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Why the statement "Leeds is the largest centre for Business & Financial Services outside London" is correct.
Firstly, the Government's Annual Business Inquiry specifically stated that "Leeds is the largest centre for business and financial services outside London". This is the exact statement used on wiki Leeds, therefore there is no interpretation or OR.

This is backed up by the ABI employment figures showing that Leeds overtook birmingham, edinburgh, and glasgow last year employing more people in this sector.

Not only does Leeds employ the largest in this sector, it also has the largest in terms of proportion.

Infact the proportion of people employed in Core Financial Services is around double that of Birmingham or Manchester for example. 

Not only is the size in total numbers, and proportion of CFS highest in Leeds, the degree of specialisation is also higher than the other regionals, and is also higher than that of London too surprisingly. Leeds has a higher degree of specialisation in every single higher-end service compared to the other regional cities, such as monetary intermediation, financial intermediation, insurance & pension funding, activities auxilliary to financial interediation, and activities auxiilliary to financial interediation, as well as specialised financial services overall.

And, just as important to the very clear factual based evidence surrounding the statement, is the consideration of 2nd and third party sources that support the government's statements...to give some examples (that's not promotional material marketing Leeds..)
 * 1) HWC.com - "Leeds hits top spot in finanical and businss services jobs. Leeds' position as the leading centre for financial and business services outside London has received further confirmation with the latest publication of official figures. According to the latest government's Annual Business Inquiry figures for 2005 Leeds now has the largest number of people employed in financial and business services of any city outside London. For the first time Leeds, at 109,060, has overtaken Birmingham, 106,279 and is ahead of Glasgow, 105,642, Edinburgh, 104,738 and Manchester at 82,779."
 * 2) "Leeds is the largest centre for financial and professional services in England outside London"
 * 3) TheNewsBusinessDesk.com - "Yorkshire’s regional capital is perhaps better known as the UK’s biggest centre for financial services outside London. Figures from the government’s annual business inquiry confirm that Leeds now has more people employed in financial and business services than any city outside the capital. It has overtaken Birmingham and is ahead of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester. Financial and business services now account for around 114,000 jobs – more than one in four jobs – and nearly a third of the city’s economic output, totalling £13.6bn in 2006."

If Leeds isn't the largest business & financial services centre outside London, despite it factually being the largest, as well as by proportion within the sector, and proportion of those within specialised higher financial services, as well as an array of 2nd and 3rd party independent sources that agree, then what other method could be considered? To give an example of how widely supported.. here are some examples of other types of affirmation..
 * 1) The CityOfLondon.gov.uk acknowledges Leeds' key role in business & financial services http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/files2007/Leeds+key+to+the+UKs+lead+in+financial+services.htm]
 * 2) Companies, such as Zurich, list its offices saying "Zurich have major offices in many of the major financial cities in these countries including, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Dublin, Frankfurt, Rome, Milan and the headquarters in Zurich." Why do they list Leeds after London ?
 * 3) CentreForCities, the government sponsered thinktank produced a report recently financial services sector in the UK. ... "it is expected that cities with higher concentrations of financial services jobs – such as London, Leeds, Edinburgh and Bristol – are likely to see more headline job losses." Why is Leeds put second, after London? It is this widely accepted interpretation that is perhaps more compelling than the official sources that actually affirm this.

And finally, with regards to Leeds being the largest/most important legal sector outside London, I think you should read the citations. Not only do the usual Leeds marketing companies say this, but most imortantly, authorative independent sources state this too, such as the Legal500.com - the defacto international source for legal information, as well the LawGazzette, numerous legal sector reviews, and even yesterday for example, the financial times, on reporting job losses across the UK, talked of Leeds and said "even The mighty legal sector, the biggest outside London, is also struggling"

It is also noteworthy to point out that you Joshii, your motives here are extremely obvious. You only appear to attempt to make changes on the Leeds article to downplay or remove any statements that show Leeds positively. Ironically, on the Manchester page, you are the opposite. You continually try to enforce promotional material that in many cases is quite unsubstantiated, dubious, and sparesly sourced.. such as "Manchester is considered second city", and "second city" is the nickname of manchester. Such statements do not come anywhere near as conclusive as the statement about financial services in Leeds, yet you insist they should stay on, reverting edits from numerous people, even breaking the 3 revert rule, under the guise of 'vandalism'. It is even listed as defacto that Manchester is the fastest growing city in the UK, despite many cities making this claim (including Leeds) none with any authortive independent source, which is why on the Leeds articles it is listed as one of the fastest growing cities.