Expert Office Advice

The annual European Cities Monitor 2009 has named London, Paris and Frankfurt as the three best business cities in Europe. Carried out by Cushman & Wakefield since 1990, the survey invites 500 of Europe’s biggest companies to express their opinions and score each city on various criteria.

Birmingham was announced as the best performing city in Europe this year, as it made the sharpest move up the list by seven positions.

34 European cities are assessed taking into consideration the overall quality of life, telecoms, access to markets, quality of staff, cost of business accommodation and transport networks.

Rank 2009 (position in 2008)

1. (1) London
2. (2) Paris
3. (3) Frankfurt
4. (5) Barcelona
5. (4) Brussels
6. (7) Madrid
7. (9) Munich
8. (6) Amsterdam
9. (8) Berlin
10. (13) Milan
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14. (21) Birmingham
16. (14) Manchester
24. (28) Leeds
29. (27) Glasgow

Download full report from EuropeanCitiesMonitor.eu (opens in a .pdf file)