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Coupled with its culture, the city is attracting world-class companies, retailers, restaurants and leisure operators as a key location for business in the 21st century:

• Glasgow's workforce is among the most highly qualified and competitively priced in Europe.
• It is Scotland's largest centre of education, attracting nearly 255,000 students into the city. 50% of all students remain in Glasgow after graduation.
• Glasgow provides one of the most sophisticated telecommunication environments in Europe and has been voted best telecoms provider in previous years.
• Many national and international organisations have realised what the city has to offer, these include BT, Direct Line, JP Morgan, Hutchinson 3G, Unisys, Monster.com, Barclays, ACE Insurance, WS Atkins, O2, Dell, AXA, Aviva, Direct Line, esure and First Data, to name but a few.
• In particular, 10,000 new jobs created in Glasgow's International Financial Services District (IFSD) in the past five years - major projects from RBS, esure, Resolution Asset Management, Barclays Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Ace Insurance, MoneyQuest, BNP Paribas & Aviva.
• Development Investment in the City of over £4.2 billion in the last 5 years.