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The most important and difficult issue in attracting foreign investments is the availability of employees and talents. “If you manage to convince potential investors that you can find the necessary people here, then everything else is discussed – connectivity, infrastructure, taxes, costs, etc.,” says Fredis Bikovs, director of the Riga Investment and Tourism Agency. The investment story is built from nuances, but at the beginning there are fundamental questions – are there even the necessary people here. If there is, then you should try to put the next blocks together, and they make up the story of Riga.
Yes, it’s important to talk about tax policy, infrastructure and other issues, but if we don’t have people, everything else doesn’t matter. F. Bykov reveals: several investors have said that they are expanding the geography of their operations not because they want to save money, but because they want to attract more talented people on a larger scale. Gone are the days when companies started here just to save money. Of course, compared to certain countries, we have lower wages and it is possible to save, but this is not the primary factor. We will not be a low cost country. Therefore, it is necessary to seriously think about
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