For Expatriates
This section is designed to support you if you are relocating. Whether you’re moving within the UK, coming to the UK, or relocating overseas on an international assignment, we’re here to help, with the latest news, articles and practical advice on a range of key subjects, from property and schools to lifestyle, partner’s career options and settling in your new area. From new graduates and young professionals, through families with children, to senior executives, we have something for everyone.
Education & Schools
AI Revolution in Education: Transforming Learning with Inspired AI
Every child in each classroom is different, so why are they all taught the same?
We all know that education should never be one-size-fits-all, but the constraints of traditional schooling have made classroom differentiation difficult for even the most devoted teachers — until now.
We all know that education should never be one-size-fits-all, but the constraints of traditional schooling have made classroom differentiation difficult for even the most devoted teachers — until now.
Expatriate life
Congratulations to 2023’s Think Global People and Relocate Awards winners
Celebrating excellence across global people management and mobility arenas, the ground-breaking Innovation Festival for Global Working played host to this year’s exceptional Think Global People and Relocate Awards ceremony.
Expats enthuse about settling in Gulf states
Gulf states occupy five of the top ten places in the world where expatriates find it easiest to settle, according to a new index from InterNations.
Going home: the hardest move
Repatriation is known to be a source of concern to expatriates and their families. Dr Sue Shortland explains how employers can help to reduce repatriation distress and improve organisational outcomes.
Health
Hybrid and mobile work 'boost satisfaction and inclusion'
New research into the future of work suggests half of employees will work permanently on a hybrid basis or be fully mobile. Both customer and employee experience improve as a result, with technology playing a key role.
Disruptive technology: Seamless booking in serviced accommodation
Advances in technology and changing customer expectations are disrupting the serviced accommodation industry, placing new demands on corporate travel managers and global mobility teams. Philipp Morawietz, managing director of Homelike, discusses with Marianne Curphey what this means for corporate clients and relocation specialists.
Women professionals get hybrid working boost
The post-pandemic surge in hybrid working has encouraged large numbers of professionally-educated women in the UK - particularly mothers - to move back into full-time work, new research has shown.
Partners & Family
Magpie dancers celebrate Borrowed Land Success!
Magpie Dance, one of the UK’s leading dance charities for people with learning disabilities, were delighted to welcome an audience of 300+ to their full company production Borrowed Land at Langley Park Centre for Performing Arts on Sunday 23rd July.
International education: The Future
Where to open a British school, how to do it – and the pitfalls to avoid. This week’s conference organised by the International and Private Schools Education forum (IPSEF) examined international education in the post pandemic landscape.
Innovation Festival for Global Working keynote sets agenda
Bringing together every aspect of the global mobility supply chain with talent and business leaders, the Innovation Festival for Global Working provided the perfect place to network and share insights on where next for global mobility and cross-border working.
Residential Property
The impact of property turmoil on global mobility
Rising rents, increasing inflation, a jump in the cost of living and a shortage of housing supply are all presenting challenges for assignees and their families relocating across the globe. Marianne Curphey looks at how global mobility teams are rising to the challenge, and what the future might hold.
Manchester 'best UK city' for expats
Manchester is by far the best city for expats moving to the United Kingdom, according to a new survey.
UK housing market remains surprisingly buoyant
Worsening economic conditions across the globe have done little to temper the UK housing market, with prices recording a ten per cent, year-on-year rise during August.
