[5] In 2017, the Liverpool City Region experienced the UK's highest growth[6] in real GVA, increasing by 3.3%.

[8] In common with much of the rest of the UK today, Liverpool's economy is dominated by service sector industries, both public and private.

[9] The health and social care sector represents the single largest industry within Liverpool in terms of economic output, making-up 7% (£1.66m) of regional gross value added (GVA) (December 2019 basic prices).

The new facility is intended to be built slightly further down the Mersey than the exiting terminal, at Princes Dock where the old wooden landing stage currently lies.

[24] Liverpool and its boroughs have a large number of sandy beaches accessible by Merseyrail, which prove popular in the summer months.

[29] In June 2018, Twickenham Studios announced plans to take 8,000 sq metres of space in the Littlewoods Pools building.

Sony based one of only a handful of European PlayStation research and development centres in the city, after buying out noted software publisher Psygnosis.

The Baltic Triangle, an area of the city centre that used to be associated with traditional industry, is now a hub of creative and digital businesses.

Car-manufacturing also takes place in the city at the Halewood plant where the Jaguar X-Type and Land Rover Freelander models are assembled.

[32][33] The port was expanded with the construction of Liverpool2, a post-Panamax container terminal for ships wider than the Panama Canal locks.