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Each year, thousands of UK expats choose to end their expat adventure and return to our evergreen shores, joining the ‘repat’ club. Their reasons for coming home are diverse as colours of the rainbow – from chronic homesickness, to the end of an overseas work posting. The internet is awash…
Happiness. Philosophers throughout history have deemed happiness the highest human good, and most people’s deepest desire in life is ‘to be happy’. The country a person is born in (or lives in) can have a huge effect on their happiness. The entries on this list (collected by the United Nations…
Did you know – the most common birth-date in the UK is September 26th? Must be something to do with couples feeling that bit more amorous as the stresses and strains of the Christmas period begin to take their toll, right? We don’t get it. But what we do get…
If you are tempted to dip a toe into the foreign property market in the hope of bagging yourself a bargain, you need to be aware that the process is complex. Often, buying/selling property overseas is more complicated than the process locally. You’ll need to consider a number of additional…
When it comes to buying or selling a property overseas there’s a lot to consider. Location of the property, price of the property, size of the mortgage, renovations that need to be done, the language of the buyers/sellers. The list goes on, but most of these things are quite obvious…
Australia has become the next big thing in terms of property – sun, sand and stability (of investments), what more could you want? Australian properties have enjoyed consistent capital growth over the last 100 years, with property prices doubling roughly every 7 to 10 years. Before you delve into your…
So, you’re planning to move to another country. How exciting! A new culture, different food, different weather, a new language…the list goes on. But what are you going to do for work? Most people who are going to live abroad for a while, when asked, just say that they’ll work…
Berlin, also known as ‘The Grey City’. Not the most exciting moniker for a city (although we think it’s better than Leipzig’s ‘Bimbo Town’ (it means something else in Europe)). We can understand why you would decide to move there: the culture, the food, the opportunities – the list goes…
Currency UK has been named Best Money Transfer Provider at the British Bank Awards. Now in their fourth year, the British Bank Awards is an annual campaign to find the best products, hottest innovation and most trusted financial brands. The British Bank Awards were awarded across 18 categories to 15 firms,…
So you’ve been living and working abroad for a while and now it’s time to return home. If you’re lucky enough to have a job waiting for you upon return, that’s awesome! However, many returning expats aren’t so lucky. In some ways, even if you’ve been working in the same…