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Re:After ‘Brexit,’ Finding a New London for the Financial Wo... by s_kilk on Friday July 01, 2016 @06:38AM (#12014990)
If Scotland gets its Independence, then Edinburgh is a great candidate for a new London for the finance industry, as it's already got a decent finance presence.
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Re:After ‘Brexit,’ Finding a New London for the Financial Wo... by arethuza on Friday July 01, 2016 @06:58AM (#12015064)
Edinburgh is probably far too small and the centre is too protected (it's a World Heritage Site) for much development to happen here.

I'll admit to possibly being a bit of NIMBY in my comment as I live and work in central Edinburgh!

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Re:After ‘Brexit,’ Finding a New London for the Financial Wo... by Reason077 on Friday July 01, 2016 @07:54AM (#12015295)
Edinburgh is a similar size to Zurich - a city regarded as one of the world's most important financial centres.
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Re:After ‘Brexit,’ Finding a New London for the Financial Wo... by dagw on Friday July 01, 2016 @08:19AM (#12015404)
Depends on how you count. If you include everything that is within a reasonable train/bus commute of the city center then Zurich has at least double the "population" of Edinburgh.
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Re:After ‘Brexit,’ Finding a New London for the Financial Wo... by arethuza on Friday July 01, 2016 @08:12AM (#12015373)
What I meant is that I doubt Edinburgh could handle an influx of additional bankers on a large scale. I don't think there would be many places for them to go in the actual city itself.
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Re:After ‘Brexit,’ Finding a New London for the Financial Wo... by s_kilk on Friday July 01, 2016 @08:54AM (#12015581)
Yeah, I'll accept that it could be difficult to add capacity in the center of the city.
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