Global Exports and Investment Team

City of London Corporation

Global Exports and Investment Team Retaining and growing existing financial and related professional services investment within London and the UK Attracting new financial and professional services investment into London and the UK Increasing UK financial and professional services exports

We can offer free and independent specialist support to grow your business in the world’s leading international financial centre and worldwide.

Our services include: Advocate for business on key issues

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Finding the right property and talent

Growing your business internationally

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Providing a safe environment to do business

Springboard to the rest of the UK

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Growing your networks and partnerships •A dvocating for financial and professional services’ interests to Government, regulators and other policy makers through our Regulatory and Innovation teams • Expanding the global reach of your business through trade missions, access to international decision makers in industry and government, particularly the Department for

Market Innovation and insight

International Trade.

• Fostering links and supporting your expansion across the UK in partnership with central government • Connecting you with the wider commercial environment through market innovation and insight, horizon scanning, research and networking • Plugging you into networks to identify partnerships, events and new

business opportunities • F inding the right property and accessing talent through our dedicated property search team and our relationship with London and Partners (The Mayor of London’s inward investment agency) •E nhancing the security of your physical and business environment in collaboration with City of London Police with dedicated cyber security expertise

Why London and the UK? London is the home of business, and the world’s leading international financial centre. Doing business here gives you access to a huge sector eco-system, a welcoming business environment, and the connectivity and skilled workforce needed to make your business succeed protected by strong English Law and regulation.

London The world’s leading financial centre, consistently leading competitiveness rankings such as the Global Financial Centres Index.

Investors continue to view London as one of the world’s fastest growing and most attractive tech hubs – London tech companies have received over £1 billion in funding since the EU referendum – representing over 70 per cent of the total £1.59 billion invested into UK tech firms since Brexit.

Home to over 250 foreign banks, more than New York, Paris or Frankfurt.

The world’s largest foreign exchange market, the largest centre for cross border banking & borrowing, and OTC derivatives trading.

The UK Over 2 million people are employed in the financial and related professional services sector, two thirds outside London.

The financial services industry attracted £10.2billion of FDI in 2015, around one-third of total inward investment.

The leading FS exporter in the world, exporting £68.5 billion of financial services in 2015.

Over 1,400 majority foreign-owned financial services firms, from around 80 countries.

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