We are a trusted consulting partner to national, regional and city agencies, delivering results-led trade and investment promotion solutions.
Consulting Services
We focus on our strengths and track record in advising government agencies since 1996 – cluster strategies; competitor benchmarking; propositions marketing; best practice in investment attraction; IT and knowledge management; investor development programmes.
Ernst & Young’s flagship business information tool, powered by Oxford Intelligence, provides continuous data on investments into Europe since 1997. EIM is purchased by leading development agencies requiring top quality independent information.
FDI Intelligence
Reliable and robust tracking on cross-border investments across all sectors and markets globally. This bank of data about global business operations is a valuable resource for economic development organisations and the private sector.
The only publication dedicated to the investment and trade profession worldwide with daily alerts on key investors, agency news, directory, statistics, jobs, events and reports – in business and online since 1999.
Unique, comparable and robust mapping of knowledge clusters by country, city and region that provides our government clients with powerful intelligence on their skills base for use by investment specialists, cluster managers and regional planners.
Our Reports Division provides original, qualitative research with CEO-level participants, expert desk research and provides essential insights into key international investors, future globalisation of business in key sectors, location profiling and corporate location benchmarking.
Confidential intelligence briefings from internationally-renowned location experts that summarise the key trends, issues and opportunities in target sectors and industries. This service is provided by our joint venture company OIA, with partners Arcadian.
Smart Web Systems
Proven web-hosted solutions for government agencies developed by our in-house programming team since 1996, for medium to large agencies including: