With the competition for foreign direct investment intensifying, investment agencies globally need 'real-time' commercial intelligence to attract and secure their share of investment. A well co-ordinated and highly-focused intelligence function is a vital component in enabling investment agencies to gain the confidence of multinational companies.

And whilst it is essential that investment agencies are armed with the latest corporate, economic and sector trends, it is critical that this intelligence is distilled into practical advice and actions that lead to increased levels of investment. This is the role of OIA's bespoke business intelligence briefings.

Benefits of bespoke business intelligence briefings:

a) Immediate and filtered sector, economic and corporate intelligence.

b) Ongoing specialist advice from internationally-renowned inward investment experts on:

• Key economic and industry sector issues and likely impacts on your agency
• Latest developments and potential leads in target multinational companies
• Targeting specific companies with bespoke location sales messages.

c) A service that is tailored to support each of the key functions in an investment agency, specifically:

• the research team
• the marketing team
• the business development teams, both domestically and internationally
• the investor development team.