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The technology bosses I spoke to last week for The Register were largely dismayed by the Brexit vote<\/a>. Some are personally affected, as non-British EU citizens waiting for confirmation that they can stay. Others are starting to deal with the issues; LMAX Exchange boss David Mercer emailed all his staff, including about 30 European IT employees, saying he would get them visas if necessary.<\/p>\n

Many of the worries of technology firms, along with other high-skill sectors such as healthcare and academia, would be soothed if immigration for skilled Europeans was to remain relatively easy. Theresa May is making it clear that Britain is not keen on an EU deal that retains complete freedom of movement. But the government could achieve its goals of cutting mass immigration by allowing some industries plenty of latitude to hire across the EU \u2013 and perhaps from the likes of Australia, Canada and New Zealand \u2013 while tightening up on unskilled jobs.<\/p>\n

If so, the UK’s current rules that block visas for those earning below a threshold should not apply in these sectors \u2013 those at the start of skilled careers often don\u2019t earn much \u2013 the Home Office would need to up its game in building an easy-to-use online and app-based visa service, and industries and government need to look urgently at filling skills gaps with home-grown talent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If Britain is going to take back control of immigration, it needs to do so with skill.<\/p>\n

* Despite its use by the Economist earlier this month<\/a>, credit for Techxit goes to the editor at the The Register who added it to this piece back in March<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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