Drilling down to specific industries and the overarching benefits of the UK as an investment base, this fourth section of the digital edition of the Investors' Guide to the United Kingdom includes profiles of the investment related elements of the energy and regeneration industries and the advanced manufacturing sectors of automotive, life sciences and agricultural sciences and technologies industries. In the financial services sector, guides are included to setting up a financial services institution in the UK; mergers, acquisition and joint ventures; the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and UK commercial property. Finally, three of the key emergent UK investment opportunities are identified and explored.

Aimed at foreign businesses of all sizes, from multinationals to SMEs as well as Sovereign Wealth Funds, this book offers in-depth briefings on the technical aspects of investment and business start-ups such as:

Grants and incentives

UKTI support services

Company formation

Financial reporting

Business taxation

Commercial law

Intellectual property

Immigration

Employment law

Pension and benefits

Mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures

Key industry sector opportunities

The particular industries featured extend from regeneration, renewable energy and upstream oil and gas to automotive, life sciences, digital healthcare and agricultural science and technologies.

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