Lord Mayor's Arab visit

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WHY LONDON WHY THE UK?

In the latest Global Financial Centre Index, released in September 2017, London has extended it’s lead over New York to be crowned, yet again, the world’s leading financial centre.

The UK is open for business, welcoming of foreign investment and determined to remain the leading financial centre of the world. We are still the gateway for trade with Europe from the rest of the world and a huge market in our own right. We have some of the brightest and best human capital, a stable regulatory agenda, rule of law, excellent infrastructure and remain an attractive place to work and live.

AMONGST OUR OTHER STRENGTHS

Foreign companies have invested over £100bn into UK financial companies since 2007.

London alone is the globe’s largest international insurance market, the centre for commodities trading and the world’s biggest foreign exchange market.

Our banks’ assets are the fourth largest after China, the USA and Japan, and we are the largest centre for cross-border banking in the world.

Our capital hosts 40% of the European headquarters of the world’s top 250 companies. Its nearest rival is Paris, with only 8%.

We are one of the world’s best business environments. We are sixth in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ latest report.

More information Global Exports and Investment Economic Development Office email@cityoflondon.gov.uk www.cityoflondon.gov.uk Follow us @cityoflondon


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