Investors' Guide to the United Kingdom 2014/15 (ePub)

This new, fully updated 7th edition of Investors' Guide tothe United Kingdom provides an authoritative and essentialguide to the current investment climate in the UnitedKingdom. This includes the principal sectors of opportunityfor foreign investors, the grants and incentives available, thefinancial sector and the laws and business regulations thataffect foreign investors. In its World Investment Report 2013, the United NationsConference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reconfirmedthe UK as the largest recipient of foreign direct investmentstock in Europe. The Ernst & Young European AttractivenessSurvey 2014 found that the UK is the most attractive locationfor investors in Europe and ranks fifth globally after China, theUS, India and Brazil in foreign investors' expectations over thenext three years. This reflects its enterprise culture, businessfriendlyemployment laws, world-class support services andrelatively benign fiscal policies. Aimed at foreign businesses of all sizes, from multinationalsto SMEs as well as Sovereign Wealth Funds, this uniqueguide offers in-depth briefings on the technical aspects ofinvestment as well as business start-up. This edition features investment opportunities in energyand regeneration which are of interest to primary asset fundmanagers as well as other key business sectors. Investors' Guide to the United Kingdom is published inassociation with UK Trade & Investment. Includes a Forewordfrom Michael Boyd, Managing Director Investment, UKTrade & Investment.