Obviously we have concerns, particularly because of uncertainty about any impact on jobs.

We want to find out if production will remain in the UK or whether it will be shifted to countries where the new buyers are based.

There's uncertainty about the floating voter.

There is a greater degree of uncertainty, and stability will need to be restored. So that implies that they'll cut rates if they have to restore that stability.

The time can be better spent doing our jobs and getting on with life.

We estimate that up to 25% of traditional IT jobs in many developed countries around the world will be situated in emerging markets by 2010. There is no doubt that the predicted shift in jobs associated with global sourcing is a harsh reality. However, there is nothing new about technology causing massive shifts in how and where people work. This is an unavoidable outcome of how the global marketplace operates today and Western economies have been successful in navigating successive waves of economic transformation in the past.