London tops in MORI ranking - Best Global City for Business 2014

This is quite cool. The Global Power City Index 2014 puts London right on top, with Singapore in 5th position.  This index ranks the major cities according to their 'magnetism'.  This report first started in 2008.

This is an extract from the website of the report, as well as the Summary which is available for free download here.

This summary table gives an overview of where the top cities stand.  Look at London.

Top 10 cities in overall ranking.  London leading the pack.  But note that even though London is number 1 overall, she is ranked 21st for the Resident category.  The number 1 ranked city for the Resident category is Paris.  Looks like you can't please everybody.

What exactly are these functions or actor-specific ranking? Here they are.  The report ranks each city according to the needs of these five actors - Manager, Researcher, Artist, Visitor and Resident.

This chart shows the comprehensive ranking.

Investors in London should be assured that London leads the pack of global cities by a significant margin.  Do read the detailed report if you want to get greater insights.

Thanks for reading.