UK foreign investment falls as funding from US dries up, survey shows

Foreign investment in the UK declined last year as funding from the US slipped (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Archive)

Foreign investment in the UK declined last year as funding from the US slipped, new data shows, while the Government is ramping up efforts to attract more overseas spending.

The UK secured fewer investment projects than France for the fifth year in a row, according to EY’s annual UK attractiveness survey.