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Given how globalisation is getting into our daily lives, probably the majority of you by now had to ever make an international call. Unfortunately, major mobile network providers are still charging us a hell to make a phone call outside the country – especially international mobiles. My family lives outside the UK and I have …

Making a home in the UK can be a very valuable experience, with a high quality of life and numerous advantages in terms of benefits. The British government has a lot in place to help those in need, and specifically to help four different groups of individuals: people of working age, pensioners, disabled people and …

Moving to the new city or just other part of the same city might be stressful if you care about the area you will be living as much as the price you will be paying. For me personally it is important to live surrounded by people just like myself – young and well educated. I …

If you are working at or planning on joining a corporation/larger company you will meet the performance reviews half-yearly and annually when climbing the stairs of your career. These are meant to summarise your performance, put an evaluation on your work and get back to you with a constructive feedback either praising you or critisising. …

Since we moved to the UK we have discovered the joys of takeaways. In the days of the fast-moving world takeaways help you save time and enjoy a delicious meal without much effort. Britain is the country of takeaways, everybody loves takeaways here – starting with most popular (relatively local) meals such as kebabs, fish …

My online shopping accelerated during my last 3 years in the UK. This is because UK has reliable post service and many hight-street retailers have online versions of their stores allowing you to browse everything they offer at any time just while sitting on your sofa and enjoying a nice cup of tea (or gin …

University education is very important when looking for a job. However, it is mostly needed just to distinguish you amongst the others and that the employer in business, law or health sector would even draw an attention to what else you have to offer. And that ‘what else’ is the most important section in your …

If you ever need extra money, the first thing you should do is to use your short-term savings (money in your easily accessible savings account). If you need more money or you do not have any savings – ask your family, friends to lend you some – that’s your second option. The third option is …

If you cannot afford to buy and maintain your own car or you need it for occasional trips – car rental service might be the best option for you. If you enter “cheap car rent in the UK” or similar in any search engine – you will be blown away with different options including a …

All of us *girls* worry about how we look and especially how our face looks like when we get up early in the morning. Yes, early – no beauty sleep. I am not a person who is all about make up and having tones of it on my face from the beginning of the day. …