India's huge and increasingly prosperous middle class remains an attraction for UK investors, but now, in a remarkable reversal of that trend, Indian companies investing in the UK consider market potential in that country as the main attraction.

Indian companies are increasing their overseas investments to gain access to the US and EU markets. The targeted firms are being used as platforms to gain access into these foreign markets by leveraging the market positions already established by these firms on their respective domestic turfs.

The value of overseas buyouts by Indian companies increased from US$ 1.7 billion in 2004 to US$ 4.5 billion in 2005. This represents an increase of 164 per cent.

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List of Indian Companies in UK