Sheffield
With a GDP now worth over £7 billion a year and economic growth speeding ahead of the national average, Sheffield boasts a powerful economy.
Nationally important companies such as Abbey, Nationwide Building Society, HSBC, Irwin Mitchell, Kingfield Health and Aviva have based strategic operations in the city.
The city is also home to a major cluster of market-leading creative, digital media and ICT businesses. Together, these talented companies share a unique body of experience that has made Sheffield one of the UK's foremost centres of digital specialism. Home to two of the largest applied e-learning services in the world, Sheffield also has a whole clutch of award-winning games, animation, film and TV, video, sound, radio and photography businesses drawing talent from around the globe.