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Santa’s Christmas Run

Santa’s Christmas Run

Next Friday 21st December, one of our new members, Nina Berens, the wizard web designer, will be running 5km though Amersfoort dressed in a Santa suit. She will be joined by about 500 other Santas!!! By this manner, Nina is raising money to support young Peruvian...
Brexit December update

Brexit December update

The Brexit preparations are complete, and the negotiating teams have worked their way through all the folders and come up with proposals for how to deal in the future. The result is this massive 585 page document, which covers the terms of UK departure from the EU,...

The Latest Brexit Documents

During the past month the technical Brexit negotiation has been proceeding at pace, although politically the process is deadlocked. The House of Commons library has produced a summary of the current position for MPs and members of the public, and the document can be...
Brexit – update on strengthening our negotiating position

Brexit – update on strengthening our negotiating position

Success! Scotland’s Highest Court has agreed to refer to the Court of Justice the question whether the United Kingdom can remain in the EU on its present terms. It rejected the Government’s argument that the question is hypothetical. “It seems neither academic nor...
The 2019 Dutch budget

The 2019 Dutch budget

  The government is reforming the tax system: here is what you need to know On Tuesday, the government published its 2019 spending plans, which include several changes to the tax system likely to have an impact on expats. In particular, we now know the government...
Are You Ready For Brexit?

Are You Ready For Brexit?

In November, the port of Rotterdam will hold a Brexit day, simulating the impact of a ‘good’ Brexit on the port and its surrounding infrastructure. You have 240 days left to prepare your company for this event. Be ready! Details of the disruption in the...
Brexit December update

Are You Ready For Brexit?

The EU has published a document summarising the current state of negotiations with the UK over Brexit, and makes the following conclusion: “Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, in whatever scenario it may take place, is a...
Examining the people behind Brexit

Examining the people behind Brexit

So who are the movers and shakers who have brought the Tory party to internal warfare and the country to the brink of disaster; who continue to fiddle and play their own trumpets whilst the country goes to the dogs with the NHS collapsing, schools overstretched and...