London; The Best City In the World To do Business

London Mayor, Boris Johnson has travelled to New York to promote London as the best city in the world in which to do business.

London has already been voted the top European city for business 19 years on the trot, but sceptics argue that the credit crunch may have knocked it off its pedestal.

The UK economy has certainly taken a knock over the last two years but, in many ways, that has made London’s offer more compelling. Exchange rates have made the capital a much more competitive city for those with dollars or euros. There is more choice of prime office space and more opportunity to recruit high-quality home-grown staff.

And, while the financial City may struggle to reassert itself in the new world order, London still has a huge amount to offer.

The UK as a whole produces the best television in the world. The advertising and marketing industries thrive in Britain, especially in the most cosmopolitan, lively and exciting city on earth, where culture, cuisine and creativity combine to create a place that perhaps only visitors fully appreciate.

While we Londoners grumble about crime and grime, London is still a place where the police don’t carry guns.

It is home to more of the world’s top 100 universities than any other city. We have fantastic high-tech medical facilities and low-cost fast internet connection. London is the world’s most wireless city.

Four of the top six law firms are centred here and we are still home to more US banks than New York.

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