Seems the folks over at Euro Observer may be at cross puposes...so which is it? the EU is a roaring success or the UK is creaming them?
British firms are beating their European rivals.
The UK is home to six out of the ten best performing companies in Europe, according to a new survey by Standard&Poor's and Business Week. Europe's economic powerhouse, Germany, was unable to boast a single firm in the top 20.
then there's this:
Europe to close gap with US as business location
The EU has received some much needed good news as a business location. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has said that Western Europe "will close the gap somewhat with North America".
The EIU - a well respected research agency - ranks the 60 biggest countries in the World according to 70 criteria which affect the attractiveness of a state as a business location.
EU countries are well placed, with 6 countries - Holland, Finland, the UK, Denmark, Ireland and Sweden - in the top 10. The highest placed EU country is Holland, which was ranked second after Canada. The lowest ranked country was Greece, at 31st.
Note that France and Germany were not in the top ranks.
Posted by feste at July 23, 2003 02:16 PM | TrackBack