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| Leeds is the UK's fastest growing city, with the second largest employment total outside London, and over 110,000 people commuting to work in Leeds from outside the district every day. |
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| Leeds is recognised as the regional capital of the Yorkshire and Humber region, an area with a population of 5 million, similar to that of Scotland or Denmark. |
| Leeds is the UK’s largest centre for financial and business services outside London, with the sector employing over 114,000 people. Leeds is also recognised as the top legal centre in the UK outside London, with over 180 law firms operating within Leeds. |
| There are over 200 accountancy firms operating in Leeds, including the majority of the 20 largest UK practices, and over 300 recruitment agencies now operate in Leeds. |
| Around 457,400 people are employed in the Leeds economy. 2 million people live within 30 minutes drive of Leeds City Centre, and for the last 5 years Leeds has ranked within the top 5 UK cities with the lowest unemployment. |
| HSBC, the World's largest bank, chose Leeds to launch the UK's first ever telephone banking system, and over 30 national and international banks are based in the city. |
| In the last decade £430m has been invested in Leeds City Centre to further enhance its excellent shopping and leisure facilities, with a further £500m in progress or proposed. |
| Named the best shopping destination in the UK by the Rough Guide to Britain, Leeds city centre has over 1,000 shops and one of the UK's newest out-of-town shopping centres. There is over 1 mile of indoor shopping in the city centre. |
| Leeds has one of the driest summer climates among major British cities, which is one of the key factors behind the success of its shopping, pavement cafes and outdoor events. |
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| Leeds City Station is the busiest in the UK outside of central London, with over 900 trains and 50,000 passengers per day. |
| Leeds is the fastest growing media and new media centre in the UK, and is the largest centre for print and publishing outside London. |
| £3.2 billion has been invested in commercial property development in Leeds over the last 10 years and a further £7.2 billion of projects are under construction or in the pipeline. |
| Over 35% of the UK's internet traffic is hosted in Leeds. Leeds is home to Europe's biggest internet server farm. Leeds has more ISDN lines per head of population than any other major city. |
| The University of Leeds receives more student applications than any other university in the country. There are almost 50,000 degree students at Leeds' two internationally acclaimed universities. |
| The University of Leeds came second only to Cambridge University in a 1999 survey to establish the favourite recruitment ground of the UK's top 200 employers. |
| Over two-thirds of the Leeds District is open space, public parks, gardens and green belt land, and the city centre is less than 20 miles from the Yorkshire Dales National Park. |
| Leeds Health Authority is the second largest in the country and is home to Europe's largest teaching hospital. |
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