British pensions & British passport renewals

Britain’s second class pensioners The paper (accessible via the link below) was prepared by the International Consortium of British Pensioners (ICBP). Its primary purpose is to provide an overview of the plight of Britain’s Second Class Pensioners who have decided to live overseas during their retirement but find that their State Pensions are frozen by […]

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Vogt Power to Supply HRSGs for Thailand Combined Cycle Plants

Heat Recovery Technology for Environmental Efficiency  Vogt Power International Inc. (Vogt), located in Louisville, KY, a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., based in Danvers, MA, has received a Limited Notice to Proceed from Black & Veatch (Thailand) Ltd. to supply Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) and associated equipment for two Combined Cycle Power Plants, Electric […]

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Alstom re-jigs Thai team to boost share

French company shifting focus to BRIC countries from US, Europe France-based Alstom has adjusted its management team in Thailand as part of an aggressive bid to increase its local market share from the current level of 15 per cent. Chairman and chief executive officer Patrick Kron said yesterday in Bangkok that Alstom had decided to […]

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Why Thailand? The Asian Nation Tops HSBC’s Expat Explorer Survey 2011

Thailand takes top spot in HSBC’s Expat Explorer Survey 2011: we look at its broad appeal for expat retirees Many months ago I suggested to a leading British Sunday newspaper that they produce an updated look at where Britons are retiring abroad. I’d worked with the journalist in question a year or so before on […]

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Salcon wins construction jobs in Thailand

Salcon Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Salcon Engineering Bhd, through its joint venture company Hydrotek-Salcon Consortium, has been awarded construction works worth RM21.991 million in Thailand. The award is from the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) for the construction of reservoirs for Phet Kasem and Rat Burana distribution pumping stations and related works in Bangkok. “The Eighth Bangkok […]

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Phuket Airport Plans to Expand to Cope with Record Traffic

Temporary expansion at Phuket International Airport is to begin from October to cope with record numbers of passengers expected on Phuket in 2012 and beyond. With Phuket likely to reach eight million arrivals and departures this year, based on projections by Phuketwan, airport managers Airports of Thailand now have to stretch the capacity of the […]

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