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Nissan hails deal as boost to UK

Car giant Nissan, which previously warned that Brexit risked the viability of its huge Sunderland plant, said on Friday that the last-minute deal struck on Christmas Eve between London and Brussels had now given the company a "competitive edge" internationally.

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Climate change the key to US-UK trade deal?

Trade deals did not feature in Joe Biden's "to do" list as he moved into the White House on Wednesday afternoon. Perhaps that was not surprising for a new president whose pressing priorities centre on economic recovery and the coronavirus pandemic.

Former chief reporter at The Times and news editor and New York correspondent for The Telegraph among other journals, David Sapsted writes sharply observed news for Relocate.

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'More UK jobs heading for France', claims bank boss

Brexit has resulted in almost 2,500 jobs relocating from London to Paris, along with "at least €170 billion in assets", according to the governor of the Bank of France.

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UK's foreign workforce declines amid pandemic

Employees from abroad comprised 16 per cent of the UK workforce in the third quarter of last year, according to report from Oxford University's Migration Observatory.

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Manufacturers fear loss of foreign skills

Manufacturers in the UK fear that their ability to attract overseas talent will decrease now that the Brexit transition period is over, according to a major survey.

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Biden and Brexit to appeal to overseas students?

The election of Joe Biden and Britain's new immigration system offer opportunities for universities in both the US and UK to embark on a fresh round of recruiting international students, according to a report on Monday.

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Global tech vacancies bounce back from pandemic

The number of tech workers looking for vacancies abroad surged in the final months of 2020 to an all-time high, according to data from global IT jobs site Relocate.me.

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UK first choice for Hong Kong relocations

The UK has emerged as by far the favourite destination for Hong Kong residents looking to relocate from the former colony following Beijing's imposition last year of a strict security law aimed at curbing democracy demonstrations.

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Brexit leaves finance sector in limbo

The UK's financial services sector has been left in limbo despite the 11th-hour trade deal on goods struck between London and Brussels just before the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31.

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Pandemic spurs asian surge in tech development

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic acceleration of Asian companies' deployment of data and digital innovation, according to a report from global management consultancy McKinsey & Company.

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UK finance sector remains a global leader

The global strength of the UK's financial services and related professional services is illustrated by the latest annual report from the industry's lobby group, TheCityUK.

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Johnston aiming to boost Indo-Pacific ties

Boosting post-Brexit trade will be high on the agenda when Prime Minister Boris Johnson travels to India next month in what Downing Street describes as his first, major bilateral visit since taking office a year ago.

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Currency rises push up expat costs in Europe

European cities now comprise 40 of the one hundred most expensive places in the world for expatriates, according to the annual 'Cost of Living' report from global mobility specialists, ECA International.

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Talks begin over new UK nuclear plant

The UK's largest business organisation has welcomed the government's decision to begin discussions with French energy giant EDF over funding the construction of the £20 billion Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk.

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Paris hails arrival of finance jobs from London

More than 3,000 financial sector jobs have relocated from London to Paris as a result of the UK's vote to leave the European Union, according to a report from a lobby group in the French capital.

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UK jobs more popular outside the EU

For the first time in almost seven years, the number of professionals from outside the EU making online searches for jobs in the UK is greater than the total of Europeans doing the same thing.

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Vaccine comes as shot in the arm for bosses

Business optimism among Britain's bosses has shot up as the nation became the first in the world on Tuesday to start administering a Covid-19 vaccine to the general populace, according to a survey by the Institute of Directors (IoD).

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Vacancies see healthy rise as lockdown ends

Job vacancies in the UK bounced back at the end of November as a geographically tiered system of Covid-19 restrictions was introduced.

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UK firms look beyond Europe in post-Brexit world

Almost a fifth of UK companies have developed new markets outside the European Union because of continuing uncertainty over any post-Brexit deal with the bloc, according to a new report.

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Country property boom leads house price surge

Prices in the UK housing market are continuing to set new records with Nationwide's latest index showing the sharpest annual rise for nearly six years.

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Sign up for settled status now, EU workers told

European Union nationals living in the UK are being urged to register under the EU Settlement Scheme before the end of December, rather than waiting until the deadline of June 30 next year.

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Diversity a key to economic success - CBI chief

Despite the uncertainties arising from Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic, companies cannot afford to let diversity and inclusion slip down the corporate agenda, the president of the UK's largest business organisation said on Tuesday.

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New points-based visa scheme opens in UK

Home Secretary Priti Patel hailed the UK's post-Brexit, points-based immigration system as "simple, effective and flexible" as it opened to applicants for the first time on Tuesday.

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Dyson to invest billions globally in new tech

Household goods manufacturer Dyson is to invest an additional £2.75 billion over the next five years as it moves into AI, robotics and battery technology.

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Report hails 'golden decade' for UK legal services

The past ten years have been a "golden decade" for legal services in the UK with growth in employment, exports and technology establishing the sector as a leading global player, according to a report on Thursday.

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Spending review: business backs infrastructure plan

Business leaders have broadly welcomed the year-long Spending Review announced by the UK government on Wednesday, particularly a renewed emphasis - and more spending - on infrastructure projects.

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Valencia voted top city for expats

Cities on the Iberian Peninsula have emerged as the big winners in this year's Expat City Rankings, voted on by more than 15,000 members of the InterNations organisation.

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'Back manufacturing' to level up UK, ministers told

The UK government is being urged by the nation's largest manufacturing organisation to devolve power to the regions to support a broad-based economic recovery.

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Soaring number of UK tech visa applications

Despite global travel restrictions resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, applications for the Global Talent visa in the UK's thriving tech sector have jumped by 48 per cent over the past year.

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Minister urges more Pakistanis to study in the UK

A direct appeal to students in Pakistan to enrol in British universities has been made by Kevin Foster MP, the UK's immigration minister.

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Covid shaking up expat living costs

Paris and Zurich have joined Hong Kong as being ranked as the world's most expensive cities for expats after a year when the coronavirus has shaken the annual ratings compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

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Brexit relocations falter over bad language

Banks' plans to relocate financial staff from London to new European hubs because of Brexit are not going smoothly, according to a report in efinancialcareers.com.

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UK directors voice fears over government meddling

The UK government's National Security and Investment Bill, which had its second reading in the House of Commons this week, poses risks to inward investment into Britain, according to the Institute of Directors (IoD).

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Foreign tech firms face visa challenges

Tech companies based outside the UK face new challenges under the nation's new immigration system if they want to move specialist staff to Britain, according to a leading law firm.

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All of UK profiting from finance exports

A new report has shown how exports by the financial services sector benefit the regions and nations of the UK, not just London.

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Pandemic fails to slow India-UK business ties

Despite the global economic downturn caused by Covid-19, British firms continued to invest heavily in India at the height of the pandemic, according to a new report.

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UK and Ireland clamp down on 'backdoor' visas

The UK and Irish governments are quietly cooperating to prevent overseas workers using the Republic's visa system as a backdoor way of gaining entry into Britain.

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Sweeping UAE law changes to reassure expats

Far-reaching secular law changes have been announced in the United Arab Emirates in a move aimed at reassuring the majority expatriate population in the Gulf state.

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UK 'must invest more' in post-covid tech

The upcoming Spending Review by the UK government must offer more support to businesses embracing digital technologies, according to a submission to ministers on Monday by the lobby group techUK.

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UK house prices hit new high

House prices in the UK reached a record high last month, with the average topping £250,000 for the first time in history.

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Make UK an innovation superpower, says CBI

The government should prioritise a drive to establish the UK as a "global innovation superpower", according to a report published by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

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UK economy gets £150 billion QE boost

The Bank of England is to pump an additional £150 billion into the UK economy in the latest bid to offset the economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Manufacturing 'badly needs more tech skills'

More than nine out of 10 UK manufacturing companies have benefited from the adoption of new technology during the current pandemic, according to a new report.

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Pandemic rings in 'dramatic' workplace changes

Major shifts in attitudes towards home working, staff recruitment and business travel as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic have been highlighted by a new poll.

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Lockdown heralds 'bleak midwinter' for business

Business leaders have greeted the government decision for a new, month-long lockdown in England with an air of glum resignation.

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Relocating ... from town to country

More than half of UK workers believe the pandemic will result in a “reverse brain drain” with professionals permanently moving their main place of work from cities to country regions, according to a new survey.

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Pandemic spurs drive to tech among SME's

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a "transformational" effect on attitudes towards technology among the UK's small and medium-sized businesses, according to a new research.

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Expats eschewing life in Hong Kong

A toxic cocktail of economic recession, civil unrest, the Covid-19 pandemic and international condemnation of new security laws has resulted in an unprecedented decline the number of foreigners going to work in Hong Kong this year.

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Firms' backing grows for diversity campaign

Major UK companies are signing up to a campaign bent on increasing racial and ethnic representation in senior leadership roles at large firms - and the campaign has not formally launched yet.

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European manufacturers warn of no-deal 'disaster'

Negotiations over a post-Brexit trade deal between the EU and UK resumed in London on Thursday amid warnings from European manufacturers that failure to reach an agreement would prove "disastrous".

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'Make skilled visas simpler' demands London

London must "reinvent" itself and make the case to government for visas and immigration procedures to be made simpler to allow more skilled workers to come to the UK, according to a report from the City of London Corporation.

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Legal fears grow over EU settlement scheme

A "significant" increase in the number of EU Settlement Scheme applications being refused by the Home Office should prompt UK companies to take swift action to safeguard the futures of their European staff, according to a prominent law firm.

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Post-Brexit immigration still 'a significant concern'

British recruitment businesses fear the UK's new immigration system has the potential to "negatively impact the positive hiring trends that have survived the pandemic", according to a new survey.

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London trails only San Francisco in fintech race

Pandemic or not, investors are continuing to pump money into global fintech companies, according to the latest survey data.

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PM tells business to prepare for 'no deal'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson told UK businesses on Friday to prepare themselves for a no-deal Brexit at year's end, but backed away from an earlier threat to end negotiations if a trade agreement had not been sealed by October 15.

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UK tech sees sudden surge in vacancies

The UK is seeing an unexpected surge in vacancies in the tech jobs market after a "bumpy", pandemic-hit summer, according to a new survey.

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Covid travel bans 'upending' global mobility

Worldwide travel restrictions imposed because of the Covid-19 pandemic have "completely upended the seemingly unshakeable global mobility hierarchy", according to a new report.

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Pandemic toll on jobs rises, but so do vacancies

In common with every other Western economy, unemployment in the UK continues to climb inexorably on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to official data published on Tuesday.

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UK to overhaul intra-company transfer visas

The UK's Migration Advisory Committee has been asked by the government to conduct a review of intra-company transfer (ICT) visas in a bid to ensure the system is compatible with the new, points-based immigration rules that come into effect on January 1.

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Nissan hails deal as boost to UK

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Climate change the key to US-UK trade deal?

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'More UK jobs heading for France', claims bank boss

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UK's foreign workforce declines amid pandemic

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Manufacturers fear loss of foreign skills

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Biden and Brexit to appeal to overseas students?

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Global tech vacancies bounce back from pandemic