The York Report - a digest of the city’s economy | Business

York: portrait of a city

12:00am Tuesday 19th February 2013

York is an exceptional place in the North of England economy, and frequently ranks alongside southern counterparts Oxford and Cambridge in national league tables as one of the strongest-performing cities in the UK.

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We’re open for business

12:00am Tuesday 19th February 2013

As a city, we continue to ambitiously work towards becoming a top-five UK city and top-10 European mid-sized city in economic competitiveness terms.

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Big plans for 2013 and beyond

12:00am Tuesday 19th February 2013

The York, North and East Yorkshire landscape is not standing still. Despite the global recession, investment and developments are taking place and jobs are being created. These are some of the major projects taking place in 2013 and beyond.

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City poised to take its place on global business stage

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York is developing old and new relationships around the world.

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Well placed for business

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York has always been a hub for the railways. The city, midway between London and Edinburgh, is on the East Coast Main Line and its station already receives more than 600 million passengers per year.

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At the cutting edge of science

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York has diversified its business base since the early 1990s to become a knowledge-based economy.

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Creativity blossoms in city

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York’s creative industries employ 8,000 people and it is the fastest growing sector in the city.

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Digital connectivity

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York and North Yorkshire is investing millions of pounds into its broadband network to benefit businesses.

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A taste of York

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The manufacturing sector in York and North Yorkshire employs some 35,000 people, making up ten per cent of all jobs.

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Business booms for professionals

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York has a growing financial and professional services industry.

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A campus for the 21st century

12:00am Tuesday 19th February 2013

The University of York has provided a nurturing environment for the city’s science businesses for decades. As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, the university is cementing its key role in the development of York’s knowledge-based economy with the single largest investment made by any UK university.

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Education keeps city in vanguard

12:00am Tuesday 19th February 2013

York’s excellent schooling is what marks it out from other northern cities and enables it to rank consistently high in indices of competitiveness, compared to other UK cities.

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The tourism factor

12:00am Tuesday 19th February 2013

Tourism is one of York’s key sectors, contributing £443 million to its economy and supporting 23,000 jobs in and around the city.

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Business is a pleasure in York

12:00am Tuesday 19th February 2013

While there have been excellent advances in technology assisting businesses to work together from around the world by video link, the value of meeting face to face is not to be underestimated.

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