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I'd be willing to bet his business failed and Brexit is a handy scapegoat.

Amazing that this was even published mind, there's so little here.

He named it. The pound dropped eating his margins. So he moved to a better place with a stronger currency and culture. He will not be the only one, almost everyone will be fleeing soon.

He works internationally, the drop in pound means he would have been earning more as the pound dropped. Surely he's going to have to put his prices up, which could have been his solution anyway?

I'm sure the real reasons are political rather than financial.

He’d be earning more if paid in some other currency and spending in pounds.

He’d be earning less — as the article mentions — if earning in pounds and paying out (to subcontractors) in other currencies.

I don't see how changing country makes any difference? He'll have to put up the price for his existing UK customers to cover the costs of his overseas staff

> I'm sure the real reasons are political rather than financial.

He did say he's originally from Yugoslavia. Since the Brexit vote, the UK has become a lot more hostile to immigrants. That can certainly be a good reason to leave too.

Good. All empires fall.

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