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Spain has Plan B for post Brexit flights from the UK
UK expats and tourists won’t be blocked by Brexit from travelling to Spain due to a backup bilateral aviation deal between the two countries.
The best news in a while for UK expats in Spain, Brits still planning on relocating and British tourists is that Spain is more than happy to make a deal with the UK to keep flights coming...
Expats safe from NZ ban on foreign property purchases
New Zealand’s new ban on foreign property purchase won’t include expats with permanent residency.
In a bid to cool New Zealand’s overheating property prices, the newly elected government will ban foreigners from investing in the country’s residential property market. Over several years, house prices in New Zealand have soared to...
Expat entrepreneurs having problems getting Saudi business licenses
Expat entrepreneurs wanting to set up businesses in Saudi Arabia are being stymied by Saudi laws regarding business licences.
Many expatriate businessmen wishing to establish a company in Saudi Arabia are frustrated by laws preventing them from obtaining the necessary paperwork without first finding a Saudi sponsor. It’s virtually...
Expats and pensioners in Europe facing loss of valuable tax breaks
Expats living and working in the Netherlands and Portugal have been enjoying valuable tax breaks on their earnings, but tax system shake-ups in both countries may mean the end of the perks.
At present, expats working in the Netherlands and Dutch expats overseas are able to earn at least 33 per cent of their salaries tax free, provided they...
Frozen pensions protest group appeals to UK lawmakers yet again
As British expats living in a number of countries outside the EU are getting older, more and more are finding themselves trapped in ‘pension apartheid’.
The frozen pensions scandal seems to have been hitting the headlines for decades, with not one elected British government able and willing to do anything about it. Cynics might well...
Britons still rushing to emigrate to Europe despite Brexit
In spite of uncertainty over just about any aspect of expats life in the EU post-Brexit, Britons are still rushing to leave the sinking ship.
Initial reactions to the referendum result from would-be UK expats were a combination of fury, fear and the stiff British upper lip as regards the probable destruction of long-held dreams. Over a...
EU expats in UK given hope as Britain concedes cut off date
Sources close to the EU’s Brexit negotiating team in Brussels are reporting the drastically dropping numbers of EU expats arriving in the UK have resulted in May’s stance on fewer rights for EU expats being shelved.
Although no official announcement has been made by the British negotiating team over the change in policy, David Davis...
UK MPs gather info on pensions freedom windfall spending
British lawmakers are gathering evidence of how pension savers are using their tax free pension freedom cash withdrawals of up to 25 per cent.
The information is to be discussed during parliament’s Work and Pensions Committee’s pension freedom inquiry on the success or failure of the relatively new scheme. The pension freedom...
QROPS rules to stay the same until after Brexit
Expats will be relieved to hear there will be no changes to QROPS laws until after Britain finally leaves the European Union.
The massive logjam of legislation necessary before March 2019 is clogging the British parliament’s schedules for the foreseeable future, leaving almost no time to debate and vote on other important legislation....
Airlines warning Brits not to book flights to Europe after March 2019
Britishers planning to travel to Europe after March 2019 can expect warnings from airlines that their flights may not be able to leave.
Airlines serving routes between the UK and Europe, American or other worldwide destinations are preparing website warnings stating tickets booked for flights after March 2019 might not be honoured. Every...
