Barcelona Business Capital

Cushman and Wakefield have this week released their European Cities Monitor for 2009, detailing the leading business cities in Europe. This year, Barcelona has leapfrogged "the Capital of Europe", Brussels, to 4th position - moving up from 5th in 2008.



Compiled by over 500 executives and external agencies, the study takes into account several factors when ranking, and Barcelona receives a special mention for promoting and marketing itself - leading the list of cities as doing the most to improve. Companies were asked to consider a number of factors when deciding on the location of their business, such as ease of access to markets, customers or clients, Availability of qualified staff, quality of telecommunications, transport links, cost of office space, etc. etc.

Barcelona is a business capital. Chosen over many destinations for it's excellent transport links, the Fira de Barcelona hosts many important conferences and trade fairs throughout the year, such as the annual 3GSM Mobile Telephone Congress and the Barcelona Meeting Point Real Estate Conference.

The Barcelona CCIB (International Convention Centre) is one of the biggest Congress spaces in Europe. Many new companies are relocating their central offices to Barcelona's Zona Franca, or the new 22@ area across town in Poble Nou.

Perhaps most notable from the report's findings is that Barcelona is Number 1 for quality of life for employees in the whole of Europe for 2009.

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