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- Capital: London
- GCI Rank: 12 What's This?
Developed for the World Economic Forum by Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin, the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) measures the competitiveness of nations using economic statistics and extensive polling of international business leaders.
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Extracting Good from Good Works
Corporates for Crisis applies a new twist to operating in difficult environments
London Falling
Fueled by a finance boom, the city was a magnet for money and talent. Now a darker era looms
Is Parting Sweet for Cadbury?
Divesting soft drinks made it a stand-alone confectioner again. At least for now
DOING BUSINESS IN UNITED KINGDOM
Problematic Factors
- Access to financing
- Restrictive labor regulations
- Foreign currency regulations
- Inadequate supply of infrastructure
- Inefficient government bureaucracy
- Inadequately educated workforce
- Poor work ethic in national labor force
- Policy instability
- Government instability/coups
- Crime and theft
- Corruption
- Tax regulations
- Tax rates
- Inflation
- 0 10 20 30
- Percent of responses
Note: From a list of 14 factors, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic factors for doing business in their country/economy and to rank them between 1(most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their ranking.