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A new ‘soft landing’ scheme has been launched in the region to offer new overseas investors free office space in serviced accommodation for 12 months. Hello Northwest provides free desk space for the first year of the relocation as part of the region’s continued drive to attract investment and jobs. The scheme has been developed in partnership between the Northwest Regional Development Agency, inward investment agencies MIDAS and The Mersey Partnership, and office providers Avanta, Bruntwood, Orega, Manchester Science Park, Liverpool Science Park and Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus.