Just as the city once hosted the knowledge advances which gave it preeminence in steel and cutlery production - when ‘Made in Sheffield’ was the envy of the world; so today the transfer of technology from Sheffield’s universities is creating cutting-edge enterprises across the city.

High technology businesses like US company Fluent, for example, which has chosen Sheffield as the centre for their international operations and Jennic, specialists in semiconductor design for the Internet.

Investor interest in Sheffield is running at an all time high, and the recent announcements by US giants Boeing and Insight Enterprises to invest in the City are fuelling this interest.

Arizona based Insight Enterprises will invest £50m in a new European headquarters resulting in 1700 jobs over the next three years, while Boeing, through its collaboration with the University of Sheffield will be at the centre of an advanced manufacturing park on the edge of the City, home to a cluster of businesses in the advanced manufacturing sector.

Fuelled by these successful clusters of businesses, Sheffield has transformed into an oasis of opportunity for inward investment.