Manchester Airport Aiming to Attract Chinese Businesses to Its Airport City Project

(firmenpresse) - LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwire) -- 07/25/12 -- The GBP 650million plans to develop the UK's first ever were unveiled to more than 200 Chinese businesses and potential investors in Shanghai at the beginning of July.

In bringing the Chinese businesses to the area it would potentially generate millions of pounds of investment to the region. Airport City is hoped to create up to 20,000 jobs in the region over the next 15 years, transforming the transport hub into a world-class business destination in its own right.

So far interest from China and the Far East has been strong, with airport bosses believing the offers the perfect location for the European headquarters of Chinese businesses continuing to push their presence in the global market.

Currently trade links between the north west of England and the Far East are worth more than GBP 4bn a year, with Manchester home to one of the largest Chinese populations in Europe.

Manchester Airport Groups' Airport City Director, John Atkins said: "Airport cities form the basis upon which many new airports in countries with rapidly expanding economies are being planned and built.

"Many big corporations that are based at successful airport cities such as Hong Kong or Beijing, may well look to locate a European presence in a similar location - so there is a lot of interest in our plans to develop the first airport city in the UK around an established international airport, at Manchester."

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