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3 April 2012

Pound Rises as UK Manufacturing Gains Pace

Good morning! Welcome to our account of movement in the foreign exchange rate in the past 24 hours. UK Manufacturing Rises Is UK manufacturing enjoying a comeback? It certainly looks this way, following reports that output reached 52.1 last month … Read more

23 March 2012

GBPCAD Exchange Rate Rises on Falling Canadian Retail Sales

Good morning! Here is our account of changes in the exchange rates in the past 24 hours. The UK pound has clawed a cent from the Canadian dollar overnight, as disappointing retail sales in Canada point to economic contraction in … Read more

27 February 2012

George Osborne: Britain Is Bust

There’s an interesting piece in The Telegraph this morning, in which Chancellor George Osborne complains that Britain is bust and cannot afford either tax cuts or subsidies to boost growth. Is he right? It seems strange that Mr. Osborne would … Read more

13 February 2012

Greece Bows To EU Pressure For More Cuts

Here is our account of the political and economic factors that affected the exchange rates over the weekend. To find out how they affected your currency transactions, don’t hesitate to contact us. Exchange Rate Changes This is a table of … Read more

9 February 2012

Bank of England To Initiate Yet More Quantitative Easing?

Here is our account of the political and economic factors that affected the exchange rates overnight. To find out how they affected your currency transactions, don’t hesitate to contact us. Exchange Rate Changes This is a table of the gains … Read more

24 January 2012

Moving to Spain and making the best of your money

There are many ‘great’ ways of losing money when you move to Spain but one of the easiest (apart from buying an illegal property!) is not making the most of exchange rates and cheap money transfers. As the past few … Read more

21 November 2011

Guide To Emigrating To Portugal

View Larger Map Thinking about emigrating? Then in some respects Portugal is a top notch destination. For instance, Portuguese residents enjoy more than 3000 sunshine hours annually (compared to a mere 1571.8 in South East England) in addition to comparable … Read more

9 November 2011

International students the winners in Australian visa program revamp

International students will benefit from streamlined Australian visa processes, more flexible work entitlements and a suite of other improvements as a result of the recent Knight Review into Australia’s student visa program. Read more

11 October 2011

Foreign investment in London highest on planet

Foreign investment in London has topped all other locations on the planet, according to a recent report from estate agent Cushman and Wakefield. Read more

10 October 2011

Spanish property prices rise in Q3

Hoping to invest in Spanish property and transfer money to Spain? Then it might interest you to learn that property prices in regions including Alicante and Murcia jumped in the third quarter 2011. Read more