BMW praises UK staff as it invests £500m in Minis - Business News, Business. Product quality and productivity at its UK operations was "absolutely at the same level" as its other European and US plants, Mr Reithofer added. He confirmed that the next generation of the Mini will be built at Oxford and may develop into a "brand family" of as many as 10 different variants. The company reaffirmed its commitment to its other UK operations – the engine plant at Hams Hall, Birmingham; a pressings division at Swindon; and the Rolls-Royce factory at Goodwood, West Sussex. Mr Reithofer hinted that the new generation of small BMW-badged cars could also be built at Oxford.
Last year 216,000 Minis were made in Oxford – 80 per cent of them for export markets in 90 countries. In all, BMW exported £2.4bn worth of cars and engines from Britain last year. The latest move takes the company's investment in the UK to more than £1.5bn since 2000, when it abandoned its Rover business at Longbridge, Birmingham. CleanTech & Renewables. Universities. 'Dial-a-minister' scheme for Huawei and other top foreign investors. UKTIWeb's Channel. Britain can lead in technology, but it must change. 2010 European attractiveness survey. Scorecard and highlights Foreign direct Investment – European slowdown Global foreign direct investment (FDI) slumped by 39% in 2009,1 with a 36% slide in FDI inflows to Europe2 as economic uncertainty caused hesitation among investors.
In Europe, the number of projects fell 11%, to 3,303, while FDI job creation maintained a three-year downtrend, falling another 16% to 124,923. Where the investment is going: FDI created 18% fewer jobs in Western Europe. Almost half of the shortfall was in the service sector, but industry suffered heavily too. Origins of investment: a majority of FDI in Europe still comes from the USA, Germany, France and the UK. Recovery – slower than some Western Europe is still perceived as the second most popular destination for FDI but, in 2010 investors again rank China the world’s most attractive FDI destination. Geography becomes a relative concept: old illusions about East and West have crumbled. -----------1. David Cameron promises 'new economic dynamism'
How Singapore Could Become the Most Important City in the Emerging World. I am standing in a living-room-of-the-future. You can navigate the TV using hand movements, instantly swishing and touching to get subtitles to any international programming. Yes, a la Minority Report – but from across the room. Doesn’t every good living-room-of-the-future have a nod to Minority Report? (cc: Qwiki) Meanwhile, on the patio-of-the-future, just off the living-room-of-the-future, a hologram of a lady tells me that the glass-sided windows of this loft are coated with a self-cleaning glass. This isn’t Tomorrowland.
Elsewhere on the FUTUROPOLIS (sorry, it’s almost impossible to type that word without caps) demo floor, we see advertising that can detect if you are male or female and serve ads accordingly. To be fair to Futuropolis there are some potentially commercial– and life altering– applications like the hospital linens that detect when someone has been lying in the same spot too long and send a flashing BED SORE ALERT! Foreign Direct Investment Professionals Group News. Cambridge Business News | Cambridgeshire Local Business & Corporate News | City will be first to get ‘Maxwell’ centre. Historic link has Champagne house backing Newmarket Moët & Chandon is expanding its international sports portfolio by becoming the title sponsor of one of Britain’s most famous horse racing festivals of the summer.
Electronic warfare contract win Published: Tue 15 Apr 2014 MASS has won two contracts worth £3 million to supply its electronic warefare database technology to customers in the Middle and Far East. 100 Angels swoop on Cambridge start-ups Investors from London and Cambridge met at Boat Race sponsor BNY Mellon to find out about new entrepreneurs discovered by Judge Business School’s Accelerate Cambridge programme. Alconbury wins workplace honours Published: Thu 10 Apr 2014 The Alconbury Incubator Building in Huntingdon has today been recognised as one of the Midlands and East Anglia’s five finest workplaces at the annual British Council for Offices awards. Cambridge firm cosies up to Kickstarter target Out of town best placed for growth Quixant raises £25 million Published: Wed 09 Apr 2014. Economic Development | {grow} In partnership with GIS Planning, the world’s leading provider of site selection software, Schaefer Marketing Solutions offers Internet and social media consulting services tailored to the needs of progressive economic development organizations.
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