By the 1990s, as well, Leicester's central position and good transport links had established it as a distribution centre; the southwestern area of the city has also attracted new service and manufacturing businesses.
到了20世纪90年代，莱斯特的中心地位和良好的交通枢纽使它成为了一个配送中心，城市的西南地区也吸引了新的服务业和制造业业务。