Are you ready for this?

There is compelling evidence to suggest the UK government favours a referendum on the euro as early as spring 2003. Should that take place, and the electorate vote in favour of joining the European Monetary Union, then businesses could find they have only a very limited timeframe to adapt. That is why it is imperative that companies in the financial services sector start thinking now about their euro transformation plans, says TONY BARKER, director of marketing for UK Financial Services at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)