Key Competitive Attractions
Catalonia is one of the world's most attractive regions for inward investment, combining numerous factors that make a business environment rich, balanced with a high quality of life. These factors include access to key markets and customers, availability of quality workforce, and extensive transport infrastructure and telecommunications.
Additionally, the Catalonian Government creates a friendly environment for businesses via attractive taxes, funding, and incentives.
Catalonia's key attributes include:
- Excellent business environment and quality of living - according to Cushman & Wakefield, Barcelona is the 4th best European city for business environment and standard of living.
- TECNIO - a network of over 100 centres and technological-transfer agents who make contact with companies to understand and facilitate their needs.
- Extensive network of science and business parks and research centres to cater for innovative activities.
- Diverse industry base, high-standard services, and quality suppliers.
- Strategic location with extensive communications, accommodating entry into key European, Latin American, North African and Middle Eastern markets.
- Availability of multilingual workforce
- Barcelona airport - ranked 9th busiest in Europe
- Among the lowest costs of renting office space in Europe
- Favourable tax regime for employees, headquarters and holding companies.
- A distinctive cultural identity in design activities such as architecture, graphic design, industrial design, and fashion.
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