Spanish programs for business people

Barcelona as a centre for doing business

Since 1990, the Global Real Estate company Cushman & Wakefield has conducted a survey of the continent’s leading business cities called European Cities Monitor. Barcelona has steadily risen up the table of the best cities in Europe for business, from eleventh place in 1990 to fourth place in 2006 and 2007. During this period it has moved ahead and overtaken select locations such as Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Geneva and Zurich. It would appear that only London, Paris and Frankfurt, in that order, rank as better business locations. This rise in the city’s international status has been reflected in its attraction as a centre for Spanish programs for business people. If you are serious about learning the language for career reasons, then you cannot be far from the mark if you choose to study Spanish in Barcelona.

In the study, five hundred senior business executives from Europe’s largest fifteen thousand companies were interviewed. There were asked what were the most important factors they consider when deciding where to locate a business. The number one factor was availability of qualified staff, followed by ease of access to markets and clients, with the quality of telecommunications in third place. Transport links, the cost of staff, and languages spoken came fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. The fact that Barcelona comes fourth amongst this ranking of European cities when these and other factors are considered, underlines that it is an ideal location for Spanish programs for business people.

In terms of the quality of life for employees, Barcelona comes top in the survey, and maintains a clear lead over Geneva, the second placed city. This is hardly surprising when you stop to consider the things the city has got going for it: the location by the sea, the climate, the wide avenues and beautiful architecture, the easy going nature of the local people, and the cultural and leisure possibilities. All these things are sought after and very much enjoyed by participants of Spanish programs for business people, in the evening and at weekends.



Spanish programs for business people

Barcelona has also come out in first place in the survey in each of the last years as the European city that has done most to improve itself. Students of Spanish programs for business people, returning for a refresher course after an absence of a few years, will see the changes. There are new or improved metro lines and rail services, as well as the reintroduction of the tramway. Many extensions have been recently made to the airport and a new terminal is currently being built. Finally, the high speed rail network has finally arrived, linking the city to Madrid in just over two and a half hours. Students coming to take part in language programs in Barcelona will find a modern cosmopolitan city waiting for them.

In the survey the city also came out in the top five for the climate created by the government for businesses through fiscal policies and financial incentives. Professional people coming to the city to attend one of the many Spanish courses for business people will be pleased to find the city ranked third best for hotel accommodation for business travellers. It also ranked fifth for ease of travelling within the city, and came out top in terms of residential accommodation for expatriates and their families.

This survey, and others like it, confirms the quality of life in Barcelona, as well as underling that the city makes a fantastic setting for any one of the many Spanish courses for business people on offer.



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