Name: Trends in outward FDI from the UK and RoI (2005-2008*)Date Range: Jan 2003 – June 2008

OUTBOUND FDI FROM THE UK -PROJECT NOS/INVESTMENT/JOBS (2005-2008*)

Year Jobs % Growth

2005 26,727  

2006 47,966 +79.47 %

2007 60,635 +26.41 %

2008 * 13,905 N/A

Total 149,233

Average 37,308

Top 5 Source Cities• London• Dublin

• Cheshunt• Edinburgh• Windsor

* Jan – June 2008 Source : fDi Markets, part of the Financial Times Ltd

OUTBOUND FDI FROM THE UK - TOP SECTORS - PROJECT NOS/INVESTMENT/JOBS (2005-2008*)

Sector Project No’s Investment (US$ Mn) Jobs

Financial Services 528 2,210 17,861

Business Services 490 381 18,555

Software & IT services 351 683 8,846

Real Estate 260 19,253 8,088

Food & Tobacco 186 3,608 15,102

Communications 163 3,532 7,823

Consumer Products 142 1,177 6,880

Textiles 139 999 8,176

Hotels & Tourism 137 7,060 4,411

Metals 121 32,743 7,606

Industrial Machinery, Equipment & Tools

115 926 2,291

Coal, Oil and Natural Gas 90 34,578 2,180

* Jan – June 2008 Source : fDi Markets, part of the Financial Times Ltd

OUTBOUND FDI FROM THE UK - FASTEST GROWING SECTORS - PROJECT NOS (2005-2008*)

Sector2007

Project No’s% Growth between

2005 & 2007

Increase in project No’s between

2005 & 2007

Real Estate 44 159% 62

Business Services 68 52% 54

Financial Services 66 43% 50

Software & IT services 52 47% 40

Aerospace 8 156% 14

Textiles 25 46% 12

Alternative/Renewable energy 4 92% 11

Communications 24 26% 10

Electronic Components 2 41% 7

Medical Devices 7 167% 5

* Jan – June 2008 Source : fDi Markets, part of the Financial Times Ltd

OUTBOUND FDI FROM THE UK -TOP ACTIVITIES - PROJECT NOS/INVESTMENT/JOBS (2005-2008*)

Sector Project No’s Investment (US$ Mn) JobsBusiness Services 913 986.15 9,796

Sales, Marketing & Support 698 1,651.33 5,965

Manufacturing 602 69,042.65 42,844

Retail 439 3,455.52 20,067

Construction 256 26,740.49 14,279Logistics, Distribution & Transportation

142 4,741.98 9,228

Headquarters 125 1,887.73 8,084Design, Development & Testing

97 640.64 5,776

Extraction 96 21,088.90 130

Research & Development 57 911.48 1,537

ICT & Internet Infrastructure 49 3,615.83 899

Customer Contact Centre 45 115.47 7,867

Shared Services Centre 31 308.1 20,151

Electricity 25 5,321.50 143

Education & Training 18 7.29 185

Maintenance & Servicing 15 15.42 707

Technical Support Centre 13 29.85 1,170

Recycling 9 527.21 405

* Jan – June 2008 Source : fDi Markets, part of the Financial Times Ltd

OUTBOUND FDI FROM THE UK - FASTEST GROWING ACTIVITIES - PROJECT NOS (2005-2008*)

Activities2007

Project No’s% Growth between

2005 & 2007

Increase in project No’s between

2005 & 2007

Business Services 331 83% 150

Sales, Marketing & Support 201 20% 34

Construction 79 44% 24

Design, Development & Testing 32 78% 14

ICT & Internet Infrastructure 19 46% 6

Headquarters 36 16% 5

Shared Services Centre 9 80% 4

Electricity 7 133% 4

Maintenance & Servicing 7 75% 3

Recycling 4 100% 2

* Jan – June 2008 Source : fDi Markets, part of the Financial Times Ltd

OUTBOUND FDI FROM THE UK -TOP SOURCE COUNTRIES - PROJECT NOS/INVESTMENT/JOBS (2005-2008*)

* Jan – June 2008 Source : fDi Markets, part of the Financial Times Ltd

OUTBOUND FDI FROM THE UK FASTEST GROWING DESTINATION COUNTRIES - PROJECT NOS (2005-2008*)

Countries2007

Project No’s% Growth between

2005 & 2007

Increase in project No’s between

2005 & 2007

USA 159 67% 64

Spain 47 161% 29

China 92 35% 24

UAE 52 73% 22

Germany 46 53% 16

Singapore 28 100% 14

France 70 21% 12

Malaysia 16 220% 11

Romania 18 125% 10

Hong Kong 18 80% 8

* Jan – June 2008 Source : fDi Markets, part of the Financial Times Ltd

OUTBOUND FDI FROM THE UK TOP SECTORS BY DESTINATION COUNTRIES - PROJECT NOS (2005-2008*)

  USA China India France Ireland UAE Poland Spain Germany Russia

Financial Services 54 87 22 26 38 21 7 12 12 11

Business Services 47 26 39 38 13 50 13 16 31 13

Software & IT services

68 15 34 44 7 9 4 8 19 4

Real Estate 41 9 10 8 7 10 26 17 12 15

Food & Tobacco 14 14 3 7 22 2 23 4   2

Communications 23 12 10 10 16 6 2 5 7 1

Consumer Products 14 14 11 8 19 3 7 2 1 13

Textiles 12 9 10 9 16 10 2 12 2 3

Industrial Machinery, Equipment & Tools

12 18 18 7 3 7 3 1 4 5

Hotels & Tourism 6 8 14 3 5 11 1 6 5 4

* Jan – June 2008 Source : fDi Markets, part of the Financial Times Ltd

OUTBOUND FDI FROM THE UK TOP ACTIVITIES BY DESTINATION COUNTRIES - PROJECT NOS (2005-2008*)

  USA China India France Ireland UAE Poland Spain Germany Russia

Business Services 121 92 49 57 39 70 14 26 41 18

Sales, Marketing & Support

103 70 28 62 19 30 18 26 43 12

Manufacturing 73 62 64 33 8 8 42 18 17 27

Retail 24 31 16 21 77 19 21 23 5 19

Construction 9 9 23 3 7 12 21 15 10 15

Logistics, Distribution & Transportation

13 4 6 17 4 2 6 12 4 5

Headquarters 47 6 4 2 2 5 1 1 1 2

Design, Development & Testing

16 10 21 6 3   3 2 1  

Extraction 5 2 6       1     9

Research & Development

2 5 8 10 2   3 1 4 1

* Jan – June 2008 Source : fDi Markets, part of the Financial Times Ltd