Il Regno Unito è ora una delle principali destinazioni di investimento, rivela Deloitte Survey

Another bit of good news to brighten up your day:

*Jessica Newman, July 7 2025, The Times*

The UK has overtaken the United States and Japan as a more attractive country to invest in, according to executives at some of Britain’s biggest businesses.

Despite volatile markets and concern about the public finances, business directors have turned more bullish on the UK as a country to invest in and have a bigger appetite for risk, according to Deloitte’s latest survey of chief financial officers.

The closely watched quarterly survey, which canvasses opinion from the finance chiefs of 61 of Britain’s biggest companies, found that executives viewed the UK and India as the most attractive destination when it came to investment, with a net balance of 13 per cent of respondents describing Britain as very or somewhat attractive.

Increasing fondness for the UK in the second quarter is a marked improvement from the end of last year, when finance bosses saw the United States, the Middle East, emerging Europe and Japan as better countries to invest in over Britain.

“These results reveal a shift in sentiment, with the UK now viewed as a leading global investment destination”, Richard Houston, senior partner and chief executive of Deloitte UK, said. “This renewed confidence, coupled with a rise in risk appetite, is welcome and underscores the considerable investment potential the UK offers.”

A net balance of 17 per cent of finance chiefs said that now was a good time to take greater risk on to their balance sheets, compared with 12 per cent in the previous quarter, amid a “slight tilt” away from “defensive strategies” for the first time in a year as more companies looked at expanding via new markets and products.

Despite the uptick in optimism, the survey, which took place between June 16 and June 29, found that for an eighth consecutive quarter geopolitical fears remained the top risk to finance bosses. However, the percentage of finance chiefs reporting that the level of external uncertainty facing their business was high or very high dipped to 44 per cent in the second quarter from 46 per cent in the previous quarter.

Ian Stewart, chief economist at Deloitte UK, said the slight slip in levels of concern about geopolitical risk “may reflect an easing of concerns around trade in light of the UK-US trade deal announced in early May.”

Top investment for what? Housing? Probably.

I came across a new build development recently for houses. The sales person let it slip that a good portion of the houses were reserved for investment funds. I couldn’t believe it. Great size homes next to good schools sold off for investment funds who will rent out these homes. These are hlmes that should first available for BRITISH PEOPLE!! I couldn’t believe.

I would advise other to enquire of new build properties near by too. Find out if they are allocated to investment fundd. and email your MP. I was surprised as this was outside London lol.

I’ve been moaning about lifetime isa to my loc MP who effectively emails treasury…last week it all kicked off again regarding how unfair that scheme is. Your voice matters.

I thought it was interesting that Warren Buffet said whilst he thought Brexit was a mistake it didn’t change anything in regards to the UK as an investment destination and that he was “willing to invest tomorrow”.

My only concern with this is what they’re investing in, is it some speculative nonsense, putting money into the firms using the law to drain the treasury like with HS2 or is it actually doing something productive that we can genuinely benefit from long-term?

I see I’m not the only one wondering exactly what “Investment” means. Certainly, I’m not seeing new factories or infrastructure, with the accompanying jobs being built and house prices seem to only ever climb ever upwards.

It feels an awful lot like when smug politicians and business leaders bang on about things like GDP, stock markets or “The Economy has Grown by 3.5%”. Maybe there is more money in the economy but, looking at my high street where even Poundland has just closed down, it sure as hell isn’t making itself felt out here.

So big corporations are a still a good investment. Employees don’t get anything from those investments tho