Why the UK?

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The UK is one of the leading business locations in the world. A rich and diverse market with world-class industries including Life Science, ICT, Creative, Financial and Professional Business Services, Aerospace and Automotive engineering.

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The UK is a rich and diverse market with world-class industries including Life Science, ICT, Creative, Financial and Professional Business Services, Aerospace and Automotive engineering.

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Our language, legal system, funding environment, time zone and lack of red tape helps make the UK one of the easiest markets to set-up, scale and grow a business. Investors can access a market of more than 60 million people and billions more through our planned network of global free trade agreements, diverse suppliers and partners, and benefit from a range of programmes to help businesses of all shapes and sizes grow, including a £100 billion infrastructure spending commitment.

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The success of the UK is being driven by private sector investment, with international investors securing over 55,000 new jobs in 2020/21. This is a trend which we aim to accelerate year on end.

6th Largest global Economy
Multi-cultural population & highly skilled workforce
More private equity opportunities than all of Europe combined
Ranked 3rd in the world for Innovation, only behind USA & China
Government Research & Development funding = £38.5 billion*
Population of 67 million (2021)
London regarded as World Capital
Extensive 5G network with dedicated testbeds
London has the largest GDP among all European Cities
12 languages widely used
Ranked 6th in the world for Quality of Life

* Innovate UK grant funding - dedicated R&D opportunities for UK companies