Facts At A Glance
Economy & Employment Liverpool is one of the best-connected cities in Europe and home to multinationals including Barclays Wealth, Maersk, Novartis, Unilever, Jaguar Land Rover and Sony. There are over 6,900 businesses employing over 60,000 skilled people in the business services sector across the City Region; Liverpool is home to the largest national grouping of medicine, veterinary science and tropical medicine services in the country. There are up to 10,000 employees working in the Life Sciences sector alone, with revenue in excess of £1.7 billion per annum, contributing over £170 million per annum in GVA to the local economy. An estimated 23,000 skilled people are employed in the creative and digital sector. Legal services skills are strong, with a Law School and one of the oldest and largest regional Law Societies. With historic links to the maritime industry, insurance continues to be a major presence in the city. Liverpool has also been quick to gain a strong reputation as a centre of excellence for outsourcing, delivering operations for Bosch, Capita and Arvato. Investment Over the last decade, the city has attracted over £5 billion of investment in property, infrastructure and services. It has remapped its core to create the UK’s most successful new shopping and leisure destination in a generation, reshaped the river to make room for the world’s largest super tankers, and reinvented its waterfront to make way for the transformational projects such as ACC Liverpool and the proposed Liverpool Waters development. The £335 million investment in the Royal Liverpool Hospital will form the centre of the Liverpool Health Campus, a hub for new therapies, diagnostics, and life science technologies. The £190 million state-of-the-art Alder Hey Childrens’ Hospital will be a world leader in healthcare and research, and the University of Liverpool’s £20 million Bio-Innovation Hub will create laboratory space and a Bio-Bank. The University of Liverpool is also collaborating with Unilever to create the £65 million Materials Innovation Factory, a new centre for groundbreaking product research and development, and with Liverpool John Moores University to create Sensor City, a global hub for sensor technologies. Transport Connectivity Air: John Lennon Airport is located within 15 minutes of Liverpool City Centre and is on of the UK’s top 10 airports, transporting 5.3 million passengers annually to 60 destinations. For long-haul destinations Manchester Airport can be easily reached by train and connects to 200 destinations. Rail: Currently trains run direct to Manchester in 32 minutes and daily (27 train services) to London in 2 hours. Birmingham is 1-hour 26 mins. Road: The M62 runs east through Liverpool towards Manchester. Bus: Most places in Merseyside can be reached by public transport. This includes hospitals, schools, colleges and universities, areas of employment, shopping centres, parks and gardens and tourist attractions. Cycle: Liverpool is developing a comprehensive cycle network and The Bike and Go hire scheme is available at Central and South Parkway stations. An additional 24 cycle parking spaces are available at the Pier Head ferry terminal. Halewood to Aintree makes up a 13-mile trip called the ‘Liverpool Loop Line’ – a green corridor through an urban environment - that makes up part of the Trans Pennine Trail route 62. Education Liverpool has an average student population of around 53,000. Around 234,000 people of working age are educated to degree level. The city’s universities have significant research expertise which is ranked at a high international standard, including the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Hope University, the existing Royal Liverpool University Teaching Hospital (being replaced with a new £424m hospital building and Health Campus), and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Shops & Leisure Liverpool’s shopping is world class and one of the busiest shopping areas outside of London. Shoppers are spoilt for choice between gleaming new city centre shopping areas, such as Liverpool ONE, and boutique arcades, bohemian streets and farmers markets. There are lots of award-winning beaches and coastal walks nearby, plus stunning parks, gardens and countryside. The city has several theatres, two Premier League football teams and two very different cathedrals – one Catholic and one Protestant. Liverpool has one of the most impressive collections of museums in Europe, with the Museum of Liverpool, dedicated to the history of the city. Many museums and galleries are located around the Albert Dock, such as the Merseyside Maritime Museum and International Slavery Museum. The St George’s Quarter, close to Lime Street station, is home to the World Museum and the Walker Art Gallery. Nearby in Wirral, there is also the Port Sunlight Museum and Gardens. All of this makes Liverpool an ideal property crowdfunded investment, if you’re looking for a property, in a major city, to add to your portfolio. Why not check out our new off-plan investment opportunity in Liverpool – X1 The Terrace - and invest from as little as £500.
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