London also has a large number of companies that buy expensive corporate hospitality.
This is a good point. Back when I had a proper job, I'd get invited a couple of times a year to various corporate dos, and they were almost always at London Premier League clubs, Twickenham or Wembley. I was based about an hour outside of london, and about 90 minutes from Brum, for context. I never, ever, got invited to anything that was outside London.
Those of you who live in and around Birmingham now, and move in those circles, how many times have you been invited to VP to be entertained in a corporate box? Does it happen regularly?