Liverpool is at the centre of the UK’s second largest regional economy with access to six million customers, an economy worth more than £121 billion and 252,000 businesses.

The city is strongly connected to global markets, with many multinationals already major investors in a business friendly and cost-competitive environment.

Given UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2004, primarily for its stunning historical waterfront (including Albert Dock and the Pier Head with its Three Graces), Liverpool’s architecture and place in history is recognised as being as important globally as the Great Wall of China and the Pyramids.   European Capital of Culture in 2008, Liverpool has more museums and galleries than any UK city outside London and is cutting edge enough to have kept the biggest piece of Banksy’s graffiti art in Britain.