With 5 days to go until Scotland votes on the Scottish independence referendum business have being releasing a constant stream of contingency plans to move south of the border in order to mitigate financial uncertainty. TSB, John Lewis, Asda and Tesco Bank are all set to follow suit in the Scottish withdrawal.

Outsourcing will undoubtedly be affected if Scotland vote “Yes” at the ballot box, though some see an independent Scotland would open a new market to outsourcing, international outsources will be meet with unstable economic climate and newest of tax compliance issues.

Outsources currently contracted to the NHS in Scotland could see services being withdrawn with an Independent Scotland planning to reverse all privatisation and outsourcing of NHS services.

Procurement bill passed by the Scottish Parliament