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09/03/2016
Barcelona, 2016/17 Top European City for FDI Strategy

Financial Times sees Catalonia as the best Southern European Region of the Future 2016/17 in its latest report on the most attractive European locations for future investments. Barcelona comes first in the continent by foreign direct investment (FDI) strategy and policies for attracting investors.

In this document called « fDi European Cities and Region of the future 2016/17 rankings », which is produced by fDi Magazine (February/March 2016) from the Financial Times, Barcelona also ranks 5th in terms of business friendliness environment (after London, Dublin, Paris, and Warsaw), 3rd as top 10 southern European cities (after Istanbul and Madrid) or 10th in connectivity.

In this dynamic environment, it can be mentioned that the global pharmaceutical company Roche recently announced the creation of the new Roche Diabetes Care Spain division that will create 100 new jobs at the Spanish headquarters of the Swiss multinational in Sant Cugat, near the Barcelona Synchrotron Park.

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