Expat Focus

What Expat Families Should Know About The UK School System

Jan 21, 2019

Welcome to another episode of the Expat Focus podcast. Our guest this week is Steve Spriggs - the Head of Education at William Clarence Education. They advise and consult with families from around the world on British schools and universities.

So which schools are right for your children, factoring in not just their...

How An Amsterdam Workshop Is Providing An Entry Point For Expats

Jan 18, 2019

Moving abroad often means losing that ‘insider’ status that you held in your home country. The advantage of just ‘knowing’ how a system or local industry works, where to find the tools or resources you need to get something done.

Remco recognised this, and that his public workshop in Amsterdam could act as an...

Renovating And Running A Guest House In France

Jan 9, 2019

Welcome to another episode of the Expat Focus Podcast, I’m your host Carlie, and my guest today is a UK expat, based in beautiful South West France, where he runs a guest house along with his partner.

Their home is called Maison Mûrier, and on their website, Phill and Kev call it their ‘little bit of heaven’ in...

What You Should Know About Applying For An Australian Partner Visa

Dec 11, 2018

Visas can be an unwelcome, overwhelming necessity when you fall in love with someone from another country. This was the case for Australian Emma O’Neill-Sandham and her English partner Rich, when they decided they wanted to move from the UK to continue their life together back in Australia.

Emma wrote about the...

How One Glaswegian Café Is Supporting Refugee And Migrant Women

Dec 5, 2018

If you’re a member of one of the Expat Focus forums or Facebook groups, or in any international community group for that matter, you’ve likely seen a discussion around the term ‘expat’ and how it’s used.

What makes one group of people ‘expats’, and another group ‘foreigners’, or ‘immigrants’? Why...