Preston on the rise, says latest survey of cities
The city has continued its positive momentum from last year’s ‘most improved city’ status, by being named the highest performing North West city overall this year - higher than Liverpool and Manchester.
It climbed one place to 12th in the league table of UK cities according to the Good Growth for Cities study by PwC (PriceWaterhouseCooper).
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Hide AdPreston Council chiefs and business leaders said they were very encouraged by another strong showing for the city.
The report said that as a whole, cities in the North West performed well on the following criteria;
* Work- life balance – where all cities in the region perform abovethe national average;
* House price to earnings – where all but one city (Birkenhead) score above the UK average
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Hide Ad* Jobs – where all cities in the North West score above or around the UK average.