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INWARD INVESTMENT : BACKGROUND BRIEF
1.
Ministers not only in the economic Departments
- meet overseas
businessmen at home and abroad. When they do so they are asked
- to bear in mind the welcome which the Government gives to
inward investment in manufacturing and service industries
to take opportunities which are offered to correct misleading
impressions which overseas businessmen may have about Britain
and the opportunities it offers to the inward investor.
A summary of some of the points which might be made in conversation
are given below. Further background on what Britain has to offer the
overseas investor is provided in the attached booklet 'Invest in
Britain'.
GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARDS INWARD INVESTMENT
2. The Government welcomes inward investment which helps to develop
and modernise the country's industrial and commercial base and provide
job opportunities. The Government's policies are designed to improve
the climate for efficient businesses to succeed in Britain. United
Kingdom law and practice treats overseas-owned companies in exactly
the same way as British owned companies and they are eligible for the
same incentives and benefits.
MARKETS
3. Britain is a member of the European Community: thus a base in the
UK offers the advantage of free trade within the community market of
250 million, access to EFTA and the benefits of Britain's world and
Commonwealth trading links.
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/Industrial