City is North’s business Capital
Sir Terry Leahy says progress made by regional cities is often undersold. “Liverpool is fast building a reputation as the business capital of the North. A huge part of this is thanks to the efforts of city officials to showcase the realities of Liverpool in the 21st century, a city not in decline but in the midst of a renaissance. Next month it will host IFB 2014, set to be the biggest business event since the Festival of Britain back in 1951. Not only will it showcase the diversity of modern British industry, but if, as expected, it attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors, Liverpool will have pulled off a stunning coup - for Britain, the North West and the port that finally managed to escape the toxic legacy of the post-war years as a city riven by political and economic strife.”
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