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6/3/11

Euro cash boost for Mersey cruise rivals - by Keith Hamilton

LIVERPOOL has been handed more European funding to improve its waterfront as it seeks to win a slice of Southampton’s lucrative cruise industry.

As the “cruise wars” between the rival cities continues to simmer, the EU is once more pouring millions of pounds of public money into a Merseyside project to help the city economy.

It has has emerged Brussels has given Liverpool euro 4 m to cover half the cost of a new waterside, passenger pontoon to boost its tourism trade.

For more: Euro cash boost for Mersey cruise rivals (From Andover Advertiser)

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