Scots cities rank highly for foreign investment

Edinburgh and Glasgow have been jointly ranked as the third most attractive UK city for financial services foreign direct investment (FDI).

The cities are behind London in first place and Manchester in second in the 2018 UK Attractiveness Report by accounting and professional services firm EY. Glasgow had the third largest number of FDI projects in the past decade, joint with Leeds, while Edinburgh tied for fourth place with Birmingham. London and Manchester again took the top slots.

Scotland was overall the second most attractive location in the UK for FDI for the fifth consecutive year. Second place was tied with the north-west of England, with both locations having seven of the UK’S 78 FDI projects last year.