It is always good when this country produces winners in Europe. The game may not have been a great spectacle, but Liverpool duly won the all-English Champions League final at the weekend, just as Chelsea won the all-English Europa League final earlier. Figures this week show that the UK is still winning an arguably more important European title — that of the most favoured nation for foreign direct investment.

The latest attractiveness survey from EY, the accountancy firm, showed that the UK attracted 1,054 foreign direct investment projects last year, a fall of 13 per cent but still just ahead of France on 1,027 and better than Germany, on 973.

This is important, and good news. Many people are unaware of the benefits of FDI.