Maybe YouGov could put everyone out of their misery: poll UK plc and find out which companies aren’t considering a United States listing. Privately, heaps are: boards have a duty to look into creating value. As for public statements, each week hints at a bigger potential exodus.
Stephan Shakespeare, the co-founding chairman of the pollster, is the latest to blow cover. He told the Financial Times that the US, with its “savvy” investors, was the “natural base” for a data analytics group, floated in the UK on Aim in 2005 and since growing into a £1 billion-plus business, even if YouGov said nothing was imminent. Or at least he was the latest – before the Plus500 chief, David Zruia, piped up to say the financial
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