Practical UKTI support and guidance helped Japanese company Dojima set up a branch office in London. To help realise Dojima’s ambitious plans to invest £8.9 million in developing the UK’s first sake brewery, UKTI developed an investment plan, provided advice and support on securing visas for staff, introductions to third parties, assistance with finding premises in London, and advice on planning and licencing approval. Production of sake will begin in 2015, and Dojima expects to be using the UK as a base from which to export to Europe within two to five years.
The state visit of China to Britain in October 2015 generated a potential £30 billion of Inward investment deals.
As of February 2017 this year .gov.uk was still promoting the UK as ‘the number one destination for inward investment in Europe’