COUNCIL leaders from the region have flown to the French Riviera in a bid to persuade some of the world's richest investors to spend their money here.
Around 15,000 investors and developers head to Cannes for an annual property convention.
Representatives from the North West Development Agency will be promoting the Spinningfields project in Manchester and Liverpool's Fourth Grace.
They hope contacts made this week will become fruitful in the future.
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