The MJ has teamed up with researchers Local Futures to produce a comprehensive guide to the best local authority areas for investment and business.

The most detailed and comprehensive study ever conducted into the inward investment and business potential of every local authority area in England has put Milton Keynes at the top of the league table. Out of the top five, the next local authority areas are South Cambridgeshire, Basingstoke and Deane, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.