MIPIM: Leicestershire attracts global investment interest
Leicestershire business and council leaders attending Europe's largest property fair have attracted strong interest from potential investors.
Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby and Leicestershire County Council leader Nick Rushton are heading a 25-strong delegation at MIPIM in Cannes to showcase 29 development sites in the city and county.
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Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby talks to a potential development partner at the Leicester and Leicestershire stand at MIPIM
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Delegates at the Leicester and Leicestershire stand at MIPIM
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Delegates outside the conference centre. Picture: S D'Hallo
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Keynote speech by Boris Johnson the Mayor of London
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Delegates outside the conference centre. Picture: S D'Hallo
The pair today met London-based financiers and a major regional construction firm to discuss possible deals to redevelop the New Walk Centre site in Leicester and Loughborough Science Park, next to the town's university.
Bosses of the proposed 300 million pound Motor Industry Research Association (Mira) technology park , near Hinckley, said they too had attracted interest from businesses.
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The delegation's exhibition stand, featuring images of Richard III and Leicester Tigers and a scale model of the proposed Mira technology park, has helped to woo global companies looking for investment opportunities.
Andrew Bacon, chairman of Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP), which organised the delegation, said: "We have managed to build some very good relationships here."
The Leicestershire delegation, which is being funded by 17 private sector sponsors, was to host a showcase event on the Cannes beach front on Thursday afternoon.
MIPIM, which began on Tuesday, will run until tomorrow.
2 Comments
by DBLeicester
Thursday, March 14 2013, 3:59PM
“Just wait until these potential investors step off the train and walk down (Fried Chicken Ally) Grandby Street, or arrive by coach and walk up (Third World) Churchgate - I have to agree with democrat that their interest will be non existent by the time they make it to the Clock Tower. I guess you don't get if you don't beg though...”
by democrat
Thursday, March 14 2013, 3:00PM
“Sadly, once these investors see our third-world transport network and increasingly third-world population and workforce, we will find their interest will cool.”