Senior Content Editor

Christopher Nye

Christopher Nye has been writing about finance and currency for 15 years, following a career in the international hotel and cruise ship industries. He has been a copywriter for Barclays Bank and the NHS, freelance business and property writer, editor of the UK government’s Act on CO2 website and author of several travel and business books.

Where will the pound be by summer?

by Christopher Nye | Apr 22, 2020 | Currency Updates

When the global economy is in freefall, you may wonder why the pound has – after initial jitters – recovered to its average for the past three years. And where will it go by summer and the lockdown end? If you read the business press these days you’ll see fresh...

The cost of a €100,000 house in pounds, tracked

by Christopher Nye | Apr 8, 2020 | Coronavirus, Currency 101

Coronavirus means the currency markets are even more unpredictable than usual, as our tracking of a €100,000 house in pounds over the last two months shows. Here’s what’s happening and how to plan ahead. The last few weeks have been particularly choppy for...

Coronavirus impact on currency pairs

by Christopher Nye | Mar 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, Currency Updates

The coronavirus outbreak has made the currency markets even more unpredictable than usual. Here we highlight some of the main currency pairs that will affect UK clients, both living abroad or UK based but with interests abroad. At Smart Currency Exchange we’re very...

Currency and coronavirus: what you need to know

by Christopher Nye | Mar 26, 2020 | Currency Updates

Most of us may be stuck at home but the currency markets are open, and your budget and funds need protecting, especially if you are mid-purchase. Here we answer your urgent exchange rate questions. At Smart Currency Exchange we have spent the last few days helping...

How to manage your pension when you move abroad

by Christopher Nye | Mar 10, 2020 | Currency 101

If you move abroad, you are still entitled to your pension income – and you may well find it goes a whole lot further. That said, it needs planning to maximise what you’ll get; here’s what you could do. How can you claim your pension abroad? If you buy a...