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Financial, Professional & Business Services
Liverpool offers companies all the business-critical ingredients for profitable back and middle-office functions. Whether it’s an outsourcing operation, customer services or shared services centre, you’ll find everything you need here.
More than 41,000 people in Liverpool are employed in our financial and professional sector, equating to16 per cent of all Liverpool jobs, which in turn accounts for 15 per cent of Liverpool’s total GVA.
Liverpool is one of the UK’s leading financial centres. Wealth management is a particular strength and Liverpool is ranked as the top location outside of London, with global firms such as Pershing (subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation) and Investec Wealth and Investment, as well as Rathbones Investment Management who employ more than 700 people in the city.
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Largest wealth management centre outside of London
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6 million workforce within an hour's drive
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Operating costs a fraction of other financial centres
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41,000 people emplyed in the sector
Liverpool’s legal sector is well-established and thriving. Major firms such as Hill Dickinson, DWF, Brabners, Weightmans, DLA, Morecrofts and Riverview Law are represented, with many having their headquarters here.
A major centre for eCommerce, Liverpool offers companies all the business-critical ingredients to create a profitable online retail operation. We’re enthusiastic early-adopters of new business models with many major players based here.
Latest Financial, Professional & Business Services news
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Liverpool to become England’s second Investment Zone, delivering up to 4,000 jobs
The Government has today launched England’s second Investment Zone in Liverpool which could unlock £320m of private investment and deliver 4,000 jobs, across Liverpool, Runcorn, St Helens, Maghull and Prescot over the next five years.
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Business leaders sought to shape Liverpool City Region’s growth sectors
In April, Mayor Steve Rotheram and the Combined Authority approved plans to integrate the work of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which provides a voice for the city region’s business community, into the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
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Liverpool City Region’s ‘fintech’ sector worth £219 million a year
Fintech, the use of technology such as AI and blockchain to deliver financial services, is worth close to £219m in the Liverpool city region every year, new data shows.
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New jobs announced as law firm Fletchers opens Liverpool office
Law firm Fletchers is one of the leading clinical negligence and personal injury practices in the UK and it is now ‘actively recruiting’ up to 50 staff for its new Liverpool office.
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Historic 139-year-old law firm expands Liverpool base
Law firm Brown Turner Ross is relocating its Liverpool city centre operation to a bigger office as it takes on more staff.
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Investment duo complete wealth manager buyout
Source: LBN Daily Experienced wealth management and investment professionals Derek Gawne and Lizz Ewart have acquired Charteris Asset Management. They both joined Charteris in May 2021 to set up its new Liverpool operation. Two years on they have now taken control of the business and are rebranding it as CAM Wealth Group. Liverpool will be the […]
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Liverpool law firm unveils expansion plan
Law firm Binghams, which represents 2,000 Liverpool fans caught up in the Paris chaos, moved into a new Liverpool office in March and is now in negotiations to double its space and create up to 20 jobs.