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Expats: What’s The Cost Of Learning A New Language?

If you’re thinking of moving abroad post-Brexit, a new tool helps you calculate exactly how long it will take to learn the local language, and how much it will cost. The thought of leaving the UK is certainly appealing to many – it has been widely reported that there have been record numbers of people...

Living and Working in China

Here is a brief introduction to what you can expect if you are going to work in China. The Chinese have a strong sense of belonging to a long and often intense history. Relationships of all kinds take time to develop. Families are close knit and relationships between and within families and institutions go back for...

Living and Working in Africa

There’s something about Africa that keeps luring people back. Perhaps it’s the feeling of a vast untamed continent where anything is possible. But although the darling of the expat world can be a world of opportunity, it is also a hive of civil unrest and fraught with danger. So it pays to have an idea of...