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The Prize to be Won from Collaboration
Alan RobertsonManaging Director, Scotland Jones
Lang LaSalle
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Kelly Holmes
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World Winning Cities Programme

• Defining City Competitiveness
• Developing New Metrics and Data
• Innovative Methodologies
• Identifying Rising Urban Stars

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Dublin - The Celtic Tiger
Dublin

• World Class Skills, Education and
  Training
• Favourable Demographics
• - West Europes fastest growing city
• Attractive Business Environment
• - Tax, Labour, Regulation
• FDI/Offshoring
• - Business Services, Electronics
• EU Funding
• Irish Diaspora Effect

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Copenhagen - The Environment City
Copenhagen

• Top Environment City
• - High Quality of Life Scores
• - Environment Technology Sector
• - Low Traffic Congestion
• - European Environment Agency
• Medical/Biotechnology Specialism
• - Medicon Valley
• Highly Skilled Labour Force
• Active City/Regional Promotion

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Barcelona A Belief in the Power of Place
Barcelona

• Olympics Trigger in 1992
• Infrastructure Development
• - Road, Rail, Airport, Port
• Urban Regeneration
• - Diagonal Mar, 22_at_bcn
• Effective and Active Governance
• City Promotion and Events
• Cutting Edge Cultural Offer
• Quality of Life

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Bilbao
Bilbao - The Guggenheim Effect

• Guggenheim Effect
• - New Cultural Momentum
• Prestige Architecture
• - e.g. Calatrava Projects
• Infrastructure Investment
• - New Metro by Norman Foster
• Public-Public Partnerships
• - National Regional - Provincial

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Characteristics of World Winning Cities
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SIZE MATTERS!
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Bank of New York, Manchester
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Business Centres - Global Hierarchy, 2000
New York
Tokyo
London, Paris
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Chicago Los Angeles
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Singapore Hong Kong
Frankfurt Milan
San Francisco Toronto Mexico City Sao Paulo
Sydney Seoul
Zurich Brussels Madrid Moscow
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Jakarta, Osaka, Taipei, Melbourne, Bangkok,
Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Shanghai
Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Geneva, Prague, Rome,
Stockholm, Warsaw, Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen,
Hamburg, Munich, Budapest Johannesburg, Istanbul,
Boston, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, Washington
DC, Caracas, Santiago, Montreal, Atlanta, Miami,
Bogotá, Buenos Aires
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Philadelphia, Rio de Janeiro, Cleveland, Detroit,
Seattle, Vancouver, Baltimore, Kansas City,
Charlotte, Cincinnati, Denver, Indianapolis, Las
Vegas, Milwaukee, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh,
Portland, Raleigh, Saint Louis, Sacramento, San
Diego, Tampa
Delhi, Bombay, Auckland, Brisbane,
Bangalore,Guangzhou, Adelaide, Wellington,
Canberra City, Perth
Athens, Dublin, Helsinki, Lisbon, Luxembourg,
Lyon, Vienna, Tel Aviv, Birmingham, Cologne,
Manchester, Oslo, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Saint
Petersburg, Cairo, Dubai
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Source University of Loughborough
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Transport
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Dublin Tram
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UK Regional Cities, High Skilled Labour Markets
(against group average)
Highly skilled residents
Dormitories
Knowledge Hubs
Oxford
Cambridge
Edinburgh
Cardiff
Bristol
Birmingham
Aberdeen
Leeds
Manchester
Highly skilled employees
Sheffield
Glasgow
Derby
Nottingham
Liverpool
Coventry
Attractors
Lagging
Source Jones Lang LaSalle / ONS 2004
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Housing
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Business Property
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HBOS
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Waverley Gate
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The Exchange District
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Edinburgh Park
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Life Sciences
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Almondvale Business Park, Livingston
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Office Employment Zones
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UKs Top 20 Retail Destinations, 2004
West End Glasgow Birmingham Manchester Leeds Notti
ngham Bluewater Newcastle Liverpool Bristol Traffo
rd Cardiff Leicester Reading Norwich Sheffield Mea
dowhall Southampton Cambridge Croydon
Retail Expenditure per Year mill
Source CACI, ,2004
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Business Rates Contribution

• 805m!!

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A Single Brand
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Edinburghs Financial Edge
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Franklin Templeton
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Leadership