• Did you know Brits and Romanians have a similar sense of humor and that Prince Charles is a great fan of Transylvania where he spends a lot of time?

• Did you know that the real Count Dracula was a military leader who fought the Turks in the Middle Ages?  Dracula the Vampire was invented by an Irish author, Bram Stoker.

• Did you know Romania is roughly the same size as the UK, but its population is only one third as large?

• Did you know Romania is the second largest consumer market in Central and Eastern Europe after Poland, together with its neighbours being part of a market of 100m inhabitants?

• Did you know there are more than 4,400 British businesses operating in Romania with a capital worth more than €2,4bn?

• Did you know the best fields to invest in Romania are: Agriculture, Tourism, Energy and the Financial Sector?

• Did you know Romania is the gateway to Caucasus region, the Middle East and the Western Balkans and that it has a major shipping port on the Black Sea?

• Did you know the UK ranks 8 in the top 10 countries investing in Romania behind Holland, Austria, Germany, Cyprus, France, Italy and Spain?

• Did you know Romania has available funds and fiscal incentives to encourage foreign investment?

• Did you know Romania has a very well qualified and predominantly English speaking labor force?

If you are interested to discover some of the opportunities in the Agriculture, Tourism and Energy, join our trade mission to Calarasi County in May 2012. You can find out more details here.