Telegraph Expat is campaigning for an end to the injustice suffered by ‘frozen’ expat pensioners. Here, our finance specialist Alison Steed writes an open letter to pensions minister Steve Webb. By Alison Steed Dear Mr Webb, On behalf of the 400,000 or so expat pensioners who have had their state pension payments frozen at the […]
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Matthew Silvester, Executive Engineering Coordinator and Meinhardt (Thailand) Ltd, recently contacted us to inform that: “I’m a regular subscriber to your TCN publication. You may or may not be aware who “CIBSE” are (Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers). Heretofore the institution has had a limited presence here in Thailand. They have however recently appointed […]
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Thailand‘s friendly factor figures highly among expatriates planning to relocate to other countries, according to the Expat Explorer 2010 online survey sponsored by HSBC Bank International. Friendly attitude of the people towards foreigners is lauded by the expatriate community. Conducted by a third-party research firm between April and June, the survey of 4,127 expats from […]
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Moving abroad can be a financial nightmare. Tax expert David Franks continues his exclusive series of articles for Telegraph Expat by telling you how to avoid the major tax pitfalls for expats. 1 Beware of the DIY approach. When you first think about moving abroad, begin by listing in order of preference the countries in […]
Continue Reading In the first of a series of articles for the Telegraph Weekly World Edition, David Franks, CEO of Blevins Franks, outlines 10 ways expats can avoid paying UK inheritance tax. 1) Change your domicile Unlike any other tax, UK Inheritance Tax (IHT) follows you around the world, regardless of where you may reside. That’s because […]
Continue ReadingReality shows continue to be all the rage on television these days. By Bill Bernett managing director of C6 Hotel Whether you want to sing, dance, model, cook, survive, juggle penguins, apprentice, or simply be seen, the next ten minutes of fame can be yours. Of course for many, the brief glare of the spotlight […]
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Everyone aged over 45 should consider a small daily dose of aspirin to help protect themselves against heart disease and cancer, a panel of experts suggested yesterday. Evidence is building that the benefits for many healthy middle-aged and older people “far outweigh” the side effects, according to the academics. In particular, individuals at higher risk […]
Continue Reading Everyone aged over 45 should consider a small daily dose of aspirin to help protect themselves against heart disease and cancer, a panel of experts suggested yesterday. Evidence is building that the benefits for many healthy middle-aged and older people “far outweigh” the side effects, according to the academics. In particular, individuals at higher risk […]
Continue Reading“When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar … and the beer. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and […]
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One of the world’s great rivers defines the geography of Southeast Asia. Rising frozen in the Tibetan highlands and running through China’s Yunnan Province, the Mekong defines the geography of Southeast Asia. It is both a lifeline and a frontier, linking and separating the countries of the region – Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam […]
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