Alongside our excellent road and rail links, north to south and east to west, we were the UK’s first ‘full fibre city’ with ultrafast broadband delivering speeds of one gigabit per second to the entire city and beyond; 5G is here; and with a new data centre, the city has a data capability of more than 40,000 Mbps of connectivity which supports our smart city platform which means we can use our data capability for the benefit of everyone.
We have an outstanding pipeline of talent. Over half a million people live within half an hour’s drive, including over 16,000 students in the city. The University of Hull is at the cutting edge of the development of self-reinforcing knowledge locally and is fully aligned to many of the growth sectors, including the Hull York Medical School, providing innovative medical education and research and is at the forefront of the UKs thinking around flood management and climate change which has helped establish Hull as one of a handful of Global Water Resilient cities.
