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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 6:05 am
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Originally Posted by cazoz
Surely if Standard Life, RBS, Lloyds and others do shift operations south of the border, the demand for LHR and especially LCY-EDI would shrink drastically. Which could free up slots.

And a longer term slow down in oil production would shrink ABZ demand too - plus relocation of support/office jobs to England too possibly. Might just become a rig-pig outpost.
Quite the opposite—most of them plan to shift headquarters in the even of a "Yes" but not operations (but given we know nothing about the regulatory differences that would arise that could change).
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