Following the launch of the It's Liverpool I'm Liverpool some of Liverpool's leading figures lend their support to the campaign.
Bill Kenwright, Chairman, Everton Football Club
"I'm Liverpool - but, I'm forever Everton"
Ian Pollitt, Development Investment/Surveyor, The Peel Group
“We are committed to Liverpool and its regeneration. It’s an incredibly exciting place and a credible investment destination.”
Matt Thomas, Group Commercial Director, Peel Airports Limited
"The Liverpool Plan provides a platform for the public and private sectors to come together to shout about our great city."
Cllr Joe Anderson, Leader, Liverpool City Council
“I have a vision for Liverpool to be one of the world’s leading destination cities. The Liverpool Plan gives us strength in unity and underlines our ambition.”
Neil Scales OBE, Chief Executive & Director General, Merseytravel
“This innovative campaign brings together all that is great about Liverpool; and we are proud to support it. We all have a responsibility to do what we can, and must work as one team to promote the City and ensure its remarkable renaissance continues.”
Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco
"The Liverpool Plan reflects the real desire in Liverpool to continue the momentum of regeneration and economic development of recent years. A lot still needs to be done, especially in changing perceptions many people hold about the city, which is no longer locked in its past but fiercely ambitious about its future and ensuring its growing prosperity”.
Gideon Ben-Tovim, Chair, Liverpool Primary Care Trust
“Bringing together key partners to work towards a single goal means we can harness Liverpool’s many strengths and showcase them to the world, and we in the NHS are pleased to play our part."
Lorraine Rogers, Chief Executive, The Mersey Partnership
“It’s fantastic that the City at the heart of our region has such an inspiring story to tell and that we work together to promote the key messages to investors and visitors.”
Chris Bliss, Estate Director, Liverpool One
“The Liverpool Plan makes it possible for the entire city to pull together and present a consistent Liverpool brand to the rest of the world, which is vital to the city’s future economic growth.”
Mick Ord, Managing Editor, BBC Radio Merseyside
“The big institutions on Merseyside speaking with one powerful voice - surely not? But it's true, which is why we're backing it."
Andrea Nixon, Executive Director, Tate Liverpool
“The Liverpool Plan is a logical step in bringing together partners and networks to ensure the city is an outstanding place to live, work, study, visit and invest. The cultural sector is a core part of this offer and delighted to be part of the Liverpool Plan.”
Bob Prattey, Chief Executive, ACC Liverpool
“The Liverpool plan is an exciting opportunity for city partners to support a unique marketing campaign that will enable us to punch beyond our weight.”
Bernie Cuthel, Chief Executive, Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust
“Our staff deliver health services every day in homes and communities across the city and we are committed to both innovation and collaboration to improve the public health of the city. The Liverpool Plan represents everything we believe in as a local organisation.”
Mike Stubbs, CEO, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology
"FACT is proud to support this initiative which gives perfect expression to the distinctive dynamic creative place that is Liverpool, through the many dynamic creatives which we grow locally and bring to the city."
Mike Parker CBE, Chairman, Liverpool Vision
Mike Parker: “I’ve lived all over the world, but Liverpool keeps pulling me back, because it’s friendly, it’s fashionable, it’s dynamic and it’s open. There’s no city like it. The Liverpool Plan and this campaign have created the catalyst to allow us to speak with one voice and tell our extraordinary story.”
Jack Stopforth, Chief Executive, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and Industry
“The Liverpool Plan is an excellent opportunity to present a, with a coherent and unified voice, the ethos of the city.”
Gemma Bodinetz, Artistic Director and Deborah Aydon, Executive Director, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
“This is a great opportunity to celebrate how well and how readily we work together in Liverpool, express how passionately we all feel about our city, and spread the word about what a fantastic place this is.”
Jerry Goldman, Managing Director, The Beatles Story
“The only way of bringing ever increasing numbers of tourists to Liverpool is through a combined effort as shown by our cultural places coming together to sell the city in the US.”
Mike Dewey, General Manager, Hard Day’s Night Hotel and Chair, Liverpool Hoteliers Association
"Liverpool is still attracting significant numbers of visitors both from the UK and overseas despite the current economic climate and is a testament to Liverpool's unparalleled draw as both a business and tourist destination. This campaign will help this continue.”
Michael Eakin, Chief Executive, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
“Liverpool is one of the world’s great musical and cultural cities– the Liverpool Plan will build on that reputation to help ensure the City goes from strength to strength.”
Alastair Machray, Editor-in-chief, Trinity Mirror Merseyside
“We support this campaign because we're here for the long haul. A strong Liverpool means a strong Echo.”
Frank McKenna, Chairman, Downtown Liverpool In Business
“I am delighted that the Liverpool Plan recognises the importance of culture to business, and the importance of business to culture. By bringing together the private and public sectors, this initiative will enable the city to continue the momentum of progress we have enjoyed during the past decade.”
Max Steinberg OBE: Chief Executive, Liverpool Vision
“Liverpool has the most incredible range of assets and it is our collective responsibility to let the world know about them. The Liverpool Plan is a unique expression of our ambition and of our unity.”
