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Here’s a new term for your employment lexicon – the ‘gig economy’. Have you heard it before? Well, you need to know it could change or even threaten the traditional employment market. It could even go as far as to influence the types of properties we find for relocating professionals and where employees live.

You’d be forgiven for thinking that relocation to the UK was set to nosedive in the wake of the BREXIT vote but we’re pleased to report that interest in UK headquarters is still strong.

Although Samuel Johnson famously said: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,” recent figures suggest that the capital city is losing its shine among some of our most talented groups.

Just how many people move to London from around the UK? If it’s a question you’ve often pondered, wonder no more as the answer is here. The Office for National Statistics has published new research that sheds light on internal migration to the capital, with almost 200,000 people moving to London from within the UK on an annual basis.

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.