Leeds

• £2.4 billion has been invested in commercial property development in Leeds over the last 10 years. An additional £4.4 billion of projects are under construction or in the pipeline.
• Leeds is the second-largest information technology centre in England.
• Natives of Leeds are known as Loiners.
• Kirkgate Market in Leeds is where Michael Marks first opened his Penny Bazaar (1884) - which six years later was to become the very first Marks & Spencer.

PwC truly is a great place to work, with a focus on leadership not management, a strong encouragement of team working and the creation of opportunities for all. Our net revenues in Business Recovery Services are up 47% on last year, and 10% in Corporate Finance.

Our key priorities for the Northern Region now include improving communication, developing consultancy revenues and expertise, using the firm's new 'Connected Thinking' material to inform the market, and increasing revenues

Once a huge textile manufacturing centre, Leeds has recently undergone a major metamorphosis and is now a prosperous, commercial, industrial and manufacturing city, as well as the cultural and sporting centre for much of the region. Leeds has been nicknamed the Knightsbridge of the North, and was recently voted the UK's favourite city.

Today its mixture of style and substance rivals that of any European country. It has some of the best fashion shopping in the north. And with its 180 bars and clubs, the city's nightlife is justly famous, fuelled by its large student population and club pedigree.