{"id":21637,"date":"2013-07-24T11:26:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T11:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=11c2b4d0989f60b7e1f0792ed2c788dd"},"modified":"2013-07-24T11:26:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T11:26:59","slug":"news-story-wales-office-minister-wales-again-firmly-on-the-map-as-leading-destination-for-foreign-direct-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=21637","title":{"rendered":"News story: Wales Office Minister:  \u2018Wales again firmly on the map as leading destination for foreign direct investment.&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Wales Office Minister Stephen Crabb has responded to the UK\u2019s 2012\/2013 Inward Investment Annual Report published today (24 July) which show that Wales has recorded a 191% increase in foreign investment projects.<\/p>\n<p>The Inward Investment Annual Report, published today by UKTI, confirms rises in the number of projects and jobs secured compared to 2011\/12 and shows  that the UK has continued to strengthen its position as the leading European destination for foreign direct investment. <\/p>\n<p>Wales Office Minister Stephen Crabb said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s figures are very encouraging and underline Wales\u2019s growing reputation once again as a leading destination for foreign direct investment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the commitment by HDM Steel Pipe to set up a factory in Cardiff, to the growing order book for Airbus wings made in Broughton, the growth in private sector activity is rebalancing the Welsh economy and helping to make it a great place to invest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s announcement is a real vote of confidence in the talent, expertise and skills of our workforce and will further enhance the UK\u2019s reputation as a premier location for foreign investment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Note to Editors:<\/p>\n<p>UKTI\u2019s Inward Investment Annual Report can be accessed here: http:\/\/www.ukti.gov.uk\/investintheuk\/investintheukhome\/item\/553980.html <\/p>\n<p>The report shows that in the last financial year:<\/p>\n<p>The UK saw 1,559 investment projects secured \u2013 11% more projects than the number recorded during the previous year.<br \/>\nThese projects are estimated to have brought with them 170,000 jobs \u2013 51% higher than in the previous year. Of these, nearly 60,000 were new jobs and 110,000 existing jobs were safeguarded.<br \/>\nUKTI and its partners were involved in delivering nearly 85% of the projects secured.<br \/>\nWales and Northern Ireland in particular have recorded significant increases in investment projects \u2013 191% and 41% respectively<br \/>\nScotland registered a 16% increase in the number of investments.<br \/>\nThe number of FDI projects landing in England (excluding London) increased by 10% reaching 759 projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales Office Minister Stephen Crabb has responded to the UK\u2019s 2012\/2013 Inward Investment Annual Report published today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}