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HS2 Ltd The North West HS2: Getting the best out of Britain The North West is a large and diverse economy that spans clusters of business HS2 will allow the North West to develop its economic strengths and services and digital and creative businesses in large urban centres, and has specialisms and will help the region to close its productivity gap strengths in advanced manufacturing, energy and tourism in the wider region The North West, stretching from Cheshire to » Cheshire and Warrington has existing sector Despite strong growth performance in many the room to sit and stand6 – and services can Cumbria and encompassing the city regions of strengths in advanced engineering, life parts of the region, productivity in the North be infrequent. The strategic road network in the Manchester and Liverpool and the county of sciences and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, West lags behind the national average. The North suffers from areas of congestion, such as Lancashire, is home to over 7 million people energy and environment, and financial and Greater Manchester Combined Authority has the M60 in Greater Manchester and the M62 in and around 3.5 million jobs1. The region has professional services. Bentley Motors is made raising the productivity of residents a the Liverpool City Region7. Lancashire suffers both established economic strengths and headquartered in Crewe, 6,500 people are priority to create the conditions for growth and from capacity issues and increasing congestion emerging specialisms2. employed in life sciences and pharmaceuticals, job creation3. The Liverpool City Region Growth on the strategic motorway network8. and over 7,000 firms operate in the financial Strategy aims to increase average productivity » Greater Manchester’s economy draws both HS2 offers faster, more frequent and more and professional services sector. per worker by over 50% by 2040 through focusing on the area’s traditional strengths in reliable travel between cities and areas of the on businesses where the opportunity for growth manufacturing and the increasing focus on » Cumbria’s nuclear sector represents an UK and will increase capacity on our congested is greatest4. knowledge-based activities. Over 60,000 international centre of excellence and has railways, including by releasing train paths on the people in Greater Manchester are employed in strong links to the county’s advanced The smaller scale of urban areas makes it difficult existing West Coast Main Line. The western leg of science and technology industries. In addition, manufacturing sector with significant for city regions in the North of England to secure Phase Two of HS2 will connect the North West to the region is home to one of the UK’s main employers that include BAE Systems, the same degree of scale and success as their the West Midlands, improving links between centres for financial and professional services GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Siemens, Tritech counterparts in the South East. In the North the regions that are home to over 9 million people, outside of London and a growing cluster of and Pirelli Tyres. Cumbria has a strong population is spread out across a number of as well as to London. HS2 will allow businesses digital and creative businesses. visitor economy and is one of the UK’s cities and the density of employment in urban across the North West to collaborate with supply most visited destinations. areas is lower than in the rest of England5. This chains and research and development partners, » Liverpool City Region is focusing on five is compounded by poorer levels of transport draw on a deeper pool of skills, access new specific areas of specialisation: health and life » In Lancashire, manufacturing provides the connectivity compared to the South East. sources of finance and support networks and sciences; advanced manufacturing; the largest contribution to the area’s economy, Crowding is a growing problem – around a fifth of secure new customers in regions across Britain. Superport Liverpool; the low carbon energy particularly the aerospace and automotive rail passengers in the North are dissatisfied with sector; and digital and creative services. The sectors. Lancashire has the largest visitor economy supports over 50,000 jobs in concentration of aerospace production in Market Square, Preston the City Region, and wealth management and the UK, employing over 20,000 people in insurance represent important strengths. 120 companies. Bentley car production factory, Crewe Image: Alamy Stock Photo Stock Alamy Image: Photo Stock Alamy Image: The North West HS2: Getting the best out of Britain Connections with local and regional transport networks will provide HS2, as part of a wider transport network, will encourage businesses to businesses across the North West with access to the HS2 network locate and expand in the North West and can help to close skills gaps » HS2 services will call at Manchester Piccadilly » Northern Powerhouse Rail is the shared London consistently ranks among the world’s most more attractive location, both for business relocations station. The existing station is served by six ambition of the Government and Transport for attractive cities in which to do business12. London is, and to grow the City Region’s established firms. train operating companies serving routes the North to significantly improve the capacity, however, the most costly location among the The North West is home to high quality universities across the North of England and is well served speed and frequency of train services in the European cities to do business. By contrast, and education providers. However, businesses by the Metrolink tram network and local bus North of England. Construction of the HS2 Manchester is ranked 18 out of 111 cities assessed by report skills shortages in some areas. Thirty per cent routes. The HS2 station will be constructed network in the North has the potential to KPMG for their cost competitiveness and is the least of businesses located in Greater Manchester to integrate with these services. create some spare capacity that, with careful costly location among the major European cities identified a lack of skills as one of their top three design, may be able to support further assessed13. HS2 offers businesses the opportunity » Wigan Council is working with Transport for challenges to growth16. Among the Local Enterprise connectivity between regional city centres11. to relocate or expand their operations in the North Greater Manchester on a plan to be HS2- Partnership (LEP) areas in the North West, only West and realise significant cost savings while ready. The priority is to improve Wigan’s Cheshire and Warrington has levels of high skills retaining easy access to opportunities in the capital. gateway station, Wigan North Western, (degree equivalent or higher) above the UK average. to function as an effective transport hub9. The Liverpool City Region already provides an HS2 will increase the number of skilled workers that attractive location for London-based financial and » At Crewe, there is an opportunity to create a businesses based in the North West can access – both professional services firms seeking to relocate rail hub where several rail lines connect with directly on HS2 services and by releasing capacity on parts of their operations.