Filming is now underway on A Town in Nova Scotia and Saviour, the latest productions to receive investment from the Liverpool City Region Production Fund delivered by the Liverpool Film Office, following its relaunch in Autumn 2025. They join an impressive investment portfolio that includes recent acclaimed dramas This City is Ours (BBC/Left Bank Pictures), The Responder (BBC/Dancing Ledge) and Time (BBC/BBC Studios) The Fund is delivered by Liverpool Film Office and supported by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. A Town in Nova Scotia is the first feature […]
Retail and entertainment destination outperforms national trends with exceptional sales and footfall increases as it celebrates its ‘best ever Christmas’ Liverpool ONE has delivered its strongest festive trading performance to date, with double-digit footfall growth and strong sales increases beating national benchmarks with an 13% increase in footfall during the festive period, alongside an 7% uplift in sales, making it the destination’s best Christmas ever. Performance was especially strong during the period between Christmas Day and New Year, when footfall […]
The World Boxing Championships in Liverpool in September 2025 boosted the local economy by more than four million pounds and reinforced the global standing of the city according to a new evaluation report by Quantum Consultancy, which reveals that hosting the event delivered multiple economic, social and reputational benefits. The Report calculated that the Championships delivered an overall economic impact of £4.03 million with many of the prime beneficiaries being local hotels shops and businesses in the hospitality sector, with […]
City leaders, policymakers and nighttime economy professionals from around the world will head to Liverpool this February to attend the Night Time Economy Summit 2026. Taking place on 11 and 12 February 2026 at Blackstock Market in Liverpool, the two-day summit will bring together thousands of delegates from more than 30 countries, positioning Liverpool at the centre of an international conversation about the future of cities after dark. Delivered by the Night Time Industries Association in partnership with the International […]
By Kevin McManus, Head of UNESCO City of Music Southport has always held a special place in my heart. I’ve been going there for days out ever since I was a kid, and it is somewhere I’ll still happily jump on a train to when the sun is out. Obviously Southport has much more going for it than its seaside connotations. Maybe music wouldn’t be at the top of most people’s lists but a meeting I was involved in this week got […]
Liverpool City Council is exploring two major festive opportunities at two of the city’s most iconic locations – Pier Head and St George’s Plateau. Liverpool is one of the UK’s leading winter destinations and Liverpool City Council are inviting ambitious, creative operators with proven delivery capability to join our supplier engagement session on Monday 09 February at midday, to learn more about the scale, vision and commercial model behind these opportunities. If you deliver large‑scale Christmas destinations, winter attractions or seasonal experiences, […]
Liverpool City Region is on a mission to attract more major events under a new strategy agreed at today’s Combined Authority meeting. The City Region enjoys a global reputation for delivering high-quality, high-profile cultural, sporting and business events such as Eurovision, the Open Championship and the Labour Party Conference. The sector generates an estimated £900m a year for the City Region, creating jobs, raising the area’s profile and fostering civic pride and wellbeing. But the global market for attracting major events is becoming increasingly competitive leading to today’s approval of a more unified, proactive approach. Aligning major cultural, sporting and business events and recognising their role in tourism and investment, […]
Liverpool’s status as a leading global destination has received a major boost after Panache Travel placed the city in its newly announced top ten world destinations to visit in 2026. The recognition follows a recent luxury‑focused educational visit organised by the Liverpool City Region Destination Partnership, in partnership with VisitBritain. The trip brought high‑end Indian tour operators to the region to experience its premium cultural, hospitality and experiential offer, including Municipal Hotel, The Art School Restaurant, the Liverpool FC Stadium […]
Music lovers are making their way to Southport from all four corners of the UK to savour this year’s Southport Jazz Festival. They are looking forward to enjoying 10 superb shows across three days and nights at The Grand, on Lord Street, to see headliners including Clare Teal, Liane Carroll, Emma Holcroft, Claire Martin and others with female stars at the forefront and shows to suit all tastes. Southport Jazz Festival takes place from 30th January – 1st February 2026 […]
Winter DeLight at Victoria Park in Widnes saw the official public launch of Culture 26: Made In Halton – made possible by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the Metro Mayor Steve Rotherham. It is part of the Mayor’s 2% for Culture initiative, which is ringfenced funding from the Combined Authority’s budget that goes directly to support cultural initiatives across the city region. With lanterns, puppetry, choirs, bands and young soloists, the community was treated to a free event thanks […]