Post by Kev on Jul 14, 2004 6:40:51 GMT -5
More Excellent Liverpool/ scouse news. 
LIVERPOOL is to become the new Barcelona, according to the authors of an authoritative property market report published today.
Global analyst Knight Frank predicts Liverpool's 2008 Culture title combined with the new World Heritage status will produce a "Barcelona boom", similar to that experienced in the Spanish city after the 1992 Olympics.
Already Liverpool is expected to pull in £2bn in investment and 17,000 new jobs in the next four years.
more here.....
PS....UP TO 900 new jobs for Merseyside were announced today.
Home shopping giant QVC is recruiting 500 new staff in Knowsley.
And Liverpool Direct, the council's call centre, is to create 200 jobs by taking on work from other organisations such as councils and private firms. A further 200 could follow.
The news came as a global property analyst predicted Liverpool was set to become one of Europe's most prosperous cities.
LIVERPOOL is to become the new Barcelona, according to the authors of an authoritative property market report published today.
Global analyst Knight Frank predicts Liverpool's 2008 Culture title combined with the new World Heritage status will produce a "Barcelona boom", similar to that experienced in the Spanish city after the 1992 Olympics.
Already Liverpool is expected to pull in £2bn in investment and 17,000 new jobs in the next four years.
more here.....
PS....UP TO 900 new jobs for Merseyside were announced today.
Home shopping giant QVC is recruiting 500 new staff in Knowsley.
And Liverpool Direct, the council's call centre, is to create 200 jobs by taking on work from other organisations such as councils and private firms. A further 200 could follow.
The news came as a global property analyst predicted Liverpool was set to become one of Europe's most prosperous cities.
