Foreign Direct Investment - Business Monitor MA4 provides estimates during the survey year on Foreign Direct Investment flows, positions and earnings involving UK companies, broken down by continent, country, component and industry. The investment figures are published on a net basis, that is, they consist of investments net of disinvestments. The estimates in this publication are sourced principally from the Office for National Statistics’ comprehensive annual surveys into foreign direct investment.

The foreign direct investment inquiries are carried out by the Economic Surveys Division of the ONS, in collaboration with other government departments and the Bank of England.