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COM PA NY P ROFI LE
D UBLIN CITY
DUBLIN
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Your Only Choice!
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Dublin has established itself as
a location for multinationals, so
it has the necessary infrastructure
for other companies to easily
move into the country and
set up shop - MOODY ANALYTICS
Business growth in Dublin is increasingly driven by R&D. Dublin is
eter Finnegan, Director of International
Relations at Dublin City Council,
explains why Dublin is Europe’s
best location for doing business
a city that today attracts major companies to bring their R&D to
Ireland. Talented and highly qualified researchers are pushing forward
the frontiers of knowledge and opportunity. This cutting edge of
business innovation offers opportunities for local and international
innovators to create new businesses.
It is no surprise that IBM’s ‘Global Locations Trend’ report named
Thinking of Business and Career, of Investment and Opportunity?
Dublin, Ireland needs to be the capital choice for you. Ireland’s
Ireland as the best country in the world for Foreign Direct Investment
capital city is not just the epicentre of the Irish economy but the
(FDI). The World Bank’s ‘Doing Business 2015’ report places Ireland
gateway to Europe and the world. It is a resilient city in one of the
13th out of 189 countries for ease of doing business.
world’s most resilient economies. Today Ireland is the fastest
Dublin is an ideal place
growing economy in Europe with a 4.6% growth rate.
for start-ups and for
Dublin welcomes people who prize diversity, love innovation,
those who wish to scale
dream big and appreciate quality of life. A small city by global norms,
and internationalise
Dublin’s size is its advantage. In the words of W.B. Yeats, “There
their business. Capital
are no strangers, only friends you have yet to meet.” Here you will
of the second most
find that people welcome and embrace as their own the visitor,
entrepreneurial country
the investor, the student/researcher, and the entrepreneur.
in Europe, the city hosts
Dublin is one of the world’s most globalised cities. It is cosmopolitan
has created an incredible
many global giants and
and attracts talent and investment from every nation on earth.
entrepreneurial eco-system. Companies comparing Dublin with
Vibrant, creative, young, safe, green, exciting and full of energy are
London as a location from which to grow will quickly discover that
adjectives used by those who now make Dublin home. It is a ‘city
Dublin is more cost competitive. While wages are higher in London,
of villages’, caught between mountain and sea, and boasts more
local purchasing power in London is almost 13% lower than in Dublin.
green spaces per square mile than any other European capital city.
Dublin offers one of Europe's most cost effective locations for Business.
Dublin is Europe’s best location for doing business. A stable
In Dublin, technology and innovation collide. It is a city of smart
political and regulatory environment coupled with being the only
people, where openness to innovation is the cornerstone of its
English-speaking member of the Eurozone makes Dublin attractive.
global reputation. So if you are thinking of your future, Dublin has
Generous supports for business and a positive stable tax regime
to be your destination of choice. It is a city that encourages
give confidence to investors. Its location between the Americas
creativity, offers quality of life, values people and provides a
and Europe gives Dublin the ability to be a bridgehead for commerce,
uniquely Irish gateway to the world.
trade and R&D. Excellent connectivity by air and sea, coupled with
a world-class communications infrastructure, ensure that access to
customers and markets is fast and reliable.
BUSIN ESS PL US
For information on supports and opportunities for business
in Dublin, email International.relations@dublincity.ie.
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