Philippine conglomerates like SM Investments and Ayala Corp. are being encouraged to invest in the United Kingdom (UK).

Iain Mansfield, the new Manila director of the United Kingdom Trade and Industry (UKTI), recently encouraged large Philippine companies to invest in UK as they “allow 100-percent foreign ownership,” adding that that they are “one of the most open countries to foreign investments in the world.”

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