THE organisation which aims to attract inward investment into the North West is hoping to become part of the new Regional Development Agency. INWARD board members voted unanimously to seek to integrate with the RDA which is set to be up and running by April 1 1999.

"This decision will ensure the continuity of handling inward investment projects and is a positive step towards centralising the expertise necessary to attract inward investment to the North West," said INWARD's chairman John Conlan.

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