Amsterdam as top business location
Amsterdam is one of the best European cities to locate a business according to European Cities Monitor (ECM) 2007, the annual location survey of Europe’s leading companies carried out by global real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield.
European Cities Monitor (ECM) is based on interviews with senior managers and board directors in charge of location of 500 top European companies. It looks at factors regarded as important by companies when deciding where to locate, and then compares the performance of 33 of Europe’s leading business cities on each factor.
Availability of qualified staff, considered an ‘absolutely essential’ factor by 62 per cent of respondents, has overtaken access to markets as being the most important factor to consider when locating a business. In third place is quality of telecommunications, which this year overtakes external transport links.
Europe’s Best Cities to locate a Business – ECM 2007
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2007 Ranking
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2006 Ranking
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City
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1
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1
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London
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2
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2
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Paris
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3
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3
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Frankfurt
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4
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4
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Barcelona
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5
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6
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Amsterdam
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