Why you should come to the UK and Furness
The benefits:
If you are currently based outside the U.K. these are some of the benefits of coming to the UK and the Furness area of North West England:
- The United Kingdom is the most favoured inward investment location in Europe, attracting around 40 per cent of Japanese, US and Asian investment into Europe.
- Fast, easy access to the EU single market (the world's largest market with 380 million consumers).
- A highly skilled, flexible, English-speaking workforce.
- Britain's integrated transport network provides fast, low-cost delivery throughout Europe.
- The UK's comprehensive and toll-free motorway and road network links all industrial centres to air and seaports, and every location in the UK is within 100 miles of a container port.
- The UK has 28 million skilled and adaptable workers, and high standards of education with a strong emphasis on vocational education and training. Labour market regulations in the UK, including working hours, are the most flexible in Europe, staffing costs are highly competitive.
- A strong science and technology base, with world class design, research and development disciplines.
- The lowest utilities costs in the European Union, and a telecommunications industry that is one of the most advanced in the world.
- The UK has the lowest main corporation tax rate of any major industrialised country, and there are no additional local taxes on profits.
