Irecently returned from Expo Real in Munich, where I joined colleagues from the City of London Corporation and a UK cities delegation committed to one clear goal:

To drive global investment into the UK and deliver the growth this country needs.

But the competition is fierce. Cities like New York and Singapore are not standing still. The UK’s productivity remains sluggish, inflation is creeping back, and businesses face a more complex tax and regulatory environment. We cannot take our position for granted.

Yet, at Expo Real, there was real cause for optimism. In every conversation I had with developers, funders, and institutional investors, it was the UK’s fundamentals: language, legal system, talent, regulatory environment, global time-zone, that continued to fuel interest in our market

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