Encouraging the growth of financial and business services in the city. Bradford makes a strong business case. Bradford FSI is ready to explain it to you.
Campaigns run by Bradford FSi to encourage the growth of financial services. Build skills: making Bradford a hotspot for learning and skills. Locate Here: attracting firms to set up in Bradford. Grow your company: encouraging growth in Bradford financial sector companies.
BUILD SKILLS aims to make BRADFORD a "name" in financial sector skills and learning. BUILD SKILLS applies at all levels - at school - at college - at work.
• Create links between financial businesses and the skills and learning sector.
• Enhance skills of employed staff in existing BRADFORD financial businesses.
• Open doors so talented students are retained in the city.
• Promote financial services to school pupils as an attractive career path.
• Encourage national learning bodies to view BRADFORD and Leeds as the financial twin-engines of the region.
BRADFORD FSi wants your financial service business to move here. Can we convince you?
• Existing financial skills pool (City Region is largest financial services centre in the UK outside London).
• BRADFORD already home to 9000+ financial service jobs.
• 3 of UK's largest financial institutions headquartered in BRADFORD.
• 3349 financial sector businesses (2003).
• UK's 6th largest working age population (307,000 + 40,000 commuters).
• BRADFORD University graduate employment 2nd only to Cambridge (Times Education Supplement).
• BRADFORD College is UK's largest higher education provider (outside university sector) 23,000 students.
• BRADFORD School of Management ranked 2nd in UK (FT).
• Breathtaking city centre regeneration.
• £2bn approved development schemes: 2sq km city centre plus 5km canal corridor.
• UK's 3rd fastest growing city after Manchester and London.
• Fastest growing economy in Yorkshire (36% increase to 2016 forecast).
• Commercial property demand growing and still competitive (Grade A office rents increased 39% 2002-2004).
• 5000 new homes in city centre.
• Fantastic places to live & enjoy: City Centre, Airedale, Saltaire, Bronte Country, Ilkley, The Dales, plus the rest of Yorkshire - "God's own country".
• Business confidence higher in BRADFORD than in UK as a whole (CBI).
• Help existing businesses.
• Listen to existing businesses.
• Increase the confidence within the BRADFORD financial sector.
• Promote the services of existing financial businesses to the city and regional markets.
• Build a powerful network between BRADFORD businesses and between City Region businesses.
• Share experiences between companies across the City Region.
• Ensure firms benefit from the local talent pool and available learning opportunities (see BUILD SKILLS campaign).
• On the doorstep - the UK's largest financial services centre (outside London).
• Huge local skills pool.
• BRADFORD has 3000+ financial businesses, 9000+ experienced financial people.
• Finance is fastest growing sector in BRADFORD (+17% '98-'03).
• BRADFORD is a £7bn economy - larger than GDP of any Baltic state - growing faster than any other Yorkshire city.
• Highly entrepreneurial city: start-ups are 12% of businesses.
• Room to grow - £3bn approved development schemes.
