more and more British companies about the approaching Brexits to Germany. The demand has reached record levels. Germany is considered as the most attractive EU country for British companies.

The number of British companies in Germany, rose to a record level. This is demonstrated by Figures from Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI), which is responsible for the location marketing of the Federal Republic of Germany responsible. In the year 172 of the British companies have registered their interest in investments in Germany – in 2015 there were only 50, in the year of the Brexit referendum in 2016, then 77, and in the previous year 111.

“a Lot of interested companies call explicitly the Brexit as a reason for their interest in the Germany as a location,” says the expert in charge of the company, Achim Hartig. It is mainly providers of Business services, as well as companies from the sectors of information technology and Software, the move to Germany and thus in Europe’s largest economy.

away from London, away from the island – Germany is, for many British firms as an attractive destination.

Only the USA are more attractive

GTAI gives about ten percent of the resettlement in Germany. An even larger part is attributable to the funding companies of the Federal States. “The development is quite similar,” said Hartig. “Here, too, the demand from the UK is growing.” For the companies in the UK, only the US are still more attractive than Germany.

The Brexit Treaty is, in the opinion of BDI-managing Director Joachim Lang, also in the British interest. “The contract is good, and he is also good for the UK”, he said in the Germany radio.

by the end of March 2019, the Brexit, should be completed. Whether the company will retain a customs Union, a free access to the EU internal market is still open. Prime Minister Theresa May is currently fighting a parliamentary majority in favour of the negotiated agreement with the EU Exit.

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