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Why Leeds needs an elected mayor
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Organisations doing business in Leeds and West Yorkshire have three large universities on their doorsteps - all with a strong focus on business, management and working closely with the private and public sectors locally and beyond. (article 9)
Over the past five years the explosive growth in residential apartment building in Leeds city centre has overshadowed the more sedate pace of the city's office development. (article 5)
Stephen Timms said that banging on about the gap obscured the enormous progress made by the regions in recent years in raising their economic performance. (article 7)
Criss-crossed by old stone walls and ornamented here and there with ancient oak trees, the rich fields of Lower Wharfedale in West Yorkshire open up below Beamsley Beacon. (article 11)
Leeds is frequently held up at a national level as an example of a regional economic success story - but in political terms its relationship with central government is considerably more fractious. (article 8)
At the same time, a growing band of smaller and more entrepreneurial food manufacturers, producing everything from bagels and ice cream to Halal baby food for the Muslim community, are emerging alongside the big food manufacturers based in West Yorkshire. (article 12)
" A lot of the engineering business has migrated overseas says Mike Saunders (article 10)
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Story keywords
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Leeds, Yorkshire, Bradford, UK, City |
Source articles
- Financial services: Making capital out of strengths (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 810 words)
- Economy: Multiple engines help weather turbulence (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 857 words)
- Strengths worth shouting about (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 1153 words)
- Legal services: Law firms have solid local roots and global ambitions (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 853 words)
- Property: Confidence rebuilt in city’s office market (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 864 words)
- Transport: Setback on long road to better networks (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 663 words)
- Why Leeds needs an elected mayor (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 730 words)
- Politics: Difficult relationship with London stirs lively debate (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 825 words)
- Universities: Different paths with common links (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 1010 words)
- Engineering: Grand old names are gone but survivors find success (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 755 words)
- Visitor economy: Out of the conference hall and into the hills (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 835 words)
- Food industry: Home for little and large (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 814 words)
- Logistics: Cheaper land is big draw for distributors (ft.com, 03/11/2008, 767 words)
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