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Shipping line to move HQ to Liverpool

By Andrew Bounds, North of England Correspondent

Published: February 5 2009 01:53 | Last updated: February 5 2009 01:53

Maersk, one of the world’s biggest companies, is moving its UK shipping line headquarters from London to Liverpool.

Docking: cheaper office space and a quality local workforce helped to persuade Maersk Line UK and Ireland to settle on Merseyside
Regional leaders hope the move will spark a trend among businesses to invest in Britain’s lower-cost provincial cities.

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