An extra £3.2m is to be used to support Liverpool businesses and create jobs under new plans unveiled by Mayor Steve Rotheram.
The city region’s innovation investment company LYVA Labs, which used to be called LCR Ventures, will receive additional funding which will allow it to expand its activity into new sectors, beyond its initial health and life sciences remit.
The combined authority has also published its Innovation Prospectus, a multi-billion-pound plan to "supercharge the city region’s innovation powerhouse credentials linked to its distinctive world-leading capabilitie"s in materials chemistry, infection control, and AI solutions, plus emerging strengths in net zero.
