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Rich finance workers to flee Britain over virus and Brexit fears

'These people are very senior City financiers, who own their own business or are hedge fund owners or senior partners and shareholders who are in a position to look and live abroad’

The Greek Islands are a popular choice
The Greek Islands are a popular choice Photo: Getty Images

The City is bracing for Brexit — but not the one you think.

Some of the finance sector’s richest are planning to leave the UK as a double-whammy threat of a second Covid-19 wave and the Brexit fallout forms “a dark cloud” over the country, according to wealth, property and tax advisers.

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