The Lucerne Economic Development Agency assisted 25 companies in settling in the canton last year, 17 of them from abroad. Four of the new companies each came from the USA and Germany. A total of 338 new jobs were created in the canton. In the future, the economic development agency will concentrate more on European countries, namely Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain and the Benelux countries, it writes in a statement.
The economic development agency has also been able to complete 17 local business development projects. This created about 130 jobs. In addition, it was able to complete six financing projects and solve six challenging cases as an ombudsman.
At the end of 2022, a total of 32,600 companies were registered in the canton’s commercial register, 3 per cent more than in the previous year and a new record. “The impressive growth of over 10,000 companies in ten years impressively demonstrates the attractiveness of the Canton of Lucerne as a business location,” Ivan Buck, Director of Lucerne Economic Development, is quoted as saying in the press release.
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