Telford and Wrekin Labour councillor Clive Elliott said the area was the economic hub of the county and the council wanted recognition for its attractions.
At the very least, it is a reminder that the club they have waited so long to join is no longer the dynamic economic hub it once appeared to be.
The discussion was opened by Jean-Luc Margot-Duclot, senior VP of the Paris Region Economic Development Agency, who reminded the audience of its position as a major economic hub, with the highest GDP in Europe, and its leading position in international exhibition and conference organization.
Norfolk State University has positioned itself as an economic-development hub in southern Virginia.
Indeed, Israel could become a key economic and technology hub for the region, and lead a badly needed regional renaissance.
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Adding nonstops to such a network siphons off traffic from connecting flights and hurts the economic advantages of the hub.
He said it was time to be bold and said a new hub airport would help economic growth and create hundreds of jobs in the South East.
Stanford University this week formally submitted a tentative proposal to the city of New York to build a campus for applied science research and graduate education on Roosevelt Island, with the intent that the campus would serve as a hub for innovation and economic growth.
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He's been working hard behind the scenes with the New York City Economic Development Corporation to develop a new hub of clothing manufacturing and design in Manhattan.
Furthermore, we agree that Thailand is a strategic location and a hub for ASEAN connectivities and the ASEAN economic communities, AEC.
Twenty years ago it was a run-down city in a developing country which barely registered on the economic Richter scale, let alone as a global hub for air travel.
The entire territory -- this dazzling financial and trade hub of Asia, gateway to the emerging economic powerhouse of China -- lies literally at the magnate's feet.
Africa is becoming an increasingly attractive hub for foreign investors in light of various economic, political and social reforms that are sweeping through the continent, resulting in a much improved business environment conducive for foreign direct investment.
Once a manufacturing hub, Providence now has hospitals and colleges as its economic engines, and about half of assessed land is tax-exempt, the city said.
There is a broader threat to the City's status as a financial hub: it may struggle to remain relevant when the biggest engines of economic growth are half a world away.
Turkey, trading at just 10 times earnings, is a fast-rising economic power, with a core of internationally competitive companies that are turning the youthful nation into an entrepreneurial hub, tapping cash-rich export markets in Russia and the Middle East while attracting billions of investments to boot.
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