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Over 70% of companies expect to increase short term assignments for expats in 2013 while 55% are set to increase longer term assignments, a research report shows. The report on expat policies and practices by Mercer also shows that there has been an increase in the overall number of international assignments over the last two [...]

The UK Foreign Office has launched a road safety campaign that aims to help British nationals drive safely abroad and stay on the right side of foreign road laws. The campaign has been developed in response to Foreign Office staff based overseas reporting a high number of road traffic incidents affecting British tourists and expats [...]

The UK’s Chinese visa system is fast and efficient and value for money, unlike the reputation it has for being bureaucratic and complex that exists in some communities, according to Home Secretary Theresa May. She has spoken out against skewed perceptions of the way the visa system is run. ‘We have seen strong and sustained [...]

As we move towards the Falkland Islands/Malvinas referendum, on 10 March and 11 March, about the island’s political status, friction is building between the UK authorities and their Argentine counterparts. A meeting this week between William Hague and Hector Timerman (the Argentine Foreign Minister) was cancelled due to the fact the UK authorities had invited [...]

Asian and South American countries are likely to see the most growth in wages in 2013 as those in the Western world are hit by the economic slowdown. Latin America will experience the highest overall rise in salaries next year with an average of 9%. Top of the league are Venezuelan workers who are set [...]

While in many countries the lure of increased job opportunities means that becoming an expat is most appealing in young adult life, the opposite can be said of Britons looking to move abroad, with the majority of British expats living around the world actually falling into the over 55 year age bracket. Of the British [...]