As recent news headlines have highlighted, more and more French people are currently relocating to the UK. On arrival, these individuals will find that over the years their compatriots have created a thriving community and enlivened the UK - and in particular London - with their rich culture, not to mention a healthy dose of chic! We interviewed Simon Gleize, Chief Editor of www.lepetitjournal.com/londres, to find out more about the UK's burgeoning French expat community and how you can get involved. 

When it comes to going home there are plenty of things to think about for the whole family. We have compiled a handy check list to ensure you cover all the bases.

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In the last two years there has been a significant increase in the number of UK expats planning to live abroad indefinitely, according to the latest research from Lloyds TSB International. 

With on-going economic uncertainty in the UK, an increasing number of people are changing their plans and opting to extend their time abroad to also enjoy a better lifestyle than they had in the UK.

Record numbers of wealthy Britons are considering moving abroad, with decent weather being an even bigger draw than tax breaks, according to research published on Monday.

A survey by the expatriate bank Lloyds TSB International suggested that 22% of Britons with a net worth of more than £1 million were contemplating leaving their homeland in the next two years. The figure was up from 17% only 18 months ago.

In a move aimed at improving the quality of education provision in Dubai schools, the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau (DSIB) has announced the release of a new handbook.

The handbook has been developed to help schools prepare for self-evaluations, and is likely to offer reassurance to relocating parents who might have concerns about the standard of education in the region.

The DSIB worked with teachers and families to form the criteria for the new handbook, which will give clear information about how the inspections will be conducted and the criteria schools will use to evaluate themselves.

The 2012/2013 self-evaluation handbook will accompany the new handbook, and is designed to help schools complete the self-evaluation form they must submit prior to their inspection visit.

When you move abroad for work and to start a new life, it is often with the plan to return at some point. But according to new research, some 15% of expats have cancelled plans to return to Britain in the last year. 

This equates to 825,000 of the estimated 5.5 million British people who are living overseas.

When we're away from our country, what do we miss the most? According to a survey, the British countryside is the thing expats miss most about Britain, ahead of the British pubs and sense of humour.

Those Brits living away in the desert landscape of the United Arab Emirates long for the British countryside more than those in any other country, with 85% selecting it as one of the three things they miss the most according to the Lloyds TSB International survey.

The following information sets out the basics of finance in Malaysia for international assignments to the country.

Cost of Living

Malaysia is generally recognised as having a very low cost of living. Expats typically find the country an inexpensive destination, especially those settling under the Malaysia My Second Home Programme, for whom remittances from abroad are not taxed.

An Asia-wide benchmarking study into the level of care with which organisations provide employees and the level of awareness and moral obligation of the Duty of Care concept amongst employers has found that Asia ranks behind all other regions, excluding the Middle East and North Africa, in most Duty of Care benchmarking scores.

The study was developed by Dr Lisbeth Claus, professor of global human resources at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University, Oregon, on behalf of global medical and security services company International SOS.

An employer’s ‘Duty of Care’ refers to the obligation of an organisation to assume responsibility for protecting its employees from risks and threats when they are working around the world. More than 600 global companies, 15% of which are headquartered in Asian countries, were included in the research.

A new report has identified China as the country that will present the greatest challenges to international assignees over the next two years.

Global relocation services company Cartus Corporation’s 2012 Trends in Global Relocation Survey was conducted during the first quarter of 2012 among 122 multinational firms based in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.

On average, each respondent company has approximately 49,500 employees throughout the world and transfers more than 300 employees annually.