If the business people you are inviting are scattered around Britain, you may be tempted to hire meeting rooms in the geographical centre of the nation. Thinking ecologically, or even considering practicalities, the most central location may appear to make a great deal of sense. Whether such a spot is suitable depends on the kind of meeting you are intending to host.
If you desire to hold a prestigious event which will favourably impress a diverse set of people, it is a mistake to think narrowly of travel times and so on. Business people will usually put up with a longer journey if they feel they are getting something of high quality at the end of it. Some of them will get valuable work done on the train, for example. How they think of the event, both before and after, will condition how they view the journey. Thus a successful meeting will stop lots of the people who attended it from considering the trip as excessively arduous. On the other hand, a disappointing meeting will make the shortest expedition seem too much.
The best way forward is to choose meeting rooms which will surpass the hopes of the invited group. Impressive surroundings, excellent views and neighbouring cultural amenities may all contribute towards the overall effect you are seeking to create. High quality meeting rooms in London can deliver all these things. Facilities in an economically peripheral region might struggle to match what London has to offer.