The UK offers a robust, business-friendly environment to reliably expand, trade and invest.

The UK has a mature, high-spending consumer market and an open, liberal economy, world-class talent and a business-friendly regulatory environment. 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. The most recent Global Competitiveness Report by the World Economic Forum  (WEF) ranks the UK as the 8th most competitive country in which to conduct  business, continuing its historical strong performance. The UK is well regarded for its  high quality science and research base, high-level skills, openness to international  trade and effectiveness of its regulatory and competition regimes and flexible labour  market. As a result the UK remains a magnet for inward investment, second only to  the USA.