London: Business, Travel, Culture: Short Guide
About this ebook
London is the most important political, financial, cultural and artistic center of the United Kingdom, and one of the most important cities of the world.
In London there are many institutions and corporate headquarters of global importance; many important buildings: palaces, museums, theaters, concert halls, airports, railway stations, numerous embassies and consulates.
London is a huge engine of the world economy. City is the largest financial center of London, home to banks, securities companies, insurance companies, law and accounting. A second financial district is developing, Canary Wharf.
More than half of the top 100 British companies have their headquarters in central London and more than 70% in the metropolitan area of London. 31% of the world monetary transactions take place in London. Here are selling and buying more dollars than in New York, and more euros than in all other European cities.
Tourism is one of the most important industries of the United Kingdom; over 350,000 people worked in tourism in 2003 only in London.
With a number of universities, colleges and schools, London has a population of about 378,000 students, making it an important center of research and development.
About the author
Experience in the domains of engineering, Quality Assurance, electronics and Internet services (translation, web design, Internet marketing, web business solutions).
Owner and manager with MultiMedia
Developer of MultiMedia Network
Partner with MultiMedia in several European and national research and development projects
Project Coordinator for European Teleworking Development Romania (ETD)
Member of Rotary Club Drobeta Turnu Severin Continental
Cofounder of the regional association and president of the Mehedinti Branch of Romanian Association for Electronic Industry and Software
Initiator, cofounder and president of Romanian Association for Telework and Teleactivities
Member of Internet Society
Initiator, cofounder and president of Romanian Teleworking Society
Cofounder and vice-president of the Mehedinti Branch of the General Association of Engineers in Romania
Physicist engineer - Bachelor of Physics, Major Nuclear Physics
Training for a doctor degree in telecommunications
Internal auditor for the Quality Management Systems
Specialist in industrial Nondestructive Testing
Attested for Quality Assurance
Hundreds of publications (books, e-books, articles), mainly from the IT domain.
Languages: Romanian, French, English. Elementary level: Italian, Spanish, Russian
