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Sterling received another boost this morning after a leading think-tank announced that Britain will avoid a double-dip recession and its economy will expand at trend growth rates as early as 2012. In the latest forecast from the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (Niesr), it predicts GDP growth of 1.3% this year, 1.7% next year and 2.2% in 2012. The news follows recent strong economic data over the past week where GDP and retail sales figures shocked the market on the upside. The pound has surged to 5 month highs against the dollar and the general consensus is Sterling will continue on a long term rise against the Greenback. Merv “the swerve” King will be speaking today and as usual, I’d expect “doom and gloom” comments from the BoE chief. Most likely on his radar will be the GDP figures from Q2 which showed a rise of 1.1% QoQ (0.6% forecast).
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Yesterday was the last day that the £20 note featuring Edward Elgar would be officially classed as legal tender, having been gradually replaced by the new Adam Smith design over the last few years. Unless by some quirk of birth you find yourself in line to the throne, it is unlikely you will ever appear on a bank note. But what exactly does one have to achieve in order to get one’s phizog on the back of Her Majesty? There are no official criteria by which this decision is made. Ultimately, it is the choice of the Governor of the Bank of England based on a shortlist compiled by the bank, very often based on suggestions by the public. The only conditions set out by the Bank of England for potential candidates are that they have shown an “indisputable contribution to their particular field of work and about whom there exists sufficient material on which to base a banknote design.”

Read the rest of the article: http://www.theconfidenceinterval.com/2010/07/01/people-of-note-%e2%80%93-part-one/

Graham Hunt has worked in the property market for the best part of a decade in Spain and thought it was about time to give back the benefit of that experience to those thinking of coming to Spain to live with a series of interviews with successful people in Spain.

Different jobs, different businesses, same results. Each one of them has found a different niche and lives comfortably here. They are from all parts of Spain from the islands of Lanzarote and Mallorca to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia of course and Andalucia.

Listen to those who have moved here and moved here successfully. They provide you with a road map and ideas about what you can do to make sure you succeed on your move to Spain whether that move is short or long term.

Those interviewed included Currencies Direct’s Keith Spitalnick. You can listen to Keith’s interview here:

keith-spitalnick-interview

and get the rest of the audiobook and ebook series here

Information courtesy of Graham Hunt

Graham Hunt has been living and working in Spain for two decades now. He decided to come to Spain at an early age after listening to Radio Exterior on Short Wave as it faded in and out and wondered what on Earth was gong on as he only understood Goooooal!!!

Graham pledged a few weeks ago to make a video to illustrate the Spain that he sees as an ex-pat, the Spain that doesn’t get reported these days. Have a look through Graham’s eyes at what Spain is for him and if you agree post a comment:

Video courtesy of Graham Hunt

Llegan las primeras indemnizaciones por el retrasoenel inicio de la obra.

Los hechos a los que se refiere el auto atañen a unos ciudadanos británicos que compraron una vivienda en la Promoción Valle Romano de Estepona. Los inmuebles, que se ofrecían a través de un intermediario a socios y empleados de clubes de la liga de fútbol británica, sufrieron un retraso de 12 meses en el iniciodesusobras,aunque,según Lexland, “no es necesario que la demora sea tan extensa para poder iniciar el proceso”.

Mas informacion, visite la pagina de Lexland: http://www.lexland.es/castellano/images/EXPANSION_261009_Garantias_de_la_ley_ejecutables_por_demora_inicio_obra.pdf