Lucrative contracts across England and Scotland have brought Hitachi Rail to the UK, investing millions in a manufacturing facility and creating 700 jobs.

For a small region, Noord-Holland has a wide range of tempting investment opportunities in power generation, from wind turbines to nuclear reactors.

The province of Noord-Holland is leveraging its climate, location and research community to be a leader in areas from seed genetics to renewable energy. Unsurprisingly, this has had investors sitting up and taking notice.

The past 25 years have been turbulent ones in Serbia, with geopolitical, fiscal and economic problems plaguing the country at various points. However, a spell of political and economic stability has seen optimism in the country pick up, says Courtney Fingar, with a hope that it will finally start to attract the investment that its underemployed workforce warrants.

Germany is a major FDI player both within western Europe and globally. fDi takes a look at which cities and regions are the country's standout performers.

After a spell as one of Europe's standout performers, Poland's FDI figures have dropped over the past couple of years. However, it appears that 2015 is going to represent a return to form for the country, with its business services and R&D industries leading the way.