{"id":117,"date":"2013-05-16T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/2013\/05\/16\/new-report-shows-britain-is-open-for-business\/"},"modified":"2013-05-16T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T06:30:00","slug":"new-report-shows-britain-is-open-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2013\/05\/16\/new-report-shows-britain-is-open-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report shows Britain is \u2018Open for Business\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s<br \/>\nimmigration system is remarkably business friendly, contrary to the stories put<br \/>\nout by some of the financial press, says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/briefingPaper\/document\/299\">a new report<\/a> by Migration Watch UK<br \/>\npublished today.<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nfact thousands of skilled worker (Tier 2), Exceptional Talent, and Graduate<br \/>\nEntrepreneurs visas remained unfilled, despite cries that talented people are<br \/>\nbeing denied access to the UK to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Instead<br \/>\nof thousands of bogus students streaming in to work in low paid job and keeping<br \/>\nwages down, as happened under the last government, our report shows that we now<br \/>\nhave a genuinely business friendly regime with thousands of places available<br \/>\nfor those skilled workers who are really needed,\u2019 said Migration Watch UK<br \/>\nchairman, Sir Andrew Green.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nreport examines the seven kinds of visas available, several designed<br \/>\nspecifically for global business leaders, investors and world-class scientists.<br \/>\nThe aim is clearly to ensure that Britain remains one of the top business<br \/>\ndestinations in the world (The World Bank found that in 2012 the UK was the 7<sup>th<\/sup><br \/>\nbest place for business friendly regulations, the third highest European<br \/>\ncountry, behind Denmark and Norway).<\/p>\n<p>6.2<br \/>\nmillion people visited the UK in 2011, of which 1.67 million came as business<br \/>\nvisitors. There is no limit to the number of Entrepreneurs, Investors, Students<br \/>\nand Intra Company Transferees that can come to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Sir<br \/>\nAndrew said: \u2018There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that a better<br \/>\nservice is needed in individual cases but it is time that the financial press<br \/>\nexamined the facts more carefully before presenting an entirely false<br \/>\npicture.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The<br \/>\ngovernment are, rightly, responding to overwhelming public pressure to get mass<br \/>\nimmigration under control. Exaggerated cries of alarm from parts of<br \/>\nthe business community send out an unnecessarily negative message which damages<br \/>\ntheir own cause internationally.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s immigration system is remarkably business friendly, contrary to the stories put out by some of the financial press, says a new report by Migration Watch UK published today. 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