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Key Competitive Attractions

One of First`s key roles is to understand and respond to the needs of employers and investors inside and outside the District. In order to do so we coordinate a range of business support initiatives, including investor support, funding and property and land searches so that maximum benefit and investment to the District is realised.

First has recognised the need to undertake a number of initiatives designed to boost Wakefield`s business economy. These activities include:

• Wakefield Economic Taskforce
• Key Account Management programme
• Managing Industrial Territories in the Knowledge Economy (MITKE)
• 'Remaking Competitive Places for 21st Century Businesses'
• Regional Business Crime Reduction Initiative (BCRC)