“Record report data + Investment attractiveness of Europe + impress” – found on Thursday at a press conference presenting the results of a report by Ernst & amp; Young, partner and leader of innovation management EY Paul Tynel. He pointed out that in 2015. Continent struggled with many challenges, among others, migration crisis, tense political relations with Russia, the terrorist attacks in Belgium and France. “However, this did not deter foreign investors and helped to achieve the historical records, both in terms of the number of new FDI projects and generated about jobs,” – he added.
The report shows that in Europe, founded more than 5 thousand. projects the number of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), which generated 217 thousand. 666 new jobs. Poland boasts 211 FDI projects in which employment were 19 thousand. 651 people.
The company’s experts believe that Poland is not only a leader in the region, but the continent’s leading country in terms of investment attractiveness. In terms of the continent, Poland was ranked 5th in the ranking, and took first place in the Central and Eastern Europe.
In 2015. The third time in a row there was an increase of the total number of FDI projects in Europe – it amounted to 14 percent. (A year ago it was 12 percent.).
Most foreign investment include the UK, Germany and France – these countries account for 51 per cent. all new direct investments in Europe. In the UK alone, there were more than 1 thousand. projects. Poland with its 211 result of these investments was on the 6th place in the ranking.
Interestingly, the largest percentage of the market are investments within the EU – 54 percent. Only 25 per cent. FDI coming to Europe from the United States.
Experts note that between Central and Eastern Europe and Western Europe continue to see a big difference in the number of resulting projects. The main beneficiary of the investment remains Western Europe, though its share is falling – from 81 percent. in 2014. to 77 per cent. in 2015. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe recorded a cumulative growth projects by 34 percent.
Poland registered an increase of 60 percent. Experts estimate that such a dynamic jump has not registered any European country outside of Russia (61 percent.). With 211 projects, 142 projects in Poland were new (the entities responsible for them were not previously in our present), while 69 are re – new projects of companies that have already invested in the past in Poland.
When it comes of jobs created in relation to 2014. it was founded them more than 32 thousand. more, which is 17 percent. growth (in 2014. the increase was 12 percent.). As indicated by experts, for the first time the number of new jobs created by FDI exceeded 200 thousand.
Three countries – Great Britain, Poland and Germany together are responsible for generating 36 per cent. jobs. All Central and Eastern Europe, with leaders: Polish, Russia and Romania generates half of the new positions.
The survey shows that the most popular sectors for investment are: manufacturing, finance and business services, transport and communication, trade and services and construction. The first sector, manufacturing, reported nearly 2.5 thousand. new investment projects (an increase of 10 per cent. compared to 2014.), which is 49 per cent. all new FDI projects in 2015. and 62 per cent. new jobs.
The company also asked a question about the perception of the attractiveness of investing in Europe. 82 percent. of respondents believe that within three years will increase (36 per cent. replies) or remain at the same level (46 percent.). That’s a jump of 23 percentage points. compared with 2015. Najoptymistyczniejsze assessment appear among the entities that already have investments in Europe. On the other hand, in the short term, only 22 per cent. of respondents planning to start or expand operations in Europe over the next 12 months. This downward trend is noticeable since 2013.. (Then answered as 38 per cent. Of respondents). In the case of large enterprises, 20 percent. of them have investment plans for 2016. – to 36 percent. in a study of 2015.
The report “Investment attractiveness of Europe” was conducted between February and April 2016. Questions answered 1 thousand. 469 respondents – makers responsible for investments of almost all continents. The accuracy is confirmed by telephone directly with investors.
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