Irish aviation entrepreneur Conor McCarthy's aircraft maintenance business Dublin Aerospace is exactly the kind of business Theresa May's Conservatives would love to see expanding into Britain.
he UK is home to cutting-edge aircraft engineering giants and a global transport hub. Dublin Aerospace provides high-value added services that keep the global economy flying, literally.
The Dublin business, forged out of the collapse of the old ST Technics here, is growing at home with plans to hire 50 additional staff, as well as looking to expand abroad.
The UK is the natural place to go, or was before Brexit.
As Mr McCarthy has revealed to the Irish Independent, what would have ultimately been a €40m investment in Britain has been parked indefinitely as a result of Brexit.
Mr McCarthy said Dublin Aerospace had been "very close" to pushing the button on a greenfield site in the UK last year, with support lined up from the UK government, until June's Brexit vote prompted the company to suspend its plans.
A crucial factor was immigration.
British voters have apparently rejected EU membership in part because of the access it gives European workers to jobs there.
But for Mr McCarthy, without access to those same EU workers, setting up in Britain just doesn't make sense.
The British who voted they'd be "better off alone" may find it's more lonely than they expected.