WARRINGTON has been confirmed as a top UK ‘city’ for economic growth in two new report.

RBS’s Regional Growth Tracker which reviewed growth in the second quarter of 2014 placed Warrington as the fastest growing region in the north of England and Grant Thornton’s ‘High Growth Index of Places’ ranked Warrington as having with the second highest growth in the UK.

Terry O’Neill, Leader of Warrington Borough Council, said,

“Warrington is a high growth ‘city’. This isn’t an aspiration, it is a fact.

"However there is no room for us to be complacent.

"Our framework for Growth, Warrington Means Business is set in place to maintain and grow upon our enviable position of strength.

"Since adopting that framework eighteen months ago we have announced regeneration projects totalling over £490 million in value, of which over £240 million is committed and under way."

Steve Park, managing director, Warrington & Co., Warrington’s Partnership for growth said, “These stats are yet another endorsement of Warrington’s economic strength. The local economy consistently outperforms most of the UK.

"Plans continue to move forward at considerable pace in relation to the physical regeneration of the town centre and it has been interesting and encouraging to see a flurry of national and international investment activity in Warrington in recent weeks”.