County debuts investment prospectus at real estate event

A delegation representing Lancashire has unveiled a new investment prospectus at the UK's Real Estate and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) event in Leeds.

The county will be represented by Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Preston City Council, Burnley Borough Council and the University of Central Lancashire.

Blackpool Council will also exhibit its own investment prospectus.

The prospectus, 'Invest in Lancashire – A place for growth', is the first major project to be completed under the Lancashire 2050 banner.

It highlights the potential for future investment in the county, already the home of 55,000 businesses, supporting 640,000 jobs and a regional economy of £33.3bn.

It also details some of the exciting opportunities currently available across the county, including shovel-ready schemes with the connectivity and amenities required to enable all types of development to progress at pace and at scale.

UKREiiF runs from Tuesday until Thursday and brings together more than 6,000 delegates from the public sector, business investors, funders, developers, housebuilders and government.

Coun Phillippa Williamson, leader of Lancashire County Council and cair of Lancashire Leaders, said: "We are a friendly, hardworking county right at the heart of the highest density of advanced engineering and manufacturing jobs in the UK.

"Lancashire is also on a high-growth economic trajectory, with innovation, net zero and advanced technology at its core.

"This new prospectus highlights the many opportunities available right across the county. These include everything from the anticipated regeneration of Morecambe thanks to the greenlit £100m Eden Project Morecambe, the world-leading hub of innovation at Samlesbury Enterprise Zone and transformational plans for Burnley, including a new Canalside University Campus for UCLan, which is set to cater for 6,000 students.

"It really underlines our determination to significantly accelerate Lancashire's economic growth, helping to generate thousands of new high-value jobs, and become a trailblazer in tech, low carbon, digital and other in-demand and globalised industries."