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Survey Shows That Brits That Are Losing Their Jobs Are Moving Overseas

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

shippingA recent report has revealed that laid off Britons are seeking further employment abroad.

Findings published by TIGA, the trade association that represents the UK games industry, show that 40% of employees who were made redundant between the years 2009 and 2011 moved overseas to work.

The report, dubbed “Making games in the UK today: a census of the UK develop and digital publishing sector” disclosed that nearly half of Britain’s game industry workforce has shrunk 10% because they’d relocated to a foreign country to find work.

Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO, said of the findings: “Our industry is suffering from a serious brain drain. Our competitors in Canada and elsewhere are able to recruit highly skilled developers from the UK largely because they benefit from tax breaks, which effectively reduce the cost of game development.”

If you are thinking about setting up roots abroad, check out Robinsons overseas removals today for help with packing, shipping, and storage needs.

For stress free international removals, we should be your first point of call and we have a dedicated International division which focuses only on moving overseas to any country worldwide including to and from Canada, Australia, shipping to India, USA, New Zealand and Europe and many other locations.

Starting a new part of your life and career in another country can be an exciting and scary prospect but here at Robinsons we can help give you plenty of advice about the local culture as well as ease the strain be undertaking many of the tasks. So ‘get in touch’ today to find how we can assist in your life-changing move overseas.

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Newly Single Johnny Depp Is Rumoured To Be Moving To The UK

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
There must be something in the water in Hollywood because there are a high number of celebrity couples who have recently split.
We only just wrote about Katy Perry and Russell Brand splitting up and filing for divorce after 14 months of marriage; and now rumours are rife that Johnny Depp is separating from his partner of 14 years, Vanessa Paradis.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor is reportedly considering moving the UK after constantly rowing with his spouse. Moving to a foreign country is definitely one way to enjoy your new found single status and avoid bumping into an ex down the street!
Reports claim that the 48 year-old and Paradis are heading for a split and that there has been trouble in paradise for some time. A source told RadarOnline that the pair seems fractured at present, despite having two children together and common beliefs that their relationship is rock solid and stable.
Depp is said to have been looking at buying a house in Norfolk, in Britain, hiring international removals, and moving across the pond.
Whether or not the rumours are true, it is understandable that any move overseas would be contemplated over thoroughly because the celeb would be moving thousands of miles away from his nine-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter.
The family home is currently in France but should the American, who played pirate ‘Captain Jack Sparrow’, require expert shipping services to the UK, look no further than Robinsons overseas removals.

moving overseasThere must be something in the water in Hollywood because there are a high number of celebrity couples who have recently split.

We only just wrote about Katy Perry and Russell Brand splitting up and filing for divorce after 14 months of marriage.

And now rumours are rife that Johnny Depp is separating from his partner of 14 years, Vanessa Paradis.

The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor is reportedly considering moving the UK after constantly rowing with his spouse. Moving to a foreign country is definitely one way to enjoy your new found single status and avoid bumping into an ex down the street!

Reports claim that the 48 year-old and Paradis are heading for a split and that there has been trouble in paradise for some time. A source told RadarOnline that the pair seems fractured at present, despite having two children together and common beliefs that their relationship is rock solid and stable.

Depp is said to have been looking at buying a house in Norfolk, in Britain, hiring international removals, and moving across the pond.

Whether or not the rumours are true, it is understandable that any move overseas would be contemplated over thoroughly because the celeb would be moving thousands of miles away from his nine-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter.

The family home is currently in France but should the American, who played pirate ‘Captain Jack Sparrow’, require expert shipping services to the UK, look no further than Robinsons overseas removals.

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BBC Moving Your Home Abroad Series

Friday, December 16th, 2011

shutterstock_80709910More and more people are hiring international removals and moving abroad for work.

As a result, the BBC have launched a new series  where they will look at the problems and successes that come with uprooting to a foreign country.

‘At Home Abroad’ will explore all the trials and tribulations of moving overseas from marital issues to relocation dreams and migration numbers.

The first part of the series discusses how an overseas job can affect family life and it interviewed many adults to find out how it affected the spouses and home life in general. On average, about 80% of expatriate workers move with their spouses.

Moving an employee abroad is expensive with regards to relocation allowance, benefits and living expenses.

TRAILING SPOUSES

One case included a woman called Nicki Thorogood, when in 2008 her husband’s company moved him from England to New York and the transition wasn’t easy. She moved four months earlier because she didn’t want to move the three children halfway through a school year and the mother had to move the boys into a new house, a new town and country she didn’t know by herself.

Situations like this can be extremely difficult, especially because she had to leave her own job and many can find suburban life a struggle when compared to living in a small village in England. Even three years later, she still dreams about returning to the UK.

LACK OF SUPPORT

According to a 2011 study of global employment trends, 60% of trailing partners were employed before relocating but only 15% found work after moving. And according to a 2009 survey conducted by the Permits Foundation, only 18% of spouses felt they had been adequately supported by their partner’s companies.

Andrew Walker, the director of global mobility at WorleyParsons, which oversees more than 3,000 employees who move abroad, told the BBC: “The number one reason for assignment failure is the family’s inability to acclimatise and adjust to the new location.”

VISAS

Another issue highlighted in the series is spouses being given visas and even the workers themselves have to reapply for working visas every few years. It is said that countries China, Japan, Brazil and India are the hardest places for spouses to look for work after relocation. Australia is reportedly the best place that is the most hospitable to expatriates’ significant other.

And BBC reports that the stress of visas and culture shock can lead to marital discord. During and after a move there is emotional fallout and one interviewee said that couples usually come home very married or extremely divorced.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

But the series has pointed out the benefit which is an increase in entrepreneurship among trailing partners in creating business opportunities for themselves.

Robinsons overseas removals can ease the strain by helping in all stages of the move!

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