MIPIM Investment Prospectus

WHY CHESHIRE AND
WARRINGTON?
An outstanding economy
• The strongest and fastest growing economy in the North
• Second highest GVA in England outside London
• £29.3 billion economy with 41,000 businesses, employing over 472,000 people
• A bigger economy than the cities of Leeds, Birmingham and Sheffield
• Set to overtake Liverpool and Lancashire to become the second biggest economy in the
North west and third biggest in the North at its current rate of growth
• Home to major employers such as Bentley, Tata, Vauxhall AstraZeneca and Barclays
• Produces 25% of the North West’s manufacturing output, worth £6.5 billion a year
• Highly skilled workforce – 40% of workers qualified to NVQ Level 4 or above
Well connected
• When the Crewe HS2 Hub is complete, Crewe will be the only area in the country that
will be less than an hour away by train from London and less than 30 minutes from
Birmingham and Manchester
• Within easy reach of Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham
• Two international airports – Manchester the busiest regional airport in the UK
• Served by two of the UK’s busiest ports – Liverpool and Holyhead
• Served by three motorways
• Just 90 minutes from London by train
Outstanding investment opportunities
• Cheshire Science Corridor – the most significant concentration of science and
technology assets north of Oxford
• HS2 – The Constellation partnership will deliver 100,000 new homes and
120,000 new jobs by 2040
• Major commercial, residential and leisure investment and development opportunities in
Chester and Warrington, including the £400m Northgate development in Chester
and Warrington New City
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