Leeds - financial capital of the North

Leeds is widely recognised as the foremost UK centre outside London for financial and professional services and as the financial capital of the North. The financial and business services sector in Leeds city region employs 270,000 people and is a major driver of economic growth.

Moreover, Leeds is simply a great place to do business. Lively, cosmopolitan and outward looking, the city's amenities and attractions are all you would expect and more from a location acclaimed as Visitor City of the Year (Good Britain Guide) and one of the Top 30 best cities for business in Europe (Cushman & Wakefield Survey).

Leeds has established itself as a successful European city:

• regional capital of Yorkshire and The Humber region
• centrally situated at the heart of one of the UK's largest economic regions
• Leeds has had one of the fastest growing economies in the UK
• has attracted over £5bn of commercial investment and development.