Strike threat triggers Olympic exodus The threat of a series of strikes appears to have proved the last straw according to Kathryn Hurt, Head of Projects, Olympics for MWB Business Exchange, which rents furnished offices to businesses. "Talk of possible strike action from Unite and the RMT highlights the increasing logistical nightmare for businesses caused by the Olympics," she said. With 800,000 extra people going to the Games every day, possible strike action by Unite and the RMT could cause a complete meltdown of the capital's transport infrastructure. "We've been inundated with requests from businesses looking to relocate to serviced offices outside the travel hot spots of central London."" Lior Degani, who runs a recruitment firm in the heart of the City of London is looking to relocate staff at four different locations close to the M25 motorway. "We were thinking about this already with the prospect of transport meltdown and IT issues," he said. But the threat of industrial disruption is the last straw and we can't take the risk. Meanwhile a spokesman for Ken Livingstone, Labour's candidate for London mayor, appealed to unions to work normally during the Games. ""There must be no disruption of the Games from any quarter - Ken will work hardest to ensure there is no disruption to the Olympics because it was Ken who successfully worked to secure the Games in the first place."