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With the dust now settled after the General Election result, thoughts are turning back to BREXIT. We know the relocation industry is watching the movements of business giants carefully, to see if they’ll retain their operations in the UK or bail out in search of a more favourable location.

As if the country wasn’t under a grey cloud of uncertainty with Article 50 triggered and BREXIT looming on the horizon, a new storm has fully brewed in the shape of a hung parliament. The snap general election did not deliver the expected result; therefore the future of our property and business markets is unclear.

A new piece of research by Wealth Insight revealed that London is home to more millionaire Chief Executives than any other city in the world. Almost 3% of CEOs with wealth surpassing £1 million call the capital their home, beating New York, San Francisco, Washington and Singapore to the accolade.

While the March Budget skirted around the elephant in the room (that’s BREXIT to you and me), Chancellor Philip Hammond did use his first address reiterated the ‘Midlands Engine’ – £329 million of Government investment in skills, connectivity and local growth in Middle England.

Bath is a beautiful spa city with World Heritage status, lying 97 miles west of London and 11 miles south east of Bristol in the country of Somerset. The city is known for its Roman baths, Georgian architecture and Gothic Bath Abbey.

If you thought London’s status as a global safe haven would diminish in the wake of BREXIT, think again. The UK’s capital remains robust and continues to attract businesses and top talent a quality that is reassuring for the relocation market.

Cheltenham is an attractive spa town in the county of Gloucestershire. Although it has a growing urban heart, its position on the edge of the Cotswolds provides the perfect balance between metropolis and rural charm.

With their cauliflower ears and wonky noses, ex England rugby players Matt Dawson and Tim Rodber are unlikely leaders of the UK’s ever-changing office scene but their company Instant – a broker for temporary office space and serviced offices – has become a major player on a global scale.

We’re told banking and BREXIT go hand-in-hand, but even if financial institutions press the ‘esc’ key, taking staff with them, there are new tenants and opportunities waiting in the wings.

Liverpool is well qualified as an alternative to London, with a population of almost half a million, a large university, two cathedrals and a well-serviced airport. It’s been a recent European Capital of Culture and has World Heritage City status – underpinned by its musical legacy that stems from The Beatles.

The Americans are coming as Trump proves a business turn off

Just how quickly can things turn 180˚ and change completely? We were just lamenting the downside of the EU referendum and a possible mass exodus of financial institutions from London – taking staff with them – when Donald Trump goes a wins a presidential election, sending America into a tailspin.

Northern Powerhouse project gains momentum

There is life outside of London and if the Government gets its way, big business will look just as favourably at the North of England as it does the capital city.