Tag: Expat Life

Advance’s annual search for the best and brightest Australians and Australian university alumni living abroad, including the UK, is now on. Nominate now for the 2014 Advance Global Australian Awards.

Experts predict that this could be the best time to move back down under, with favourable exchange rates and the UK's impending winter. Here are their top five reasons to move back to Australia.

EXPAT FACTOR | Australian singer/songwriter Bowie Jane is a professionally trained lawyer, with a double degree in Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws. For years she lived a double life, practicing criminal law by day before rushing to gigs at night. Bowie Jane now lives in the UK, and ...

EXPAT FACTOR | As UK campaign manager for the Australian Greens, Mat Hines has managed to combine his full-time career as a lecturer with his passion for politics. He talks to Australian Times about why it's important for Aussie expats to maintain an interest in politics back home, ahead of ...

THE EXPAT FACTOR | After honing her skills as a commercial graphics and visual effects artist in London, Allison Brownmoore opened boutique Design/VFX studio Blue Spill with her husband Anthony. She talks about the demands of juggling a successful business in the UK and working in feature documentaries.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | 17th of August marked the one year anniversary of our arrival in London. Half of our “tour of duty” is over and I can’t help but feel very sad.

Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded the credit rating of NAB’s troubled UK subsidiary Clydesdale Bank.

Law firm Slater & Gordon has notched up a 67 per cent profit increase as it increases its hold in the UK.

Australian Chef Scott Hallsworth (ex Nobu and Wabi) is set to open his brand new London venue, Kurobuta, this autumn and requires staff to join the dynamic team.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | Cal Viney came to the UK to engage in rigorous academic study in the field of Public Law at LSE. His London experience has led him to ask important questions about the meaning our Australian identity from the perspective of an expatriate. He has co-founded the ...

Australian Business is hosting a lunch with cricketing legends Jim Maxwell AM and Merv Hughes at Lord's Cricket Ground on Monday 19 September.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | Sydney raised Jonathan Pfahl is the founder and Managing Director of the Rockstar Group, the UK’s largest entrepreneur and mentoring firm. It’s Rockstar by name and by nature - Jonathan has taken the business world by storm with his professional passion, energetic style and finance acumen.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | Jo Kelly is Head of Partner Development at Waitrose & Partnership Services. A psychologist, Jo has extensive senior management experience in Talent Management across a variety of companies and sectors including British Airways, BP, Prudential UK and the John Lewis Partnership.

Vodafone Australia has announced plans to cap their global roaming fees for customers travelling to the US, UK and New Zealand to $5 per day.

After 10 years in London Zöé Caldwell has got her fingers in many creative pies, taking full advantage of the opportunities London has to offer. In addition to her role as Associate Producer, Zoe also finds time to dabble in music management, comedy and co-found IronBark — a theatre company ...

Following great success in Australia and New Zealand, Local Appliance Rentals Ltd is now inviting new franchisees to join them in growing the business in Britain.

Nicola Samer is a theatre director and co-founder of IronBark in the UK. IronBark presents the best new Australian writers to UK audiences using the talents of local cast and creative teams. Next week we talk to Zoe Caldwell, associate producer and co-founder of IronBark.

Summer is when London comes alive, and no more so than for the city’s singletons — coaxed from hibernation with the promise of fun, flirting and first dates.

AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY | You may incur it when you take out a mortgage with a lender in Australia, but why is it applied and how is it calculated? Financial adviser DANIEL SHILLITO explains lenders mortgage insurance.

David Fuller, online editor at Halo Financial, explores what should be brought into consideration when looking at investing in property and moving to Australia.

Australian surfwear brand Billabong has announced a $325 million refinancing deal with a San Fransisco-based firm in order to address the company's debt woes.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | This week we talk to Amber Lavelle, a senior marketing communications officer for the UK's leading children's charity. She tells us about juggling 70 projects at a time, creating a strong brand and tells readers about why having an edge is important in getting a job ...

THE EXPAT FACTOR | This week we chat to musician TARA MINTON. Back in London after headlining the Camac Harp Festival in Geneva, we find out what ex-Melbourneite come Harpist/Pianist/Lyricist/Singer Tara Minton loves about London, misses about home and her plans for the future.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | Is the current shenanigans in the Australian parliament an unhealthy system gone out of hand?

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | After the honeymoon period is over, it's time to decide what's a mere quirk, or an ultimate deal-breaker.

ASK NAT | Currency specialist Nat Davison answers your questions on when it is best to move savings back to Australia.

Kazakhstan may not spring to mind as an obvious destination for either vacation or career, but for teacher Ian Shotter, it’s proving so successful that he’s hoping to stay for another few years.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | Siobhan Reddy is Studio Director of award-winning video games producers Media Molecule, creators of the LittleBigPlanet games franchise. Radio 4 Women’s Hour named her one of the UK’s 100 most influential women alongside the Queen and Home Secretary Theresa May.

Top tips for job-seekers, helping you take the next steps towards securing the job you want back in Australia - from hunting down the perfect job through to how to perform in interviews.

Australia’s export commodity prices fell 4.1 per cent in foreign currency terms in May to be 23 per cent below their July 2011 peak, RBA figures show.

FLYPETS is a specialist pet travel service focused on the comfort and safety of your beloved pets.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | How much can you actually accomplish in a minute?

Jennifer Guerrini-Maraldi is an Australian art dealer specialising in contemporary abstract act from indigenous outback communities and owner of JGM Art Gallery in Battersea. She is a member of the Indigenous Art Code, an Australian Government initiative to ensure fair trade and ethical treatment of Aboriginal artists.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | Systems are a part of life and work. Being aware of the systems you are a part of can help you maximize your performance within it.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | Last week we showed you a side to London you may not know all that well — an affordable London! This week, the budget-friendly fun continues with another top ten of free London activities.

Rio Tinto has called on businesses to be more transparent about their tax affairs after the global miner paid almost $9 billion in taxes in Australia last year.

A recent report by Buddy Media: “Strategies for Effective Tweeting: A Statistical Review” is based on an analysis they did on user-engagement from more than 320 various brands' Twitter accounts.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | You heard it here first; the best things in life are free. Our honeymooning nomad hunts down the top ten things to do in London on a budget.

Ben MacCormack moved to London in March 2011 to take on the role of General Manager of AFL Europe to develop the sport of Aussie Rules in Europe and the UK. Since then he’s helped run three Euro Cups, the AFL European Challenge, and met the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | We live in an intertwined world of systems — families, communities, teams and organisations. Our choices lead to actions and reactions which affect others in the system. Nothing works in isolation and awareness of the systems in which we operate is key.

Change Hospitality are hiring chefs for their team to work over the 2013 event season with some of London's top event caterers.

Drawn to London as a hub for travel and work in the tourism and hospitality industry, Elizabeth Martin quickly discovered the two year UK working holiday visa was just not long enough. Four years on, and Elizabeth has forged a successful career in events management in the London's fast paced, ...

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | When confronted with nine days of no internet, our honeymooning nomad was forced to reassess the true value of technology.

Why has the Reserve Bank moved interest rates to their lowest level in more than 50 years this month?

Clare Stewart grew up in the small country town of Korumburra in Victoria where a cinema visit was a half-hour drive away and a rare childhood treat. Clare has translated her love of film into a successful 19-year career in the film industry, including five years as Sydney Film Festival ...

The head of global energy giant Shell says rising costs are a challenge for doing business in Australia.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | A scripted life could be holding you back from new experiences, as in the quest for comfort and safety we can become so habitual that we become stuck in our ways. Is your predefined script preventing you from living a full life?

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list”

Business networking may sounds like a dry and serious business, but Australians never do things by the book.

HEADING HOME | Australian Matthew Wood is set to swap the grey skies of London, for the stark setting of Australia’s Red Centre — with a new post as Artistic Director of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra and a symphonic concert at iconic Uluru.