Warsaw has climbed to 22nd position in the ranking of most attractive European cities for business
Published:
2 November 2003 y., Sunday
The list was prepared by consulting company Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker. A year earlier, Poland's capital occupied 26th position on a list of 30 cities. Its moving to 22nd position is the biggest advance over last year's list, after Manchester.
The ranking was prepared on the basis of opinions presented by 501 representatives of the highest-level managerial staff of large European corporations in nine countries. According to those surveyed, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Brussels, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Madrid are the cities most attractive as business locations.
Of Central European cities, Prague (17th position), Warsaw (22nd position) and Budapest (23rd position) received the highest ratings. A decisive factor in appraising a city's popularity was whether it is familiar to businesspeople or not. This year, 29 percent of those polled said they knew Warsaw, while in 2002 only 26 percent said so. Prague is known better than Warsaw-as many as 40 percent said they were familiar with the city.
Poland's capital improved its rating regarding the cost of labor and is the leader in this respect. Access to the market and customers also improved-in this category Warsaw advanced from the 25th to 18th position. Managers who took part in the survey noted an improvement in the quality of telecommunications services (25th position from 27th position) and a better climate for business development related to the taxation and fiscal policy pursued by the government-5th position together with Paris (9th position last year). According to those surveyed, the best promoted cities are Barcelona, Madrid, Dublin and London. Warsaw improved its rating regarding the availability of office space (advancement from the 13th to 10th position), inland transportation, knowledge of foreign languages and the quality of the environment.
Warsaw fell seven spots to 26th position regarding the availability of appropriate staff. The situation concerning international transportation connections and return on investment also deteriorated. The rating regarding the quality of life for employees was unchanged, which places Warsaw next to last on the ranking list, ahead of Moscow.
Šaltinis:
warsawvoice.pl
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
Mr. Olli Rehn, European Union Commissioner, and Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following joint statement on Greece.
more »
The offering of shares of the new issue will commence on 03-05-2010.
more »
The World Bank today approved a $12 million IDA credit to Bhutan, designed to improve infrastructure services in parts of the capital city of Thimphu where no formal services are currently available.
more »
Fisheries ministers and stakeholders alike will be discussing the future shape of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy at two major events in Spain over the next days. On 2 and 3 May, in La Coruña, the Commission and the Spanish Presidency are organising a large stakeholder conference on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.
more »
Asia is leading the global recovery and the region’s contribution to global growth will continue to exceed that of other regions in the next two years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today in its latest Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for Asia and the Pacific.
more »
The EBRD is supporting the modernization of the electricity distribution network and the development of renewable energy sources in Poland with a PLN 800 million loan (equivalent to approximately €205 million) to the Energa energy group in order to help the company strengthen its power grid.
more »
At the beginning of the summer this year, Vilnius will become the capital of the Baltic Sea region. On 1-2 June 2010, the city will host the Baltic Sea States Summit and the Baltic Development Forum (BDF) Summit.
more »
Visitors of the World Expo 2010, which will open in the Chinese city of Shanghai on May 1st under the slogan “Better City, Better Life” and will last for 184 days until the end of October, are kindly invited to get into a hot air balloon at the Lithuanian Pavilion.
more »
According to preliminary data, unaudited net loss sustained over the first quarter of the year 2010 by SEB Bank is LTL 59,4 million (EUR 17,2 million) and that by SEB Bank Group is LTL 80,3 million (EUR 23,3 million).
more »
European Globalisation Adjustment fund (EGF) aid must be delivered faster and more simply to unemployed workers hit by the financial crisis or globalisation, concluded the Budgets and Employment committees after evaluating the fund on Wednesday.
more »