OT. The futures Bright, the Futures Brexit!!!

[MadAmster]

No great issues to me, personally, obviously. Er indoors and the youngest will have to get an ETA to enter the UK. Youngest although registered at birth at the Embassy here has yet to pursue UK nationality and get the shiny "blue" passport.

The only negative is having to pay VAT on records I buy online in the UK. There are of course ways and means round that. They go to a Rams fan mate in Stockport who keeps them for me and we meet up in a hostelry when I'm over for a game. Also records I have up for sale attract VAT when sold to people in the UK although, again, there are ways round that too.

[Geoff Parkstone]

No real impact at all aside from changing the he ways a few things get done (eg as MA says, VAT). Minor issues with travel but nothing to worry about. The bigger picture issues ( more negative than positive) are above my "personal impact" level although there might be a bit of a price inflation as s a result. Still can't control borders or keep boaters out as "promised", Co the more things change the more they stay the same.

[SithHappens]

Cost of living has increased as a result.

Luxury items such as holidays have increased in cost due to weakened pound.

My wife's haulage business, huge impact to profits, and huge increase in red tape, of course some costs passed to customer, see number 1.

There will be an argument the negatives aren't that bad, but our lives were supposed to be better, immediately.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Whilst no doubt cost of living has gone up, how much is due to Brexit. I'd suggest that's more related to COVID, Global warfare and financial meltdown / spiking in interest rates. But we'll never except that EU has had not dissimilar levels of inflation

[SithHappens]

The OBR has stated the effect of brexit is worse than covid.

[Ramshank72]

Society and good manners has suffered, not due to the result, but the divisions that the associated campaigns, social media echo chambers, tabloid and mainstream media fanning of flames... have driven. When was the vote promised, 10 years ago? That was the point it went downhill.
Leaving has had no impact on me in my work or my finances, for better or worse. I guess if I wanted to work in Greece it would be an inconvenience, though as I don't speak Greek it makes no difference.
It's not done Derby any favours anyway

[Andy_Faber]

Society and good manners has suffered, not due to the result, but the divisions that the associated campaigns, social media echo chambers, tabloid and mainstream media fanning of flames... have driven. When was the vote promised, 10 years ago? That was the point it went downhill.
Leaving has had no impact on me in my work or my finances, for better or worse. I guess if I wanted to work in Greece it would be an inconvenience, though as I don't speak Greek it makes no difference.
It's not done Derby any favours anyway

That just about sums up my view. Apart from on this forum I never get into political debates but I do listen a lot and I can?t think of an occasion since 2016 when I?ve come away from a discussion feeling better about those involved (including friends), it seemed like Brexit just opened a Pandora?s box of bitterness

Getting a gig in Greece is easier than you think though?

[MadAmster]

Luxury items such as holidays have increased in cost due to weakened pound.

If you're looking at European holidays then any changes in exchange rate since Brexit would have affected the price of holidays.

Jan 1st 2019. 1 GBP = 1.11 Euro. By December 2019 it was 1.20. Ergo, the pound had strengthened against the Euro.

July 1st 2024 1 GBP = 1.17 Euro. January 2025 saw it open at 1.20, drop to 1.18 in mid January and it's now back at 1.20 (good for my pension).

The pound hasn't weakened against the Euro.

Aviation fuel cost around $70/bbl in January 2019, it is mid $90s today. The rise is due to the war in Ukraine, mainly. Source https://www.iata.org/en/publications.../fuel-monitor/

Are there other influences on holiday prices? I'm quite sure our resident bean counters will inform me.

[Ramshank72]

I went to Dublin last week, ?30 return flight from Gatwick. Food and beer was (outside the tourist hub) less than what I'd pay here. My parking ticket cost me more!
The reception and bar staff had a good few Spanish people working there, which was fun for my practise and I'm learning it. So, the right to work within the EU means the places in the EU we visit, are still run by cheaper / imported labour. (Anecdotal observation, uh oh!).
AF my comment was more about the biggest barrier to working in the EU isn't the application form and fiver, but the cultural, distance, and mainly language barriers, and Brexit doesn't impact those things. But yes, I'd quite like a little job working in a sunny Greek island, wouldn't we all

[Andy_Faber]

If you're looking at European holidays then any changes in exchange rate since Brexit would have affected the price of holidays.

Jan 1st 2019. 1 GBP = 1.11 Euro. By December 2019 it was 1.20. Ergo, the pound had strengthened against the Euro.

July 1st 2024 1 GBP = 1.17 Euro. January 2025 saw it open at 1.20, drop to 1.18 in mid January and it's now back at 1.20 (good for my pension).

The pound hasn't weakened against the Euro.

Aviation fuel cost around $70/bbl in January 2019, it is mid $90s today. The rise is due to the war in Ukraine, mainly. Source https://www.iata.org/en/publications.../fuel-monitor/

Are there other influences on holiday prices? I'm quite sure our resident bean counters will inform me.

The Euro / sterling rate has been volatile since the euros inception, Brexit or no Brexit (almost 1 for 1 in 2008 anyone?)

Two things have had a much bigger impact on holiday costs (certainly to the two countries I visit regularly).

Since 2016 theres been the virtual disappearance of ‘low cost’ air travel, as the competition in the market has been whittled away, flight costs have risen way faster than underlying inflation

And in-resort costs have also escalated - accommodation, ‘beach’ costs, food and drink, all have escalated by (again I can only speak for the places I go to) as business owners creep upmarket from 70s/80s happy go lucky outlooks to more businesslike

All these issues dwarf Brexit impact imo, on a cost basis at least