So i’m sitting here at the airport with hubby and the kids after i have just said a tearful and emotional goodbye to my Dad. Earlier in the day I had already said goodbye to my brother and Mum and balled my eyes out before i even got in the taxi and I could see that [...]
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The shipping company we are using was due to come to our home at the end of the week and pack our stuff into a container to be shipped to Zambia. Although we had asked our account manager at the shipping company for an ETA, the best they could do was ‘they will be with [...]
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A British backpacker was found lying in the middle of a street with a fractured skull, broken ribs and internal bleeding. The Independent reports that Daniel Moore, 21, had been out drinking in a beach bar with friends on Sunday evening before he was discovered in the north Sydney suburb of Manly. Police were [...]
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On 1 July 2011, the Australian government is expected to release a new points test for independent skilled migration to Australia. The points test is what will determine which skilled workers will be eligible to emigrate to Australia on a permanent skilled visa, where the applicant does not have an employer sponsor. A recent review [...]
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Working In Ltd annual Oportunities Canada Expo arrives in the UK next month and is due to take place in Leeds 09-10 July 2011 and London 16-17 July 2011. The event was first launched in 2008 and is designed to provide opportunities for Canadian companies to meet face-to-face with skilled Brits and Europeans who are interested [...]
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Check out the TED talk by Paul Romer discussing his radical and somewhat conversational new idea of a ‘Charter City’. In it Paul Romer suggests that over 700 million families around the world would like to permanently live elsewhere and he believes a ‘charter city’ might be the ultimately solution in the future. Romer [...]
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The BBC reports that China has raised the disaster alert to the highest level, as flooding spreads across central and southern provinces. Days of torrential rain have forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in central and southern China. The official China Daily said more than 555,000 people had been evacuated in [...]
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Now that we are edging closer to actually leaving it’s become apparent that we have loads of paper work to sort out. By paperwork I mean sorting out all the necessary documents as mentioned in the moving checklist. I’m talking about passports, cancelling direct debits, getting copies of important docs etc, and guess who has to sort it [...]
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The Telegraph reports that Alan Rae, 40, from Oxfordshire, was arrested at Lima Airport in 2009, after his companion Nathan Brandon was found to be carrying cocaine. Despite the fact that Mr Brandon claimed full responsibility for the drugs, Mr Rae – who had been on holiday in the South American country – was [...]
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Moving to a foreign country can be an exciting time for you and your family. The thought of a new life in new county is one of optimism, carving out a great future for you and your family. Or you may be one of the lucky ones that plans to retire in the sun in [...]
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