Europe's best city to work in

Where would you consider is the best city in the world to work in? Well, Cushman & Wakefield - global real estate solutions have compiled a new report, 'European Cities Monitor 2009' to tell you where the best city to work is.

In the 20 years that this report has been going, Europe's business landscape has changed considerably, particularly with the emergence of Central and Eastern European economies and new consumer markets, the report states. The rapid spread of technology has also contributed to the way companies organise themselves and has allowed them to capitalise on lower costs and to be located closer to new markets

The top three cities leading in business, are, London, Paris, and Frankfurt. These three have help the top three spots since the survey started back in 1990.

Birmingham is the biggest mover this year, rising up the ranking by seven places to 14th place. The other cities to move up this year are: Madrid (7th to 6th), Munich (9th to 7th), Milan (13th to 10th), Hamburg (17th to 12th), Rome (25th to 22nd), Leeds (28th to 24th) and Istanbul (29th to 27th).

A number of cities fell in the overall ranking including: Amsterdam (6th to 8th), Zurich (10th to 13th), Düsseldorf (12th to 15th), Manchester (14th to 16th), Dublin (15th to 18th), Prague (19th to 21st) and Budapest (22nd to 26th).

Overall, the top five cities remain the same, but Barcelona edges above Brussels into fourth place with an improved score over the year.

The categories for the cities were:

* Easy access to the market
* Qualified staff
* Quality of communication
* External transport links
* Cost of staff
* Value for money of office space
* Climate governments create
* Availability of office space
* Languages spoken
* Internal transport
* Quality of life for employment
* Freedom for pollution

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