Inward investment in the UK falls

After
four years of growth, inward investment activity is now either falling or
static in every UK region.

A
survey by the Financial Times of regional investment agencies confirms
suggestions that investment activity has failed to recover from a decline that
started in the three months to December, when the US slowdown began.

The
downturn is potentially serious because inward investment has emerged as a
substantial generator of economic activity in the past two decades.

Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance

Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday

Email(Required)

OptOut

From time to time, we will send you emails about selected products, events and services from Personnel Today and OHW+ - but you can choose to opt-out at any time. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please tick this box.

Phone

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Δ

The
slowdown appears worse in London, the south-east, Scotland, the Midlands and
the northwest but has also hit Yorkshire, the north east and the east of
England.

By
Paul Nelson