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UKREiiF in Leeds
We are excited to host UKREiiF 26, welcoming the UK’s largest investment and infrastructure conference back to the city for the fifth year in a row.
This year, we are on the water – teaming up with our local authority neighbours and West Yorkshire Combined Authority in the West Yorkshire Pavilion to showcase the very best of what is happening and the huge number of opportunities across the region.
Leeds Partner Pack
In our Partner Pack, we have brought together key messages we will be using to promote the work of the city as a whole and also the work of Leeds City Council.
We have included:
- Key messages we will be promoting during the conference
- Our major projects
- Our headline events and where to find us
- Key social media messaging, account handles and assets
We will be utilising LinkedIn as our main platform in the lead-up to and throughout UKREiiF.
Keep an eye on @Leeds City Council for updates on our key events, longer form content around key announcements, and short-form video roundups of the day. We will be posting content from now, and throughout the event.
Please share, comment and engage with our content to help us spread the word further.
Why Leeds?
In Leeds, our £36billion economy is outperforming the UK, and by supercharging our three key sectors of Health, Digital and Tech and Financial and Professional Services, which already drive 60% of our growth, we have ambitious plans to unlock further economic growth with a £20billion uplift and100,000 new jobs.
Home to the Northern Square Mile, and the largest financial and professional services hub outside London, we have bold ambitions to double sector growth and create 50,000 new jobs over the next decade. This is matched by a digital economy growing 125% faster than the national average, with Leeds now outpacing London in AI job growth.
From our global leadership in HealthTech—ranked in the top three hubs worldwide—to the £160m West Yorkshire Investment Zone, Leeds is where national policy meets frontline innovation and where partnerships turn world-class research into a reality through working in one of the most collaborative, interconnected ecosystems in the UK.
Showcasing and defining economic opportunity at the heart of the North
Leeds is primed for delivery, with a multibillion pound pipeline of major place based regeneration projects, many of which are due to start work this year.
Leeds Mayoral Development Zone
Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority are working to establish a multi-partner Mayoral Development Zone (MDZ)to drive the delivery of the Leeds Transformational Regeneration areas, including the proposed New Town and parts of the West End Riverside and Eastern growth areas.
Leeds South Bank
The area includes Vastint’s Aire Park and residential developments, as well as two major investments in cultural anchors –The Royal Armouries and the opportunity for a new home for British Library North, and landmark regeneration schemes including Caddick’s South Village.
Royal Armouries
An ambitious refurbishment and redevelopment plan which will deliver a new riverside Cultural heritage, events and conference space, along with a new150-bed hotel, providing a culture-led anchor for the regeneration of Leeds South Bank.
Elland Road
A landmark 30-acre regeneration project, anchored by Leeds United Football Club’s ambitious redevelopment of its stadium creating a vibrant, mixed-use year-round destination for Leeds with the potential to unlock billions in the neighbourhood.
Temple Works
A new major mixed-use development, with potential for housing, innovation space and other destination uses, including the opportunity for a new home for British Library North– This Grade I Listed building is a landmark regeneration scheme.
Leeds Innovation Arc
Brings together a series of innovation neighbourhoods, formed around the natural anchors of universities, the proposed adult and children’s hospitals and major private sector partners. Set across 150 hectares of the city centre the Arc is stitching together some of the most significant innovation assets in the country.
Leeds-Bradford Airport’s Vision 2030
Backed by £200million in private investment, the strategy is to improve passenger experience and drive sustainable growth as the airport reaches an anticipated seven million passengers a yearby2030. The aim is to create up to 5,500newjobs and contribute £1billiontothe local economy. The new Parkway Railway Station will serve the airport alongside the proposals for the 36-hectare North West Leeds employment hub.
Skelton Grange
An important industrial and logistics space, forming a key part of the new AI Opportunity Zone, and having a100MWbattery energy storage system, energy and waste facility and a hyperscale data centre as part of Microsoft’s recent next-generation AI investment in the UK. This puts Leeds in the global tier two for such facilities.
Leeds Train Station
Ahead of the completion of the Transpennine Route Upgrade, this scheme will add a new bridge between platforms, a new southern entrance, an improved concourse and an extended platform 14 so that Leeds station can continue to accommodate the increasing passenger demands for the busiest rail station in the north.
Our UKREiiF Team
Leeds is again delighted to host UKREiiF and has a substantial team from Leeds City Council supporting the event. Below are the key contacts, and we wish to extend our thanks to the huge team behind the scenes who are supporting the successful delivery of the event.
