Are they transport links, telecommunications, access to markets, availability and quality of staff, cost of office space or quality of life?

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With companies cutting costs,  re-aligning bugets and restructuring their operations to survive the current economic climate surelythe ’softer’/quality of life issues will become harder to justify

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Do you really think Heathrow offers a better experience than Schiphol? I don’t understand these transport link rankings?

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The report talks about quality of life factors but what does this really mean? Are we talking about the environment in those cities, access to the countryside, a more relaxed working culture or government policies designed to place importance on family structures as in Sweden?

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