office floorspace at the Three Graces, Mann Island and the Albert Dock. Much of the waterfront lies within the City Enterprise Zone and opportunities exist for investors and developers and for businesses to locate at this location amongst world famous buildings and spectacular views.

The largest and most significant development currently on site on the waterfront is the £63m Exhibition centre and hotel, being developed by the City Council, expanding the successful ACC at Kings Dock. Adjacent is a 3.2ha site available for a leisure led investment of £30m to £50m.

OUtSIDE tHE CIty CEntRE

LIVERPOOL WATERS

The Liverpool Waters vision involves regenerating a 60 hectare historic dockland site to create a world-class, high-quality, mixed use waterfront quarter in central Liverpool. The scheme will create a unique sense of place, taking advantage of the site’s cultural heritage and integrating it with exciting and sustainable new developments. Liverpool Waters will contribute substantially to the growth and development of the city, allowing ease of movement and strong connections between north Liverpool and the city centre. It will provide 9,000 new homes, create in excess of 15,000 new jobs, attract national and international businesses, and encourage a significant increase in the number of visitors to the city.

Liverpool Waters is part of the Mersey Waters Enterprise Zone and the 30 year vision makes it one of the most important waterside regeneration and investment opportunities in Europe. The project has outline planning permission and is based on the delivery of 5 new distinctive neighbourhoods including offices, visitor attractions, retail and leisure, education and community uses as well as significant residential development.

STONEBRIDGE

Stonebridge is located on the north-eastern boundary of Liverpool, at the junction of the M57/A580 East Lancashire Road and provides significant development opportunities either side of a major gateway into the City. It is one of the five Mayoral Development Zones.

Stonebridge Cross Mayoral Development Zone represents a major strategic opportunity for the city to create new business space and jobs in the north east of Liverpool. It has potential and plans for investment in warehousing and distribution, retail and mixed use development and has benefited from significant investment in its infrastructure.

NORTH LIVERPOOL

North Liverpool includes the largest of the Mayor of Liverpool’s five Mayoral Development Zones. Some of its most significant economic development opportunities and potential lie within the city fringe and port hinterland area immediately adjacent to the city centre and extending northwards seven kilometres to the Port of Liverpool which has been designated an Enterprise Zone and the North Liverpool Mayoral Development Zone.

The location offers significant potential for growth and has some of the city’s best physical and cultural assets, along with the proximity to the city centre, the port and Peel’s landmark Liverpool Waters development to its west. Major projects already underway include the Anfield Project a £200m area regeneration project incorporating the expansion of Liverpool Football Club’s iconic stadium.

Opportunities exist to provide new commercial floorspace on underutilised sites with the potential to attract businesses servicing the city centre, the port and the Irish Sea off shore wind industry in particular. Around Stanley Dock and the Leeds-Liverpool canal investment is focusing on the cultural and visitor offer with the largest current investment opportunity being on the Stanley Dock tobacco warehouse and south warehouse.


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EDGE LANE

The Edge Lane Corridor is the heart of the Central Liverpool Mayoral Development Zone, and includes a range of commercial sites which together form a key strategic link between the end of the M62 motorway and Liverpool city centre. The corridor includes several significant land parcels with investment and development potential.

The Mayoral Development Zone has a strong retail and high-tech base with many firms in the IT sector based at the well-established Wavertree Technology Park. Key projects include the rebuilding of the Edge Lane Retail Park a £200 million scheme delivering 600,000 square feet of new retail, leisure and restaurant space; the redevelopment of the former Littlewoods building on Edge Lane for offices, business space and a hotel; and the development of a food hub including wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market. Other significant investment and development opportunities are available at Liverpool Innovation Park. The area is served by the main Manchester to Liverpool train line and includes two rail stations: Edge Hill and Wavertree Technology Park.

Significant investment in road links and the environmental quality of the corridor in recent years have provided the basis for a quality gateway worthy of a European City.

SOUTH LIVERPOOL

South Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zone (MDZ) is one of the city’s most important gateways and includes the arrival point for international visitors and trade via Liverpool John Lennon Airport and the Port of Garston. The area is an established employment zone of regional significance with a recognised cluster of internationally competitive and regionally distinctive businesses ranging from small and medium sized enterprises to international companies.

Specific employment sectors, such as automotive and bio-pharmaceuticals continue to grow here in terms of both the number of jobs and the contribution to the value of the local economy. The area’s confluence of road, rail, sea and air corridors offers further scope for the logistics and distribution sector. Liverpool John Lennon Airport has an important role in this regard and the area’s relationship to the airport and its natural and cultural assets provides opportunities to grow the visitor economy. In the medium - longer term a greater number of sectors in the area will see growth in employment, spanning both the manufacturing and service industries, with uplift predicted in construction, land, transport, hotels and catering, professional services, other business services and the health and social work sector.

South Liverpool MDZ is the focal point for major economic and residential development in the south of the city, offering the quality of environment and infrastructure that enables the businesses and communities of Speke, Garston and Hunts Cross to achieve their full potential.

The area contains opportunities for investors, developers and occupiers with some of the larger opportunities located at Triumph Business Park, Estuary Commerce Park and Liverpool International Business Park.

For further information about investment opportunities in the city, email [email protected]

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North ShoriNgwhat caN LiverpooL offer you

track record

Liverpool, as a maritime city, has a long standing legal profession. the Liverpool Law Society was formed in 1827 with 52 member companies and today the Society is one of the largest local Law Societies in england and wales with over 2100 members.

Liverpool is now establishing itself as a location for law beyond the Legal Services act 2007 and the changes that the introduction of this act will mean for the profession since its introduction – in particular the cost challenges faced by the profession arising from ‘alternative Business Structures’ and the reductions in legal aid.

opportuNity

Liverpool represents a tremendous opportunity for London based legal practices seeking to lower their cost base. Just 2 hours by train from London, more than 8,000 people already working in the profession and access to 6.2 million people within an hour’s drive of the city – Liverpool is the ideal place to establish an effective back office for your legal business.

“we understand that London is an essential location for your business. as the world’s number one financial and professional centre your business benefits from being part of this amazing city but do you need all your functions there? with ever increasing customer demand to drive down costs a new model of business is being established. the hub and spoke business model often referred to as North Shoring offers your company an opportunity to reduce part of your cost base by relocating your back office functions to a lower cost base whilst still retaining the safety of being part of the uk.

Just 2 hours from London, Liverpool offers grade a office accommodation from £20 sq ft and average salaries often 50% less than London. our history in insurance, wealth management, public sector and of course Law offers you a dedicated workforce with low staff turnover rates. with access to over 170,000 students in the North west talent is in abundance to meet the demands of your future business.

as the chief executive of Liverpool vision i am totally committed to transforming Liverpool into one of the most business and enterprise friendly cities in the uk and we would like you to be part of this story.”

MaX SteiNBerg cBe, chief eXecutive, LiverpooL viSioN

caN you get the SkiLLed peopLe you Need?

access to skilled people is one of the core strengths of Liverpool.

with a population of just over 1.5 million people, and a working population of nearly 1 million, companies locating in the city can access a considerable pool of labour. in addition, over 6.2 million people live within an hour’s drive time of the area.

it is estimated that there are over 8,200 people already employed in legal services within the Liverpool city region whilst the wider Business and professional Services sector as a whole across the city employs 47,000 people.

there are also law courses offered by the university of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores university (LJMu). this means that Liverpool has approximately 1,900 law under graduates at any one time – and a Legal practice course is offered in the city by LJMu and Bpp.

the average unemployment level in Liverpool is 5.6%, a little higher than both the North west and uk average. the local unemployment level means that there is a sustainable pool of labour available to new companies locating to the area. the slightly higher unemployment tends to place less pressure on wage rates, skills and potentially may improve staff retention rates creating a further advantage for your business.

how coSt effective iS a LiverpooL BaSe


uk government data estimates that wages in Liverpool are 10% lower than the national average and for some jobs 50% lower than the city of London.

paralegal jobs are typically advertised at £20,000 in Liverpool compared to £35,000 for similar roles in London.

Land and property costs are lower than many places throughout the uk, which will give you a significant rental saving – often lower compared to other uk cities and more than 50% less than London. high quality office space in Liverpool is available for around £20 per square foot whereas equivalent property in London is quoted at £55 per square foot.

it is not inconceivable that a 50 person skilled legal back office centre could achieve a £1m per annum saving by locating in Liverpool rather than the city of London.

Broadband is key to the continued growth of Liverpool’s thriving economy, and we have world class connectivity and a reputation for pioneering innovative systems including the £1m fibrenet project that links business locations by a superfast “ring road”.

who eLSe haS aLready recogNiSed the opportuNity?

Liverpool is renowned as a location providing a solution for back office activities of the Business and financial Services sector.

Long established centres have been established for financial back office operations including by Bank of New york Mellon / pershing; deutsche Bank; royal and Sun alliance; Santander; Barclaycard.

outsourcing companies have also established in Liverpool providing a 3rd party alternative for the provision of services. companies involved include tata consulting Services, Bosch, Serco, capita and arvato.

key legal players in Liverpool include hill dickinson, weightmans, Brabners, Bermans, Berrymans Lace Mawer, dLa piper, dwf.

how eaSiLy caN coMpaNy Staff aNd cuStoMerS viSit?

wherever your customers are based and no matter which of your offices need to stay connected to Liverpool, the city is easy to reach.

London is 2 hours away by train – and just as importantly there are train services every hour.

Liverpool is also connected to by direct rail services to Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham and others – and of course by motorway the central belt of Scotland, Newcastle, Bristol are all within 4 hours drive time.

Liverpool city centre

for international connections there is a choice of both Liverpool and Manchester airports which are both within 45 drive time.

Between the airports there are flights offered to virtually every european country as well as scheduled flights to the uS (New york, chicago, atlanta, philadelphia and orlando); canada; Middle east and Singapore.

once here Liverpool can boast the range of hotels, restaurants, nightlife, culture, events, shopping and attractions that you would expect from a major international city.

caN SeNior Staff reLocate?

Liverpool can offer city centre living or a selection of coastal, suburban or countryside residential locations. house prices offer tremendous value – average house prices are half the price of the average for the South east of england.

across Liverpool there is a range of high quality education establishments. the Liverpool Blue coat School is one of the 50 highest performing state schools in the country and Merchant taylor’s Liverpool is one of the 100 highest performing independent schools. of course there are also further and higher education establishments – notably the university of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores university.

outside of all the usual city centre activities, Liverpool is perhaps unusual with the coast offering a range of opportunities for water sports, the Lake district, Snowdonia, peak district and yorkshire dales National parks all within 2 hours drive.

the city has several theatres, two premier League football teams and the city region is unique in england as an area with 2 open championship golf courses.

8 million people, 13% of the uk population live within 50 miles of Liverpool*

20.5 million people, 33% of the uk population live within 100 miles of Liverpool*





* data source oNS mid year estimates 2010

wages in Liverpool are 10% lower than the national average and 50% lower than the city of London.

More than 2,500 businesses employing over 47,500 qualified professionals contribute their wide range of skills to a dynamic, thriving city region

high quality office space in Liverpool is available for around £20 per square foot compared to £55 per square foot in London

Liverpool city centre has over 159,500 sq ft of grade a office space

caN we accoMModate you?

Liverpool, and the city region, has a wide range of office space available. whatever your requirements, and with over 159,557 sq ft of grade a space available within Liverpool city centre, a strong pipe-line of new space coming on stream across the city region and a good supply of grade B* accommodation, there is a wide choice of cost effective property options and site investment opportunities for you to choose from.

the diverse range of office space ranges from £10 per square foot for good quality refurbished space to £20 per square foot for prime grade a space.

three examples of the differing types of office available are shown (see separate sheet).

iS there Support to heLp you eStaBLiSh eaSiLy?

By locating to Liverpool, your business can benefit from tailor-made support available free of charge to help enable your operations to be established efficently and effetively.

• Liverpool vision’s role is to help set out what you need to make your investment happen and address any concern that may arise as your plans progress. typically this will mean Liverpool vision providing the information that can build the business case – typically (but not limited to) information on the availability of people, property, finance, research opportunities and suppliers; and the cost of each of these various elements.

• in some cases, it may be that your project qualifies for some support from public funding and we can also assist with the identification of any suitable routes for this support.

• as the project progresses we can help ensure that the implementation of the project goes to plan and introduce you to the wider network of professional organisations across the city that can help ensure that you prosper into the future.

what iS happeNiNg iN the wider LocaL ecoNoMy?

outside of the Business and professional Services sector there are lots of other things going on across the city economy.

the major companies are investing here including Jaguar Land rover – who make the evoque and freelander Models in the city; Novartis and redx pharma, two of the world’s largest biotechnology manufacturing companies; and Bibby Line who straddle both maritime and financial services activities and are one of Liverpool’s oldest major companies. other companies with a significant presence in Liverpool and the wider region include princes group, Johnson controls, unilever and many others.

the port of Liverpool is a major success story – the largest uk container port on the west coast; a major new (£300m) post-panamax scale vessel terminal; further investment in port facilities and road, rail, inland waterway multi-modal facilities; and already a location for 5 of the 6 largest global shipping lines.

investment in the city continues with perhaps the largest current regeneration project outside of the port sector involving the redevelopment of the royal Liverpool hospital which once complete will have involved a £424m project a major bridge project (£600m) creating a second crossing of the Mersey; and the on-going investment in offshore wind and oil & gas in Morecambe Bay.

all in all, there has never been a better time to move business into Liverpool. the Liverpool city region generates £23bn in economic output every year and in the last decade Liverpool was one of the uk’s fastest growing cities recording a 39% increase in output - the city is vibrant, dynamic and alive with opportunity.

what NeXt?

Liverpool is known for its distinctiveness, friendliness, passion and pride - we are waiting to hear from you to demonstrate our offer and answer many of the other questions that you may have concerning our great city. email or telephone the contact points to help and we look forward to working on your plans with you.

email Liverpool vision at [email protected] or telephone 0151 600 2961 for help and we look forward to working on your plans with you.


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LOCATION AND ACCESS:Albert Dock sits proudly at the heart of Liverpool’s World Heritage waterfront. Long recognised as a successful office location, the quayside offices are just two minutes walk from the City’s retail, leisure and business centres. Grosvenor’s Liverpool ONE (outdoor mall) brings the best of international shopping and over 5,000 parking spaces to your doorstep whilst the adjacent Echo Arena and BT Convention Centre is acknowledged as one of the UK’s most sought after venues. Around the dockside you will find The Tate Gallery, Beatles Story experience, museums, numerous first class restaurants, cafes, hotels and wine bars.

SPECIFICATION AND SERVICES:Stunning waterfront environment, exposed original features, large flexible floor plates. Comfort-cooling, raised floors, metal ceilings. Two passenger and one goods lift serve all floors. Back up generator in the basement.

SIZE: Floor plates of up to 17,965 sq ft with availability to accommodate 20,000 sq ft +

PRICE: Guide rent £13 per sq ft

ATLANTIC PAVILION, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL

DESCRIPTION:Atlantic Pavilion lies on the South East corner of the world famous Albert Dock development. A comprehensive refurbishment completed in 2011 provides a striking new reception area with double-height windows overlooking the dockside. The suites have been completely remodelled to meet the requirements of discerning occupiers.

NORTH SHORINGOFFICE ACCOMMODATION EXAMPLES IN LIVERPOOL

MANN ISLAND, LIVERPOOL WATERFRONT

DESCRIPTION:Located between the Three Graces and Albert Dock, Mann Island is at the heart of the city and offers a unique office environment. These stunning black granite buildings make a striking architectural statement set around a South and West facing central public realm and Plaza. Overlooking a tiered canal basin with locks, linking the Pier Head with the Albert Dock complex. Renowned as a premier residential location and now established as a prime office destination with recent lettings to Merseytravel and Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

LOCATION AND ACCESS:Mann Island is located on Liverpool Waterfront adjacent to the Strand, the main waterfront arterial route. Mann Island is just 100 metres from James Street station on Liverpool’s own underground loop which provides access to Liverpool Lime Street mainline services connecting to all major UK towns and cities.

SPECIFICATION AND SERVICES:Grade A specification, raised access floors, LG7 compliant lighting, raised access floors, 4 pipe VRF cooling, glazed partition meeting rooms, direct lift access and basement parking

SIZE: Flexible suite sizes up to 15,877 sq ft with availability to accommodate the 20,000 sq ft+


NO 4 ST PAUL’S SqUARE, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

DESCRIPTION:No 4 St Paul’s Square, provides a stunning 8 storey Grade ‘A’ office building extending to a net Internal Area of 109,000 sq ft overlooking the Square and will form the gateway to the 1.5 million sq ft office led Pall Mall development, part of the planned extension to the Commercial District. The St Pauls Square scheme has played a major role in the renaissance of Liverpool’s commercial offering and has set new standards in terms of architecture, design, quality and sustainability.

LOCATION:Situated adjacent to Old Hall Street which forms the core of Liverpool’s Commercial District. Old Hall Street is served directly by Moorfields underground rail station as well as being within 10 minutes walk of Liverpool’s main bus station. Frequent bus services also serve streets adjacent to Old Hall Street. Nearby amenities include supermarkets, numerous café’s/restaurants, Radisson Hotel and newsagents all within 2 minutes walk.

SPECIFICATION AND SERVICES:The building benefits from an Excellent BREEAM rating, panoramic views of the city and unrivalled, modern office facilities. LG7 lighting, metal encapsulated, raised access floors, megapanel, 2.8 m floor to ceiling height, three 17 person passenger lifts, Multi storey car park available adjacent to St Pauls Square.

SIZE: Floor plates of up to 14,179 sq ft with availability across 4 consecutive floors.



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SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS

WHAT Are THe OPPOrTuNITIeS FOr SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS?

A location at the centre of the uK, new post-panamax port capacity coming on-line and direct motorway, rail and inland Manchester Ship Canal links, means that there are huge opportunities for shipping and logistics investments in Liverpool.

Liverpool is one of the main gateways into the uK. The Port of Liverpool is the uK’s largest west coast container port and has a capacity of c650,000 Teus (twenty foot equivalent units) per annum as well as bulk handling capability.

A £300m investment in post-panamax facilities is underway and will add c750,000 Teu capacity as well as increasing vessel size. This will add opportunities for shipping lines, logistics and maritime services alike.

There is a cost and time advantage for many users to import goods through Liverpool compared to ports in the South east of england and there is a multi-modal choice for onward distribution.

Half the uK container market is closer to Liverpool than the south of england and virtually the entire country can be reached in legal driver hours from Liverpool.

In addition to the Port, Liverpool can offer air freight opportunities through Liverpool John Lennon Airport with an ability for night flights; facilities for uK distributors; and

An expanding international port with a large scale investment in a post-panamax terminal expected to double container capacity to 1.5m Teus per annum.

Liverpool already represents a base for 5 of the 6 largest shipping lines in the world and can provide every shipping, warehousing and commercial support service.

By creating port and logistics capacity in the centre of the uK, transport costs are reduced - and this in a location that already offers significant cost advantages over the South Coast of england.

as a maritime centre with a long track record virtually every maritime service is already offered in the city.

Of course with over 200 years of global trading experience, Liverpool is home to all of the shipping, warehousing and commercial support services that you would expect in a large international port city.

CAN yOu GeT THe SKILLeD PeOPLe yOu NeeD?


With a total population of just over 1.5 million people, and a working population of nearly 1 million, companies locating in the wider City can access a considerable pool of labour. In addition, over 6.2 million people live within an hour’s drive time of the area.

It is estimated that there are 34,000 people already employed in the maritime, airport and related sectors in the city.

There is a university Technical College (uTC) in the City region entirely focused on maritime skills.

The average unemployment level in Liverpool is 5.6%, a little higher than both the North West and uK average. The local unemployment level means that there is a sustainable pool of labour available to new companies locating to the area.

The slightly higher unemployment tends to place less pressure on wage rates, skills and may potentially improve staff retention rates.

HOW COST eFFeCTIve IS A LIverPOOL BASe


• uK government data estimates that wages in Liverpool are 10% lower than the national average.

• Land and property costs are lower with warehousing in Liverpool typically available for £4.00ft2 whereas equivalent property in essex is quoted at £6.50ft2 or in Southampton the rental level is £7.00ft2.

• It is not inconceivable that a 200,000ft2 logistics facility could provide an operational saving of £1.5m per annum in Liverpool compared to South east england based on wage and property costs.

• In addition there is also likely to be a fuel and distribution cost saving that can be achieved for companies distributing across the entire the uK.

WHO eLSe HAS ALreADy reCOGNISeD THe OPPOrTuNITy?

The opportunity in shipping and logistics has already resulted in 5 of the world’s top 6 shipping lines having an established presence in the city – NyK, CMA-CGM; Maersk; MSC; and Hapag Lloyd.

In addition to these five companies there has also been significant new investment announced by ACL and shipping

visualisation of the Post Panamax Facility

The City Region has approximately 34,000 already employed in the maritime, airport and related sectors

A £300m investment in post-panamax facilities in underway and will add c750,000 TEU capacity as well as increasing vessel size.

Land and property costs are lower compared to essex or Southampton, with warehousing in Liverpool typically available for £4.00ft2







• Between the airports there are flights offered to virtually every european country as well as scheduled flights to the uS (New york, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Orlando); Canada; Middle east and Singapore.


CAN SeNIOr STAFF reLOCATe?

• Liverpool can offer city centre living or a selection of coastal, suburban or countryside residential locations. House prices offer tremendous value – average house prices are half the price of the average for the South east of england.

lines such as Bibby Line, ZIM, Stena Line, CSAv and ICL all operate from the Port.

The expansion of the Port of Liverpool is being undertaken by the large uK private company Peel Holdings whilst Associated British Ports also have a base on the Mersey.

In addition to the Port of Liverpool expansion, Peel is investing £500m in three inland ports along the Manchester ship canal.

Logistics company Stobart alongside retailer Tesco have identified the opportunities created by a Liverpool location and have developed a multi modal transport hub in Halton (within the City region).

HOW eASILy CAN COMPANy STAFF AND CuSTOMerS vISIT LIverPOOL?







WHAT IS HAPPeNING IN THe WIDer LOCAL eCONOMy?

Outside of the port and logistics sector there are lots of other things going on across the city economy.

The major companies are investing here including Jaguar Land rover – who make the evoque and Freelander Models in the city; Novartis who manufacture vaccines; and Bibby Line who straddle maritime and financial services activities and are one of Liverpool’s oldest major companies.

Other companies with a significant presence in Liverpool and the wider region include Princes Group, royal and Sun Alliance, Bank of New york, Johnson Controls, unilever and many others.

Investment in the city continues with perhaps the largest current regeneration project outside of the Port sector involving the redevelopment of the royal Liverpool Hospital which once complete will have involved a £424m project, there is also a major bridge project (£600m) creating a second crossing of the Mersey; and the on-going investment in offshore wind and oil and gas in Morecambe Bay.

All in all, there has never been a better time to move business into Liverpool. The Liverpool City region generates £23bn in economic output every year and in the last decade Liverpool was one of the uK’s fastest growing cities recording a 39% increase in output - the city is vibrant, dynamic and alive with opportunity.

WHAT NexT


email Liverpool vision at [email protected] or telephone 0151 600 2961 for help and we look forward to working on your plans with you.

• Across Liverpool there is a range of high quality education establishments. The Liverpool Blue Coat School is one of the 50 highest performing state schools in the country and Merchant Taylor’s Liverpool is one of the 100 highest performing independent schools. Of course there are also Further and Higher education establishments – notably the university of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores university.

• Outside of all the usual city centre activities, Liverpool is perhaps unusual with the coast offering a range of opportunities for water sports, whilst the Lake District, Snowdonia, Peak District and yorkshire Dales National Parks are all within 2 hours drive.

• The city has several theatres, two Premier League football teams and the City region is unique in england as an area with two Open Championship golf courses.

• The city is also very proud of its World Heritage Site status which is world-wide acknowledgement of the significance of its waterfront building heritage.

CAN We ACCOMMODATe yOu?

Whether you are looking for a site, existing production unit or logistics centre; or an office from which to undertake commercial work, Liverpool has a wide range of available options.

IS THere SuPPOrT TO HeLP yOu eSTABLISH eASILy?

By locating to Liverpool your business can benefit from tailor-made support available free of charge to help enable your operations to be established efficiently and effectively.

• Liverpool vision’s role is to help set out what you need to make your investment happen and address any concerns that may arise as your plans progress. Typically this will mean Liverpool vision providing the information that can build the business case – typically (but not limited to) information on the availability of people, property, finance, research opportunities and suppliers; and the cost of each of these various elements.





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