Discovery and Bloomberg: another wave of moving signatures in the brexit

"In 2018, the Invest in Holland network brought 42 companies to the Netherlands because of" brexit ", announced the Dutch agency for foreign investment (NFIA), which reports to the Ministry Economic Affairs.

In 2019, several companies, including Discovery Group and the Bloomberg agency, have already announced their intention to invest in Holland after the divorce between London and the European Union, according to the NFIA.

In total, these companies account for 1,923 jobs and about 291 million euros in investment for the Netherlands, the NFIA said in its annual results.

Figures include the transfer of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) which, after the "brexit", will leave London to settle in Amsterdam.

The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Eric Wiebes, quoted in the statement, congratulated the transfer and stressed "the importance of a good business climate" in the Netherlands against "international uncertainty growing "brexit" ".

"The imminent" Brexit "and the tensions on international trade offer opportunities for Dutch companies," said Sigrid Kaag, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.

Among the companies that announced their move to the Netherlands last year are international financial companies such as MarketAxess and Azimo, as well as the UK P & I Marine Insurer.

The Japanese investment bank Norinchukin and the British media group TVT Media have also decided to move their offices to the Netherlands, partly motivated by the "Brexit", said the NFIA.

In January, the Dutch agency said it had been in contact with more than 250 foreign companies that had expressed their intention to establish in the Netherlands after the "Brexit" scheduled for 29 March.

These are mainly British companies, but also American and Asian companies "who are rethinking their current European structure because of the uncertainties of" brexit "", said the NFIA.

These companies work mainly in the sectors of finance, media and health, the organization said.

AFP Agency