Tag : Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

23 Jan 2026

New strategy to attract, develop and grow more major cultural, sports and business events in Liverpool City Region

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, […]

15 Oct 2025

Photo: Left to right: Steve Stuart, Chair, LYVA Labs, Jaspreet Grewal, CEO and Founder, Axial Bridge, Lorna Green, CEO of LYVA Labs, Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region.

Liverpool City Region Innovation Investment Summit returns for fourth year to showcase billions of pounds of opportunities

Liverpool City Region is hosting its fourth Innovation and Investment Summit – bringing together leading voices from government, business, academia and finance to accelerate the region’s ambition to become a UK innovation powerhouse. Taking place at The Spine in Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter on October 15, the summit underlines the region’s UK-leading place-based innovation approaches and spotlight the bold target to invest 5% of GVA in Research and Development by 2030. The summit highlights why innovation is the golden thread running […]

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04 Apr 2025

Mayor Rotheram welcomes reductions in red tape for the hospitality sector

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has welcomed Government plans to slash red tape for the hospitality sector in a boost for the city region’s vital visitor economy. Tourism is worth over £6bn a year to the city region economy, with 73,000 people employed in the visitor economy, in nearly 6,000 businesses. Plans include a landmark pilot that could see more alfresco dining and later opening hours in London, as the Mayor of London is granted new “call in” powers […]

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15 Sep 2023

Calling all creative talent to enter the 2024 Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards

Individuals and organisations across the Liverpool City Region are being invited to enter the 2024 Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards, including two new categories recognising innovation. Established in 2019 under the Mayor’s 1% for Culture initiative, which commits to invest one per cent of the Combined Authority’s annual budget directly into cultural activities, the awards are in their fifth year of honouring the value and contribution the cultural and creative sectors bring to the region. There are 15 awards […]

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