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With a population of 436,100, Liverpool is the sixth largest city in the United Kingdom.

Situated in the North West of England, it has good road and rail connections, along with rapid trans-global sea routes. 

There are also two international airports nearby: Liverpool John Lennon Airport in the south of the city, and Manchester Airport less than an hour's drive away.

Major regeneration projects, inward business investment and an increase in jobs for local people have seen an upturn in the city's economy in recent years.  

Liverpool has so many more advantages for businesses wanting to locate here compared to other parts of the country:

  • Significant opportunities exist in our employment areas where European Objective One money has helped us to create strategic sites with high quality new buildings for industrial and office uses;

  • Liverpool's current top rent for Grade A office space is £22 per square foot, which is much lower than most areas of the country - particularly London and the South;

  • Salary costs are lower in Liverpool than elsewhere, for example 25% less than London;

  • Liverpool can offer a great quality of life with more reasonably affordable property prices;

  • Liverpool's excellent public transport network makes commuting so much easier.         

Liverpool City Council is committed to the future of the city. We will make Liverpool the place where people want to work, live and play. 

This involves encouraging businesses to come to the city and grow, to develop and come up with new ideas from which they can profit, and the city can profit in terms of the jobs this will bring.