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Moving to Dubai from the UK: Checklist
You’re ready for a new life overseas and have decided you’re moving to Dubai. Now it’s time to consider the various costs involved, from your visa and accommodation, to health insurance, shipping your belongings and bringing your beloved pets along too.
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Currency Outlook Quarter 1 2023
Clear Currency looks back at the performance of the US dollar, euro and sterling in Q4 2022, and assesses what might be in store for Q1 2023.
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Cost of Living Comparison: UK and Portugal
If you’re daydreaming about laid back European life, endless sunshine and afternoons spent sipping coffee and eating one too many pastel de nata, it sounds like an overseas move to Portugal is on the cards. To help you make the most informed decision on your move abroad, you’ll want to have a strong understanding of the cost of living in Portugal.
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Cost of Living Comparison: UK and France
Easily one of Europe’s most swoonworthy countries, a visit to France promises enchanting scenery, heavenly cuisine and culture at every corner. If you are gravitating towards a temporary or permanent move, you’ll likely be wondering: what is the cost of living in France?
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How to Do Business in Poland
If you’re thinking about doing business overseas, Central Europe is undoubtedly an area worth exploring. Here, we talk you through the advantages and disadvantages of doing business in Poland.
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How to Do Business in Spain
If you’re thinking about doing business overseas, Spain is undoubtedly an area worth exploring. Here, we talk you through the advantages and disadvantages of doing business in Spain.
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The Autumn Statement: What it Means for Your Business
New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt provides his Autumn Statement package to calm the waters on the back of a frantic political landscape, and a challenging British economy now, and into 2023.
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Currencies in the World Cup 2022
Back in June 2019, 206 international football teams embarked on the road to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Over the following three years 865 qualifying games were contested across the globe, producing 2,424 goals, to decide which 31 teams would join hosts Qatar at the tournament.
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How to Do Business in the UAE
From its economic strength to its favourable taxation laws, its strategic location to its low import duties, the reasons to do business in the UAE are compelling. If you want to make the most of these opportunities and overcome any potential hurdles, this guide will provide you with some useful tips on doing business in the UAE.
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How to Do Business in Canada
From snow-capped mountains and glittering glaciers to spectral rainforests and remote beaches, Canada is the godfather of the great outdoors. But there’s more to the world’s second-largest country than dazzling landscapes and fresh air.
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How to Do Business in Belgium
Welcoming to foreign investors and open to international trade, Belgium is a land of opportunity. Luckily for UK-based companies, it’s only a short distance from the British Isles. Belgium’s three autonomous regions offer UK businesses a unique market to tap in to, at the same time as giving Brits valuable access to the unofficial capital of the EU.
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How to Do Business in Ireland
Rated by Forbes as the 11th best country to do business and 24th for ease of doing business (2019), Ireland’s presence as a business hub has since grown. With huge multinationals such as Google, LinkedIn and Facebook choosing to establish their European headquarters in Dublin, if you’re thinking of doing business in Ireland you’re in good company.
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