Why Liverpool City Region?
Welcome to the Liverpool City Region: a global gateway, a place for pioneers and a cultural and sporting powerhouse.
It’s a region built on international trade, driven by innovation and primed for investment.
With more than £500m Government and private sector funding, its new 10-year Life Science Investment Zone offers compelling opportunities through the creation of high-quality facilities, business support, training, and attractive financial incentives.
The zone builds on world-leading infection innovation, excellence in therapeutics and digital health and one of Europe’s largest bio-manufacturing clusters, and is underpinned by a fertile innovation ecosystem, highly productive university, industry and public sector collaborations, and cohesive political and business leadership.
Advanced manufacturing, digital and creative clusters complement global excellence in materials chemistry and AI solutions plus strengths in net-zero and maritime.
Freeport status offers investors additional customs, tax, and regulatory benefits, and broader investment opportunities are catalysed through urban, brownfield and dockland regeneration, large-scale residential schemes and major infrastructure projects.
IBM, Unilever, the Gates Foundation and many more are already recognising the city region’s potential. With new tailored facilities, low costs and wide-ranging financial incentives, the city region is geared to welcome investors and businesses of all sizes to one of the most famous, dynamic, inclusive, connected and forward-thinking places in the world.
Economic Snapshot
Employers from all over the world come to the Liverpool City Region for our creative talent, high quality facilities at cost-competitive prices, access to global transport links and deep expertise in key business sectors.
6M
People live within a 1 hour drive time
£35.3B
Gross value added – part of the 3rd largest economy in the UK
1.6M
Population of people in the Liverpool City Region
7th
in the annual list of the best cities in the world by Time Out.
Mersey Tidal Power
Plan for world’s largest scheme harnessing energy of the tides.
LCR Connect
One of the UK’s most ambitious subnational digital connectivity initiatives, providing a 212km fibre.
Freeport
Creating up to 14,000 new jobs and delivering £800M of new investment.
Life Sciences Investment Zone
£800M investment and 8,000 new jobs forecast over 10 years
Economic Snapshot
The Liverpool City Region is a central UK location offering global trade access.
Benefit from unparalleled physical and digital connectivity, with seamless routes to global markets and high-speed broadband networks for maximum business growth potential.
By road, rail, land, air or sea, our west coast central UK location makes Liverpool City Region one of the best physically connected City Regions in the UK.
- Four hours to more than 50% of UK manufacturers
- Two International airports within 45min drive time
- Ten motorways in 10 miles
- Ten rail-linked terminals
- Two hours journey time to London
- 5G Mesh, developing the UK’s largest 5G mesh network
Key Sectors
Our focus lies in highlighting a targeted economic strategy built around our key clusters: Advanced Manufacturing, Digital and Creative, and Health and Life Science sectors. These critical sectors are complemented by a resilient Financial and Professional Business Services Sector, enhancing their potential for sustainable growth and innovation.
Health and Life Sciences
Discover an inspiring region with state-of-the-art scientific facilities and world-leading academic institutions driving innovation in key health & life science fields.
Digital Creative and Technology
Discover an inspiring region with state-of-the-art scientific facilities and world-leading academic institutions driving innovation in key health & life science fields.
Advanced Manufacturing
Discover an inspiring region with state-of-the-art scientific facilities and world-leading academic institutions driving innovation in key health & life science fields.
Professional Business Services
Discover an inspiring region with state-of-the-art scientific facilities and world-leading academic institutions driving innovation in key health & life science fields.
Life Sciences Innovation Zone
The new 10-year Investment Zone will take the city region’s life sciences to the next level. With the potential to drive up to £800m of Government and private investment and create 8,000 jobs, the Investment Zone promises to deliver new state-of-the-art facilities and business and innovation support, while training a new generation of talent.
Freeport
One of only eight freeports in England, the Liverpool City Region designated areas within the freeport zone will benefit from incentives to encourage economic activity.
Our Support
With deep industry knowledge and expertise, we can assist in identifying the benefits of locating or expanding your business here. Our expert team is dedicated to providing tailored advice and support, ensuring a smooth transition for your business, whatever your goals or requirements may be.
Latest News
Top property professional appointed to head up high-powered Liverpool City Region investment task force
ONE of the region’s most influential property professionals has been appointed to head up the Invest Liverpool City Region (ILCR) Partnership Taskforce. Colin Sinclair, Chief Executive of Knowledge Quarter Liverpool and Sciontec Developments Limited, has been unveiled as Chair of the Taskforce which brings together senior representatives from local authorities, the private sector and key …
‘Northern Arc’ linked by a Liverpool-Manchester Railway could match Oxford-Cambridge growth potential
A concerted focus on the internationally significant investment opportunities in the North West – linked by a new railway – could lead the UK’s economic growth over the next decade, with the right infrastructure and national support needed to unlock untapped potential. A ‘Northern Arc’ – the stretch from the Mersey to the Pennines – …
Investment doesn’t just happen, you have to win it…
The Government has made economic growth its number one priority – because a stronger economy means more jobs, better public services, and more money in people’s pockets. But turning ambition into reality means backing the places that are ready to deliver. The Liverpool City Region is one such place. This week we are sending a …
Liverpool City Region to showcase £11 billion real estate opportunities to global investors
The Liverpool City Region is heading to MIPIM 2025 with a bold ambition: to showcase £11 billion-worth of transformative real estate projects to the world’s biggest investors. From life sciences to sustainable housing, the region will demonstrate why it is the best place to grow a business, grow a family, and grow a legacy. The …
Sci-Tech Daresbury announces latest trailblazers to join Future Club
Leading science and innovation campus Sci-Tech Daresbury has revealed the fifth cohort of the Future Club, its exclusive business growth scheme. Providing a range of technical and business support to innovative science and technology start-ups, the programme will help each business in the intake to realise its growth potential. Sci-Tech Daresbury has been handpicking five …
2024 was LJLA’s busiest year since 2011, with more to look forward to in 2025
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) handled 5.1 million passengers in 2024, taking the airport beyond 5 million passengers for the first time since the covid pandemic and the highest passenger numbers handled since 2011. The Airport has seen growth in passenger numbers and services throughout 2024, bringing an increase of 21% compared to 2023, following …
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