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An Expatriate Guide to Starting a Business in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is one of the most important economies in the world and the country is extremely conducive to starting an expatriate enterprise. In a 2011 survey by The World Bank, the U.K. ranked as the 7thplace in the world in terms of ease of ...

Expat Book Review: Perking the Pansies

Perking the Pansies tells the story of a gay couple who decide to leave their depressive work-dominated lives in London behind them in search of an adventure overseas. The couple choose Turkey as their destination, something that surprises those...

The Seven Deadly Sins of Expat Networking

Quite often the success of an expatriate assignment can hinge on the speed at which you meet like-minded people with whom you can form friendships and who can help you to settle into life away from home. In order to do this it is often extremely impo...

UK potential expats sought for new BBC TV show

UK potential expats A new BBC3 series is seeking young couples, friends and siblings who are emigrating to start a new and exciting working life overseas. The the makers of ‘No Going Back’ and ‘Blood Sweat & T-Shirts’, UK-based televi...

An Expat Guide to the French Taxation System

If you’re an expatriate living in France, then there’s a high chance that you will be required to pay taxes on your income and earnings. Our guide is aimed at helping people who are living in France or considering relocating there in the futu...

Author Interview: The Mistress

In the latest in our Expat Interviews series we meet Elaine Purnell, an English expatriate who found her life in Brussels inspired her to write a book that is set within the expatriate community in Belgium and is billed as the story of a "trailing ...

Expat Book Review: Turning Points

Expat Book Turning Points: 25 inspiring stories from women entrepreneurs who have turned their careers and their lives around was edited by Kate Cobb and contains a collection of stories about women throughout the world who have started their own ...

Keeping Your Relationship Strong While Living Overseas

Yesterday we revealed that the divorce rate of expatriates living in Dubai has risen by almost a third since 2009 and it is clear that, for some expats, living abroad can do more harm to their marriage than good. While many couples may find that livi...

Are You Vulnerable as an Expat

Many people who move overseas to a new country are met with unfamiliarity: the people, places and customs can all feel so strange and this can quite often seem overwhelming to the average expatriate. New arrivals in a given location can often sta...

Expat Interviews: An Expat Author in Paris

Today we meet Aurelia d'Andrea, a U.S. expatriate who, after questioning what she wanted to do with her life, found herself living in a city she loved: Paris. There she started to follow her dream of becoming an author and successfully published...