A majority of the 126 companies which responded to the survey were unperturbed – or perhaps disinterested – about the looming in-out vote on the UK’s continued membership of the European Union.
The new international tax regime being adopted across the world presents a serious risk to the regeneration of the oil and gas sector, specialists have warned.
London’s blue chip share index remained in negative territory as details of a radical restructuring at mining giant Anglo American compounded falls in the under-pressure commodities sector.
Anglo saw its shares fall 10% to a new record low after it suspended its dividend for the first time in eight years and unveiled a major overhaul - including another 67,000 job losses next year.
