Sentences with phrase «of city regions»

Reflecting the policy pledges contained within the Conservative manifesto, for the purposes of this analysis the Northern Powerhouse is made up of the city regions of Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull and the North East.

The Sheffield City region mayoral election is unique, having been delayed by 12 months because of disagreements over the geography of the city regions, while six other mayoral elections took place.

He has also proposed an English regions cabinet committee and the offer of city regions to be led by directly elected mayors.

A spatial plan allows the metro mayor to be bold and strategic about the future growth of the city region, making best use of the land available, especially within its city centres

Or would we be better narrowing our focus and seeking a West Yorkshire only deal covering most but not all of the City Region?

The mayor has achieved his «first 100 days» objectives, and has already raised the national profile of his city region

The metro mayor will need to set the agenda on this, convening the business community, universities and skills providers, and highlighting the importance of high quality apprenticeships for residents and businesses, as well as matching apprenticeships with businesses from different areas of the city region.

The metro mayor should use his or her influence and informal powers to better link businesses with colleges and universities to ensure that courses and vocational education match the needs and opportunities of the city region's businesses, and provide residents with higher skills and better access to opportunities in the future.

The metro mayor should use their direct mandate to enact the most effective, long - term sustainable and economically and socially beneficial policy — a Clean Air Charge (similar to London's Toxicity Charge) on more polluting vehicles entering the most congested and polluted parts of the city region.

Whilst the other 6 «metro mayors» were elected a year ago, the SCRCA contest had to be delayed by a year due to issues related to the geography of the city region devolution deal and the status of its constituent and non-constituent members.

Second, disagreements between members of the combined authority (made up of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield)-- and with the Government — mean that the public consultation needed to unlock the powers and resources on offer as part of the city region's devolution deal has not yet taken place.

One of the key roles of the new mayor will be to raise the profile of the city region on the national and international stage and to attract more investment.

Devolution gives us the opportunity to link Liverpool as the economic engine of the city region with our surrounding areas - creating both synergy and scale.

The municipality is part of the city region Arnhem - Nijmegen, a metropolitan area with 726,300 inhabitants.

His recent books include Engendering Cities, The Futures of the City Region, The Imaginative Institution, and Building California's Future.

It provides lessons learned on the institutionalisation of city region food policies and programmes; provisioning of national and legal frameworks embedding city region food systems in broader legislation, on strengthening of coordination and collaboration across horizontal and vertical government levels, and on design of specific programmes and policies for sustainable city region food systems.

The role of city region food systems in resilience and sustainable development (2015)

Leeds is the UK's fastest growing city and the third largest in the UK, it is the main driver of a city region with a # 62.5 billion economy, a combined population of 3 million and a workforce of 1.37 million.

Not exact matches

The Teranet - National Bank index of house prices in the country's 11 largest metropolitan regions rose 6.1 % in November, yet only four cities — Toronto, Hamilton, Vancouver and Victoria — actually posted gains.

With a population of under 3 million, the capital of Taiwan is relatively modest sized in comparison to other start - up cities in the region.

While we are fortunate that for these two locations the «local» applicant pool is drawn from the melting pot that is New York City, we would take this approach regardless of region.

In the border city of Dandong, in the north east region of China, some prices have even doubled, according to state - run outlet Global Times.

This is a plan that is explicitly designed to increase income inequality and transfer money from poorer regions of the province to one of Canada's wealthiest cities and will likely not create a single new job.

Neil, a former 58 - year old former manufacturing worker, worried about his future and the future of his city, asked the Prime Minister how prosperity could be brought back to the region.

That mix will change as the program recruits more local companies eager to expand across Latin America, where the 10 largest cities, including Santiago, make up nearly a third of the region's GDP.

If you take a look at your website analytics and the data tells you that you have lots of customers searching for you from a particular city or region, you should include that area by name in your keywords.

While representing the vast majority of its metro region, Calgary Economic Development also benefits from diversified funding from the city, private industry and other levels of government.

After appreciating the city's Renaissance architecture and art, sample some of the region's delectable Tuscan food and wine.

It was supposed to be «how - to» guide for leaders in Italy at a time when every city was fighting every other city and the entire region was full of mercenaries, inquisitors, and other unsavory types.

As Europe's startup ecosystem becomes decentralized, some of the coolest offices in the region can be found in remote cities from Zagreb, Croatia, to Gilwice, Poland.

The 20 remaining candidates were selected from a pool of 238 cities and regions.

As a result of these moves, the city enjoyed the highest job growth in the $ 20 - billion global mobile app industry, and it was the only region in the U.S. to have an increase in tech venture - capital funding.

The vast geography of L.A. and its surrounding cities, as well as the notoriously clogged freeways that connect them, is one of the region's major obstacles.

«Infrastructure development will help improve connectivity within the city and bodes well for the real estate projects coming in the suburbs and MMR region which will further spur growth of the sector», according to Chintan Sheth from Sheth Corp..

Dozens of cities and counties in increasingly - northern regions of Florida are issuing mandatory and voluntary evacuations, many of which are already being executed.

Li personifies some of the conflicts that came from the region's rise: Dubbed «Superman» by local media for his business acumen, he symbolizes inequality in a city with one of the most lopsided wealth demographics on the planet.

A sprawling city that boasts 300 days of sunshine a year, Phoenix offers theaters, museums, and the Desert Botanical Garden, which provides an overview of the region's flora and fauna.

Still, Waterloo is better equipped to deal with such shocks than most cities, owing to the presence of two universities and the calibre of talent in the region today.

Barcelona has its Mediterranean port, its Gaudí treasures, and since 2011, a mayor who is busy transforming the cultural gem of Spain's Catalonia region into the smartest «smart city» on the planet.

What we're really talking about with IP - specific advertising is geo - targeting: the method of determining the geolocation of a website visitor and delivering different content to that visitor based on his or her current location, such as country, region or state, city, or metro code or zip code; organization; IP address; internet service provider (ISP) or other criteria.

These medical advances have helped bring new HIV infection diagnoses in some of the most historically afflicted regions, including New York City, to record lows, according to recent CDC reports.

Part of the implication for other parts of the country is that there may be ways to implement successful policies if they build on the strengths unique to those regions, rather than try to imitate New York City.

Rainy cities like Seattle, London and Dublin or cold regions in Denmark and Canada have certainly produced projects of ingenuity and creativity.

Geographic location While we might live in an increasingly global economy, two - thirds of impact accelerators target participants geographically by region, country or city.

Speaking to Business Insider on Tuesday, the Metro Mayor for the Liverpool City Region said there will be a strong case for cities like Liverpool and Manchester to opt out from aspects of a hard Brexit if Northern Ireland is allowed to mirror EU trade and customs arrangements after exit day in March, 2019.

Both Rotheram and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham have called on northern city regions to be given more say in Brexit negotiations between Britain and the EU.

As a top wealth management hub, the city - state is a natural draw for the region's affluent people, a key target of Formula One sponsors such as Hugo Boss and Tag Heuer, a luxury LVMH brand.

Similar scenes unfolded in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, and across other cities in northern Iraq, close to the quake's epicentre.

In a keynote address at the Toronto Region Board of Trade last week, Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak pitched Toronto as a city «falling farther behind.»

Thanks to its obliging attitude and central location, the city - state has become the site of the principal refinery complex in the region.