{"id":9901,"date":"2022-06-01T14:12:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/?p=9901"},"modified":"2024-03-20T16:43:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T16:43:36","slug":"bradford-2025-city-of-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/news\/business-news\/bradford-2025-city-of-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradford announced as 2025 City of Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
The award helps celebrate the diverse range of culture in the UK. Previous winners have been Derry, Kingston upon Hull and Coventry. Since being awarded City of Culture, these cities have seen a boost in tourism and the local economy as well as opportunities for employment and attracting inward investment.<\/p>\n
This year the competition was fierce. A record number of 20 cities and regions entered bids. In October 2021, this was shortlisted to eight, and in March it was narrowed down to four finalists – County Durham, Southampton, Wrexham and Bradford.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Judges explored each city in turn. In Bradford, they visited some of the city\u2019s cultural centres including:<\/p>