Last week has seen an unexpected turn of events for the UK economy. After years of economic
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Last native speaker of rare dialect dies
The last native speaker of the Cromarty fisherfolk dialect has died.
Retired engineer Bobby Hogg,
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As featured in The Guardian, 2001…
Office Hours ‘……the languages alone are not the passport to a good job – it now takes a combination
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Visa requirements of foreign employees
If you are employing
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The Working Time Directive
The working time directive gives workers and employees in EU member states specific rights on
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Our Advice? View the Career Advisors with Suspicion
A large part of what we do at ABL involves helping international businesses both in London and
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Britain's Olympic Exports
As the world finally begins to grab the grass just above the open grave of the global financial
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Don’t shoot the messenger! How to give interview feedback
It is common knowledge that one of the most difficult parts of recruiting people for your business
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Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Can anyone catch Grenada?
As we hop, skip and jump our way to the end of the XXX Olympiad, the usual suspects are once again
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The Olympics is upon us, but where is Prince Phillip worshipped as a God?
So on the day of the opening ceremony, and following on from our previous posts about the Games, we
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Fluent in another language? Here's how to make the most of it
The recent blog post Why the Change in Language Focus for Employers, explained how languages such as
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How Gold is a Gold Medal and is Princess Anne a Man? All your Important Olympic Questions Answered
With only 11 days to go until the opening ceremony, Olympic fever is about to hit the
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What do Damien Hirst, Attila the Hun, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Hurd have in common?
The British undergraduate degree classification system is one that many students find frustrating
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Working 9 to 5, the best way to make a “livin”?
Dolly Parton’s seminal oeuvre, inspired by the works of Marx and Engels, is a critical take on the
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AWR – Ineffectual and flawed or crucial to the wellbeing of temps?
Following our blog last month on the current state of both the temporary and permanent market, this
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Home is where the heart is… as long as it’s overseas
There are very few images more laughable than that of the typical Brit abroad; stone-coloured
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So Based on Language Ability, Who Would Win Euro 2012?
This week saw the beginning of Euro 2012 and as a result all of the necessary paraphernalia that
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Why the Change in Language Focus for Employers?
For centuries Britain’s businesses have plied their trade overseas, leading what is often said to be
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