KPMG: St. Petersburg a ‘Best City for Business’
A new KPMG study, released on April 30, 2010, sites low labor costs, leasing prices, real estate, and sales tax as favorable factors for making St. Petersburg’s MSA (metropolitan statistical area) the most cost effective place to do business, as compared to 22 U.S. regions with populations of two million or more. The Competitive Alternatives study, by KPMG, measured 26 cost factors including labor, taxes, real estate, and utilities over a 10-year period. Companies can use the study to compare…