LCR APPG - BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS: POWERING UP INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION TO DRIVE GROWTH FOR LCR's PEOPLE AND PLACES

Join us for this exciting session to showcase how Liverpool City Region is powering up top tier innovation, driving investment and is set to become one of the UK’s leading innovation economies and powerhouses.

£billions is now being unlocked by the Government to deliver growth in the Liverpool City Region. The £2 billion Liverpool City Region Investment Fund alone will drive economic growth, unlock major developments and attract £billions more in private investment. This session will bring together Liverpool City Region’s MPs and Peers to hear from LCR’s innovators and investors to look at Mayoral plans for life sciences, tidal power and a Freeport and the potential to deliver 30,000 jobs; greater productivity, prosperity and opportunities for all.

We will hear from top tier speakers and stakeholders from our anchor universities and colleges and also national bodies including UKRI, Innovate UK and Make UK - and those businesses and employers who are driving investment in R&D, innovation and jobs we need for the future.

The Liverpool City Region has the potential to turn its world-class R&D into a huge commercial opportunity. We will look across the whole region to look at how the Mayor’s 10 year plan for prosperity will boost productivity and work to create an ecosystem which supports pathways into the good jobs and skills needed to deliver sustained growth and greater opportunities.

Innovation and investment is happening and Liverpool City Region can be at the forefront of delivery.