Subject: Re:locate Extra - Issue 82 - November 2012
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Re:locate Extra, Issue 82, November 2012 In this issue, we bring you extensive coverage of the CIPD and CBI conferences. Their key theme, like that of October’s Worldwide ERC Symposium, was that the world is on the move international assignments, managing global talent and mobility issues are growing in importance as companies pursue new opportunities in both established and unfamiliar markets.We also look at the increasing demand for Russian-speaking professionals in the UK, how inward investment is breathing new life into North East England’s manufacturing sector, new survey results suggesting that salaries and vacancies are increasing in Asia Pacific, and the role of the International Baccalaureate in preparing students for today’s increasingly global business environment. The Winter 2012/13 issue of Re:locate magazine (out early December) includes a special focus on Asia Pacific. Other topics include sustainability, international pensions, sports provision in UK and international schools, UK relocation hotspots Leeds and Manchester, the increasing use of flexpatriate assignments, and much more. Included with the magazine will be two free added-value resources: our pullout Relocation Planner for Families – a first for Re:locate – and the 2013 edition of our fabulous Pocket Guide to Relocation, which contains editorial plus a Suppliers Directory. Entries are now open for the Re:locate Awards 2012/13, and this is the perfect time to start compiling your winning entry! Find out more by tuning in to our new series of awards webinars, which starts on Friday 30 November. To register for Webinar 1, click here. We hope to see you at the Re:locate 2012 Networking Charity Party on Thursday 29 November, which celebrates the end of a great year for Britain and the relocation profession's support of The Jubilee Hour. We'll also be launching the new 'Gift of time' charity initiative for 2013. If you haven’t already booked your tickets, click here to do so. Fiona Murchie Managing Editor |
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Foreign-exchange markets are the largest in the world, and the number of influences at work at any given moment can be enormous. David Johnson, a senior market analyst at London-based currency expert Halo Financial, explains the factors currently influencing exchange rates in Asia Pacific.
A check of recruitment advertising quickly reveals growing demand for Russian-speaking professionals in the UK, whether to work in the offices of big Russian companies like Gazprom, LukOil or Novatek, or in one of the many departments (or ‘Russia desks’) that are being created to service the increasing number of Russian clients dealing with City institutions.
Woodhams Relocation Centre is running a survey, seeking input from those people who have accompanied a relocated employee to a new location as a partner or spouse.
CBI director-general John Cridland has said that the Department of Energy and Climate change’s Energy Bill sends “a strong signal” to investors of the importance the Government attaches to investment in low-carbon energy.
Hopes of a revival of British manufacturing in the North East were given a boost by the opening of two new factories in Northumberland and Newcastle. Both projects were recipients of inward investment from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund and are expected to create over 100 jobs.
Rising confidence in the economy among Asia Pacific companies is expected to result in increased wages and more opportunities for job hunters, according to Towers Watson’s 2012 APAC Salary Budget Planning Survey.
The business advisory firm Deloitte will launch a new report on Thursday 29th November, looking at organisations’ global mobility functions.
A new report by global property firm Jones Lang LaSalle, 
Here, James Cooper, sales director at expatriate insurance specialist William Russell, examines the inevitability of rising health insurance premiums and explains how, if they make the right decisions, insurance providers can make their premiums more sustainable for their clients.
