The Swiss Business Hub UK means business. A great opportunity to accelerate your expansion in Switzerland and continental Europe The SBH UK – The Swiss Business Hub UK, entity of the Embassy of Switzerland, is responsible for your facilitating business relations between British and Swiss companies. It supports Swiss introduction primary exporters in their first steps in the UK market. Since 2013, the Swiss to Switzerland Business Hub advises British organizations wishing to establish a subsidiary or a technological partnership in Switzerland. Services – The Swiss Business Hub offers free consulting services to British companies wishing we support to establish a presence in Switzerland: your success  Information about the Swiss economic and business structure: administrative and legal environment, practical steps to establish a company, labour market and laws, financial issues (costs and tax), real estate etc.  Introduction to local economic networks which will accelerate assessment of the operational aspects of the expansion: choice of a business site, organisation of fact-finding visits, guidance on staff recruitment etc.  Support in finding the right business or research partners in key Swiss industries: the SBH UK benefits from a widespread network of economic and technological contacts. It offers introductions to relevant research and technology transfer centres, business networks and clusters, and can also help in targeting R&D partners. Our priorities The Swiss Business Hub UK can provide support to any organization intending to settle in Switzerland, except residential economy sectors (retail, hotels and restaurants, building industries for example). Our focus is on technology-intensive sectors, such as: biotech, medtech, robotics, innovative materials, mechatronics and mobility, energy efficiency, embedded systems, bioinformatics, data protection, IT security etc. Swiss Business Hub United Kingdom Marieke Hood, Investment Promotion Embassy of Switzerland, 16-18 Montagu Place, London W1H 2BQ Tel: +44 20 7616 6050 Fax: +44 20 7723 6455 Email: [email protected] 2014 15-1 Our publications The Handbook for Investors provides an inside view of all aspects relating to the establishment of foreign companies in Switzerland. The handbook contains 144 pages of information setting out the current investment climate, production costs, taxes, infrastructure and new technologies, financing and legal matters. There are also links to take you to the primary source of information as well as up-to-date statistics on each field. This publication will give you some basic information on the business, corporate and personal environment in Switzerland. The background and contact information included in this report provides you and your advisers with key resources to facilitate your investment decision. 2014 27-1