Emergency Budget causes City jitters

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As the Chancellor puts the final touches to his emergency Budget speech, new research from BDO suggests that the City is still feeling nervous about the impact of a coalition government and some international businesses have one eye on the door.

Over half (53%) of the FDs and CFOs of capital markets, investment management and banking organisations questioned in the survey have thought about moving some or all of their business abroad as a result of current and anticipated UK tax levels.

Just under a third (32%) of respondents had gone as far as assessing the viability of moving some of their business abroad. A quarter (25%) of those felt they could move 75% to 100% of their business overseas and a third (33%) felt they could move up to

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