A founder member of the EU, France is the UK\'s nearest European neighbour and a popular holiday destination and place for investment.
It\'s coastline borders the English Channel, Bay of Biscay and Mediterranean while it has land borders with Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain.
The country is divided into 22 regions and 96 departments. Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne,...
Many landlords of professional lets are now looking to the student market to fill their executive, city centre flats that are lying empty due to oversupply. This means the market is becoming even more saturated, so investors need to be aware of how to adapt their properties and their marketing approach to secure tenants and the maximum rental income.
It is true to say that the student market...
Cash rich Buy to Let investors are waiting to pounce on bargains and take advantage of an ever weakening market, says RICS\' UK housing market survey published this week. The South West has shown the greatest increase in demand with a net 12 percent of Chartered Surveyors reporting a rise in new buyer enquiries, the highest figure in the region since May 2007.
The South West house price boom...
Egypt, land of Pyramids and Pharos, straddles the Mediterranean and Red Seas, linking Africa, Europe, the Middle East, south Asia. Four times the size of the UK, it has borders with Libya, Sudan, the Gaza Strip, Israel and Jordan, and faces Saudi Arabia across the Gulf of Aqaba.
The strategically important Suez Canal is to the north, running between Suez and Port Said, while the Red Sea...
Cyprus, the third largest Mediterranean island, is a former British colony that achieved independence in 1960.
Differences between its ethnic Greek and Turkish communities subsequently led to separation of the island between the Turkish north and Greek south ( which also involved a land grab from owners caught on the \'wrong side\' of the dividing line). A UN buffer zone now separates the...
Brazil comprises 8.5m square km, roughly 35 times the area of the UK. The largest country in South America and the fifth largest country in the world, it comprises a federation of 26 states, each having considerable autonomy.
Brazil has borders with Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It also has a 7,500km Atlantic seaboard....
Formerly part of Yugoslavia, Croatia declared its independence in 1991, sparking a war with Serbia that lasted for over four years. Following elections in 2000 which brought defeat of the former right wing nationalist government, the country has undergone democratic reform. It currently has EU candidate status and is next in line to join after Romania and Bulgaria. Membership could come as...
An ageing population, the increase of globalisation and continuing economic uncertainty, all mean that organisations have to think differently about the way they attract and retain the talent they need. Organisations can little afford a high staff turnover if they are to retain competitive advantage, so now more than ever it is crucial for recruiters to develop recruitment and retention...
Dubai is the second largest of the seven Arab emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates - the others are Abu Dhabi, the capital city, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.
Facing the Persian Gulf, the city of Dubai straddles the Dubai Creek, a natural inlet which divides the city into the Deira and Bur Dubai districts.
By the turn of the 20th century Dubai was...
Independent since 1975, the Cape Verde islands were previously a Portuguese colony. To be found in the North Atlantic, 450 miles off the Senegal coast, they are Africa\'s most westerly point.
Cape Verde comprises 10 principal volcanic islands and five smaller, largely uninhabited, islands, the whole divided in two groups - the Ilhas do Balavento is the windward group, and the Ilhas do...
