12 April 2021
Business & Economic Resilience Updates
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Invites Bids for UK Community Renewal Fund
The intention of the Fund is “to support people and communities in need across the UK. It will invest in skills, communities, businesses, and by supporting people into employment.”
10 February 2021
Business & Economic Resilience Updates
New £10m Local Business Support Grants Launched for Liverpool City Region
The new Local Business Support Grants, of between £3,750 and £13,500 per business, are aimed at businesses who have not yet accessed funding from the Liverpool City Region.
8 February 2021
Business & Economic Resilience Updates
Additional support announced for Liverpool City Region taxi drivers
A further £2m fund, established by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to enable its six local authorities to contribute to the costs of taxi licences, has been announced.
4 February 2021
Business & Economic Resilience Updates
Steve Rotheram Welcomes Liverpool City Region Town Centres Commission Report
Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, has welcomed the report of the city region’s Town Centres Commission, which he established in January 2020.
28 January 2021
Business & Economic Resilience Updates
£10m Top-Up Grants announced for Liverpool City Region businesses
A new £10m round of top-up grants will be made available for all 1500 businesses supported by the first two rounds of the Liverpool City Region’s emergency COVID-related support grants.
15 December 2020
Business & Economic Resilience Updates
£2.65m from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to create 300+ jobs across three sites
Construction is now underway at three development sites across the Liverpool City Region following an investment of £2.65m from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Light Industrial Fund.
9 December 2020
Business & Economic Resilience Updates
Metro Mayor announces £1.1m boost for innovative local businesses
Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced £1.1m of funding from the Future Innovation Fund Pilot to 22 local SMEs who have continued to innovate during the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to the city region’s economic recovery.
25 November 2020
Business & Economic Resilience Updates
Funding Approved and Work Starts on £17.8m Sci-Tech Daresbury Development
Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region has announced an £8.4m investment in Project Violet, the next stage of development at Sci-Tech Daresbury, the world class location for high-tech business and leading-edge science.
24 November 2020
Business & Economic Resilience Updates
Liverpool City Region announces UK’s first fund to support ‘excluded and forgotten’ in retail and hospitality sectors
Retail, hospitality and leisure businesses and their supply chains in the Liverpool City Region are set to benefit.
17 November 2020
Business & Economic Resilience Updates
Mayors and Irish ministers renew commitment to boost links between Ireland and North West
They reiterated their ambition to build further trade and investment links between the Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester and Ireland
