1. Liverpool City Region Transforming our economy
Dave Moorcroft
Director of Economic Development
The Mersey Partnership

2. Liverpool City Region
Transforming our economy

3. Introducing Liverpool City Region
2 million people within travel to work area
950,000 jobs
40% of North West GVA, 34% of employment
Fast short term growth
- GVA growth consistently higher than UK and North West
- 50,000 new jobs by 2010
But key economic challenges
- Delivering a step change in economic performance
- High productivity and business density
- Matching employers skills demands
- Addressing areas of market failure (labour and housing)

4. Liverpool City Region – Strategic Proposals
“Regain our status as a premier European City Region by We will secure an internationally competitive economy and cultural offer; and outstanding quality of life; and vibrant communities contributing to and sharing in sustainable wealth creation”
Drivers of Change
Productivity – Skills, innovation & knowledge, enterprise, investment, infrastructure
Full employment
Quality of place and life

5. Maximising our assets and opportunities
5 key themes
Premier destination
Capital of Culture (£90million secured)
Mersey Waterfront (120km of enhancements to the Mersey / Dee Coastline)
Liverpool City Centre Regeneration (£2bn investment programme)
Well Connected
LJLA Airport Expansion (12.3 m.p.p.a. by 2030)
Port Growth Strategy (£80m deep sea container berth)
Mersey Gateway (£305million second Mersey crossing)
Superport potential (development of a national logistics hub)

6. Creative and Competitive
£500m of knowledge asset base investment (Liverpool science park, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, National Bio-manufacturing Centre)
Knowledge and innovation transfer (the Liverpool Research Alliance, Vaccine Research Centre)
21st Century Business Environment
Developing key growth clusters
Talented and Able
City Region Skills and Employment Working Group
Sector Skills Agreement (Food, Maritime and ICT)
Mersey-Dee Alliance (linking people with employment)
Knowsley Skills and Employment Pilot
Sustainable Communities
City Region Housing Strategy (Newheartlands HMRI pathfinder)
Health Commission Research (linking health and employment)
Liveability Strategy (public space, crime, and social disorder)

7. How are we working together?
City-region collaboration on strategic themes
Northern Way Collaboration
Refinement of LCRDP in line with Northern Way Routemap
Alignment of Regional Spatial, Housing and Transport Strategies
Sub-regional activities
- Merseyside Action Plan (end of March 2006)

8. Our Offer Liverpool City Region’s Assets of National importance
– Liverpool’s international attack brand
– The best ever European Capital of Culture 2008
– A world class reception and gateway to the North for passengers and goods, through Liverpool City Region’s Port and Airport facilities and the Mersey Gateway.
– Our knowledge and innovation assets – vaccine research, zoonosis, environmental science, engineering design, digital design and digital content.

9. Barriers/ Challenges
Requirement for new type of partnership with Government and some new enabling tools
Some re-ordering of national and regional priorities and re-focusing of resources
New and more effective ways of working with Government & between City Region partners