£6.5m arts centre enters final phase

WORK is beginning this week on the final phase of £6.5m Centre for Music, Performance and Innovation at Liverpool Hope University.

Supported by £3m from the North West Development Agency the new three-storey facility located on Shaw Street,  is scheduled for completion in November.

Its facilities include a 300-capacity performance hall, 10 practice rooms, three music technology labs and business incubation facilities.

Steven Broomhead, chief executive at the NWDA: “The skills base of the North West workforce is critical to the economic development of the region. The NWDA works hard to ensure that training, education and the development of skills is meeting the needs of employers and giving individuals the opportunities to succeed.

“In today’s current economic climate it is essential the North West remains competitive and that businesses are able to utilise programmes that increase education and enterprise. Liverpool has an enviable track record within the arts and it is with great pleasure that we are able to work closely with partners and local businesses to enable new creative enterprises to thrive.”