Liverpool City Region is delivering a clear, confident message that now is the time to invest, with £11 billion of opportunities and a decade‑long plan to grow the economy by £10 billion.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority will use MIPIM in France to unveil its largest ever Investment Fund, designed to accelerate economic growth, create jobs and deliver tens of thousands of new homes and modern transport infrastructure.
Among the headline announcements are new details on the proposed Mayoral Development Corporation, set to supercharge regeneration across Liverpool’s historic North Docks, from the city centre to Everton FC’s new Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The MDC is expected to unlock:
- Delivery of 17,500 homes
- Around 5 million sq ft of commercial space
- Significant public‑realm and waterfront enhancements
This builds on the momentum generated by the construction of Everton’s 52,769‑capacity stadium, located beside the Port of Liverpool – a global gateway handling 45% of the UK’s trans‑Atlantic trade.
The City Region will also highlight the investor benefits available through its Investment Zone, including targeted tax incentives and innovation‑focused growth packages.
Liverpool City Region’s connectivity proposition remains one of its strongest assets, with:
- Road and rail access to 60% of UK markets within 24 hours
- Two international airports serving 200 destinations
- Maritime links through the Port of Liverpool
- A new 350km full‑fibre digital network, making the area one of the most digitally connected in the UK
The message: Liverpool City Region is open, globally connected, and primed for investment.
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region, said:
“If we’re serious about creating good jobs, transforming the face of our area and building the homes our residents need, then we have to be in the room with investors.
“There’s renewed confidence and interest in our region. That’s why we’re heading to MIPIM, armed with £11 billion worth of genuine, investible opportunities – from the transformation of Liverpool’s North Docks through a new Mayoral Development Corporation, to major regeneration around Central Station, Health Innovation Liverpool and the continued growth of our life sciences and innovation campuses.
“In the Liverpool City Region, we believe growth should mean something to everyone – whether that’s better-paid jobs, thriving neighbourhoods or more opportunity for local people.
“And we’ve shown we’re prepared to put our own money on the table to make that happen, whether investing in new trains, bringing buses back under public control or backing the infrastructure businesses rely on, like our own digital connectivity LCR Connect, a publicly-owned broadband network.
“We’re looking for long-term partners who share that ambition. Investors who want to grow with us, create lasting value and be co-authors of the next chapter in our region’s story.”
Underpinning the region’s ambitions is the Liverpool City Region Growth Plan – a bold, decade‑long strategy to increase the economy from £43.3bn by an additional £10bn while creating tens of thousands of high‑value jobs.
The Growth Plan focuses on accelerating expansion in sectors where the region already has global strengths:
- Advanced manufacturing
- Health and life sciences
- Digital and technology
- Creative industries
These are supported by strong maritime, financial and professional services, as well as a thriving visitor economy.
The plan highlights the City Region’s UK‑leading collaboration between the public sector, industry and academia – partnerships that are driving world‑class innovation in life sciences, materials science and AI. The Combined Authority will also update investors on a series of transformational infrastructure programmes, including:
- A £500m rail fleet linking a labour market of 2.5 million people
- Over £2bn in future public transport investment
- £700m Government funding enabling a £2bn pipeline of 64,000 new homes
The region’s Freeport status strengthens its competitiveness further, supporting advanced manufacturing, logistics and clean growth.
As home to Europe’s largest biomanufacturing cluster and the UK’s highest concentration of infection research, the region will highlight its £800m Innovation Zone investment. Key developments include the £125m Maghull Health Park, and expanded high‑tech facilities at Knowledge Quarter Liverpool and Sci‑Tech Daresbury.
These investments will generate thousands of high‑value jobs and further embed Liverpool City Region as a life sciences powerhouse. LCRCA will also showcase a series of major future development schemes, including:
- £5bn redevelopment of Liverpool Central Station, transforming large parts of the city centre
- £550m Health Innovation Liverpool
- £1bn of live innovation projects and a £2bn pipeline, supporting the Region’s ambition to invest 5% of GVA in R&D by 2030
Combined with world‑class supercomputing assets such as the £210m Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation, the region is positioning itself as a global leader in harnessing AI and digital technologies for economic and social benefit.
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