Unsurprisingly, with the vote on Scottish independence now just daysaway, our poll on the subject attracted a high number of respondents. It also revealed that Scottish readers of The Engineer are divided on the business impact of Scottish independence. Of more than 1,225 respondents, 50.2 per cent were non-Scots who felt that independence would be bad for Scottish industry. 16.4 per cent of those voting were non-Scots who felt that a 'yes' vote would be good for Scotland. In a reflection of wider expectations that the referendum will be a close-run thing, Scottish voters were divided, with 14.7 per cent saying that independence would be good for business, and 16 per cent saving that it wouldn't. Interestingly, Scottish voters initially favoured independence, but the 'no' camp received a boost following the publication of a letter from business leaders warning that independence would be bad for industry.
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