{"id":561,"date":"2017-02-20T09:50:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T09:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/?p=561"},"modified":"2017-02-20T16:39:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T16:39:22","slug":"what-makes-birmingham-the-uks-most-investable-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/what-makes-birmingham-the-uks-most-investable-city\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes Birmingham the UK\u2019s most investable city?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham\u00a0has undergone a huge transformation over the last 10 years as a result of\u00a0significant growth and investment. Now a prospering and vibrant city, Birmingham is becoming an increasingly appealing place to live, work and invest &#8211; offering what is often\u00a0described as \u2018a cosmopolitan lifestyle without the price tag\u2019. But what is it that makes Birmingham so appealing? Here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/schools\/business\/research\/city-redi\/index.aspx\">City-REDI&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/charlotte-hoole-228282123\/\">Charlotte Hoole<\/a> takes a look&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">No.1 UK destination for FDI &#8211; creating over 12,000 jobs in last 10 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>The only UK region with a trade surplus to China &#8211; \u00a32.76 billion (2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>UK\u2019s largest share of developable land (57% in Midlands)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>90% of UK market within 4 hours travel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>UK No.1 for manufacturing technology jobs \u2013 makes up 60% of exports (West Midlands)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>25% UK\u2019s automotive production, 42% UK\u2019s automotive R&amp;D (West Midlands)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>Highest quality of life outside London (Mercer) &#8211; no.1 destination to live for people leaving\u00a0the capital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>UK&#8217;s most entrepreneurial city outside London \u2013 18,337 new businesses registered in 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>HS2 &#8211; 38 minute journey time to London &#8211; \u00a34 billion investment package including new international station<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>UK\u2019s highest proportion of young people &#8211; 32.7% under 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>Named\u00a0one of top 10 cities to visit in the world (Rough Guide 2014) &#8211; visitor economy worth \u00a36bn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>Birmingham Airport &#8211; fastest transfer times to London after Heathrow &#8211; 10,000,000 passengers per year &#8211; 8,000,000 spare capacity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>Ranked in the top 20 European Cities of the Future (2014\/15)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Diverse city &#8211; 124 languages spoken<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham\u00a0has undergone a huge transformation over the last 10 years as a result of\u00a0significant growth and investment. Now a prospering and vibrant city, Birmingham is becoming an increasingly appealing place to live, work and invest &#8211; offering what is often\u00a0described as \u2018a cosmopolitan lifestyle without the price tag\u2019. But what is it that makes Birmingham &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/what-makes-birmingham-the-uks-most-investable-city\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What makes Birmingham the UK\u2019s most investable city?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions\/574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}