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The companies — including Japanese investment bank Norinchukin and media company TVT — translated into 1,923 jobs and €291 million in investment, the government report said.
The figures also includes the transfer of the EU’s European Medicines Agency from London and the opening of new office space by financial service providers such as MarketAxess and Azimo, in addition to shipping insurer UK P&I Club.
"These [newcomers] are predominantly British companies, but also American and Asian organizations that are reconsidering their current European structure due to uncertainties caused by Brexit," the Dutch ministry said.
In 2017, only 18 companies transferred operations. The report said both Bloomberg and Discovery were also planning extra investment, according to figures collated by the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency, which works under the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. [...]